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Penobscot, indigenous people of North America
(Encyclopedia)Penobscot pənŏbˈskŏt [key], indigenous people of North America whose language belongs to the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). They wer...Mandan, indigenous people of North America
(Encyclopedia)Mandan mănˈdăn, –dən [key], indigenous people of North America whose language belongs to the Siouan branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). The Mandan were a...Menominee, indigenous people of North America
(Encyclopedia)Menominee mənŏmˈənē [key], indigenous people of North America whose language belongs to the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). Also cal...Osage, indigenous people of North America
(Encyclopedia)Osage ōˈsāj, ōsājˈ [key], indigenous people of North America whose language belongs to the Siouan branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). In prehistoric time...Coeur d'Alene, indigenous people of North America
(Encyclopedia)Coeur d'Alene kûrdəlānˈ [key], indigenous people of North America whose language belongs to the Salishan branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). They oc...Cheyenne, indigenous people of North America
(Encyclopedia)Cheyenne shīănˈ, –ĕnˈ [key], indigenous people of North America whose language belongs to the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). The ...Natchez, indigenous people of North America
(Encyclopedia)Natchez năchˈĭz [key], indigenous North American people who lived along St. Catherine's Creek east of the present-day city of Natchez in Mississippi. At the time of contact with the French in 1682,...Arkansas, indigenous people of North America
(Encyclopedia)Arkansas, Native North Americans: see Quapaw. ...Utah , indigenous people of North America
(Encyclopedia)Utah, Native North Americans: see Ute. ...Seneca, indigenous people of North America
(Encyclopedia)Seneca, Native North Americans: see Iroquois Confederacy. ...Browse by Subject
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