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Santee, indigenous people of North America
(Encyclopedia)Santee: see Sioux.Teton , indigenous people of North America
(Encyclopedia)Teton: see Sioux.Chinook, indigenous people of North America
(Encyclopedia)Chinook shĭno͝okˈ, chĭ– [key], Native American tribe of the Penutian linguistic stock. Altogether twelve main tribes spoke Chinook languages; all were in the Columbia River valley. The Chinook t...Chippewa, indigenous people of North America
(Encyclopedia)Chippewa: see Ojibwa.Delaware, indigenous people of North America
(Encyclopedia)Delaware dĕlˈəwâr, –wər [key], English name given several closely related Native American groups of the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American langua...Puyallup, indigenous people of North America
(Encyclopedia)Puyallup: see Coast Salish under Salish. ...Omaha, indigenous people of North America
(Encyclopedia)Omaha ōˈməhä, –hô [key], Native Americans whose language belongs to the Siouan branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). They, with the Ponca, migrated from t...Oneida, indigenous people of North America
(Encyclopedia)Oneida: see Iroquois Confederacy. ...Flathead, indigenous people of North America
(Encyclopedia)Flathead: see Salish.Fox, indigenous people of North America
(Encyclopedia)Fox: see Sac and Fox.Browse by Subject
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