#Amerindian__Native_American any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived
supertype: person_of_color__person_of_colour (formal) any non-European non-White person
subtype: North_American_Indian__Indian__American_Indian__Red_Indian a member of the race of people living in North America when Europeans arrived
subtype: Algonquian__Algonquin a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Algonquian language and originally living in the subarctic regions of eastern Canada; many Algonquian tribes migrated south into the woodlands from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic coast
subtype: Abnaki.Algonquian__abnaki a member of the Algonquian people of Maine and southern Quebec
subtype: Algonkin__Algonkian a member of a North American Indian people in the Ottawa river valley of Ontario and Quebec
subtype: Arapahoe__Arapaho a member of a North American Plains people (now living in Oklahoma and Wyoming)
subtype: Blackfoot.Algonquian__blackfoot a member of a warlike group of Algonquians living in the northwestern plains
subtype: Cheyenne.Algonquian__cheyenne a member of a North American Indian people living on the western plains (now living in Oklahoma and Montana)
subtype: Conoy a member of an Algonquian people formerly living in Maryland between Chesapeake Bay and the Potomac river; allies of the Nanticoke people
subtype: Cree.Algonquian__cree a member of an Algonquian people living in central Canada
subtype: Delaware.Algonquian__delaware a member of an Algonquian people formerly living in New Jersey and New York and parts of Delaware and Pennsylvania
subtype: Fox.Algonquian__fox a member of an Algonquian people formerly living west of Lake Michigan along the Fox River
subtype: Illinois.Algonquian__illinoi a member of the Algonquian people formerly of Illinois and regions to the west
subtype: Kickapoo.Algonquian__kickapoo a member of the Algonquian people formerly inhabiting southern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois
subtype: Malecite a member of the Algonquian people of NE Maine and New Brunswick
subtype: Massachusetts.Algonquian__massachusett__Massachuset a member of the Algonquian people who formerly lived around Massachusetts Bay
subtype: Menominee__Menomini a member of the extinct Algonquian people formerly living between Lake Michigan and Lake Superior
subtype: Miami.Algonquian__miami a member of the extinct Algonquian people formerly living in northern Indiana and southern Michigan
subtype: Micmac.Algonquian__micmac a member of the Algonquian people formerly inhabiting the Maritime Provinces of Canada
subtype: Mahican__Mohican a member of the Algonquian people formerly living the Hudson valley and eastward to the Housatonic
subtype: Nanticoke.Algonquian__nanticoke a member of the Algonquian people formerly of Maryland and eastern Delaware
subtype: Ojibway__Ojibwa__Chippewa a member of an Algonquian people who lived west of Lake Superior
subtype: Ottawa a member of the Algonquian people of southern Ontario
subtype: Pamlico.Algonquian__pamlico a member of the Algonquian people formerly of the Pamlico river valley in North Carolina
subtype: Passamaquody a member of the Algonquian people related to the Malecite and living in NE Maine and New Brunswick
subtype: Penobscot a member of the Algonquian people belonging to the Abnaki confederacy and living in the Penobscot valley in northern Maine
subtype: Potawatomi.Algonquian__potawatomi a member of the Algonquian people originally of Michigan and Wisconsin
subtype: Powhatan.Algonquian__powhatan a member of the Algonquian people who formerly lived in eastern Virginia
instance: Pocahontas__Matoaka__Rebecca_Rolfe
subtype: Sauk a member of the Algonquian people living in Wisconsin the Fox River valley and the shores of Green Bay
instance: Keokuk
subtype: Shawnee.Algonquian__shawnee a member of the Algonquian people formerly living along the Tennessee river
instance: Pontiac Tecumseh__Tecumtha
subtype: Wampanoag a member of the Algonquian people of Rhode Island and Massachusetts who greeted the Pilgrims
instance: Massasoit
instance: Wahunsonacock__Powhatan
subtype: Anasazi a Native American who lived in what is now southern Colorado and Utah and northern Arizona and New Mexico and who built cliff dwellings
subtype: cliff_dweller__cliffdweller a member of the Anasazi people living in the southwestern United States who built rock or adobe dwellings on ledges in the sides of caves
subtype: Athapaskan__Athapascan__Athabaskan__Athabascan a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Athapaskan language and living in the subarctic regions of western Canada and central Alaska
subtype: Apache any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico); fought a losing battle from 1861 to 1886 with the United States and were resettled in Oklahoma
instance: Cochise Geronimo
subtype: Chipewyan a member of the Athapaskan people living in western Canada between Great Slave Lake and Hudson Bay
subtype: Hupa.Athapaskan__hupa a member of the Athapaskan people of the Trinity River valley in California
subtype: Mattole.Athapaskan__mattole a member of the Athapaskan people living in northwestern California
subtype: Navajo__Navaho a member of an Athapaskan people that migrated to Arizona and New Mexico and Utah
subtype: Mayan__Maya a member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who once had a culture characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy
subtype: Cakchiquel.Mayan__cakchiquel a member of the Mayan people living in south central Guatemala
subtype: Kekchi.Mayan__kekchi a member of a Mayan people of north central Guatemala
subtype: Mam.Mayan__mam a member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala
subtype: Quiche.Mayan__quiche a member of the Mayan people of south central Guatemala
subtype: Yucateco__Yucatec a member of the Mayan people of the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico
subtype: Nahuatl.North_American_Indian__nahuatl a member of any of various Indian peoples of central Mexico
subtype: Aztec a member of the Nahuatl people who established an empire in Mexico that was overthrown by Cortes in 1519
subtype: Plains_Indian__Buffalo_Indian a member of one of the tribes of American Indians who lived a nomadic life following the buffalo in the Great Plains of North America
subtype: Atakapa__Attacapan a member of an Indian people formerly living along the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas
subtype: Arapahoe__Arapaho a member of a North American Plains people (now living in Oklahoma and Wyoming)
subtype: Blackfoot.Algonquian__blackfoot a member of a warlike group of Algonquians living in the northwestern plains
subtype: Caddo a group of Plains Indians formerly living in what is now North and South Dakota and Nebraska and Kansas and Arkansas and Louisiana and Oklahoma and Texas
subtype: Aricara__Arikara a member of the Caddo people who formerly lived in the Dakotas west of the Missouri river
subtype: Eyeish a member of the Caddo people of NE Texas
subtype: Kichai a member of a Caddo people formerly living in north central Texas
subtype: Pawnee.Caddo__pawnee a member of the Pawnee nation formerly living in Nebraska and Kansas but now largely in Oklahoma
subtype: Wichita.Caddo__wichita a member of the Caddo people formerly living between Kansas and central Texas
subtype: Cheyenne.Algonquian__cheyenne a member of a North American Indian people living on the western plains (now living in Oklahoma and Montana)
subtype: Kiowa.Plains_Indian__kiowa a member of a Tanoan people living in the southwestern United States
subtype: Ojibway__Ojibwa__Chippewa a member of an Algonquian people who lived west of Lake Superior
subtype: Pima.Plains_Indian__pima a member of the North American Indian people living in southern Arizona and northern Mexico
subtype: Sioux__Siouan a member of a group of North American Indian peoples who spoke a Siouan language and who ranged from Lake Michigan to the Rocky Mountains
subtype: Biloxi.Sioux__biloxi a member of the Siouan people of southeastern Mississippi
subtype: Catawba.Sioux__catawba a member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Carolinas
subtype: Crow.Sioux__crow a member of the Siouan people formerly living in eastern Montana
subtype: Dakota.Sioux__dakota a member of the Siouan people of the northern Mississippi valley; commonly called the Sioux
subtype: Dhegiha.Sioux__dhegiha any member of a Siouan people speaking one of the Dhegiha languages
subtype: Kansas.Sioux__kansa__Kansa a member of the Siouan people of the Kansas river valley in Kansas
subtype: Maha__Omaha a member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska
subtype: Osage.Dhegiha__osage a member of the Siouan people formerly living in Missouri in the valleys of the Missouri and Osage rivers; oil was found on Osage lands early in the 20th century
subtype: Ponka__Ponca a member of the Siouan people of the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska
subtype: Quapaw.Dhegiha__quapaw a member of the Siouan people of the Arkansas river valley in Arkansas
subtype: Gros_Ventre__Hidatsa a member of the Sioux people formerly inhabiting an area along the Missouri river in western North Dakota
subtype: Hunkpapa.Sioux__hunkpapa a member of the Siouan people formerly living in the western Dakotas; the were prominent in resisting the white encroachment into the northern Great Plains
instance: Sitting_Bull
subtype: Ioway__Iowa a member of the Siouan people formerly living in Iowa and Minnesota and Missouri
subtype: Missouri.Sioux__missouri a member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the valley of the Missouri river in Missouri
subtype: Ofo.Sioux__ofo a member of the Siouan people living in the Yazoo river valley in Mississippi
subtype: Ogalala__Oglala a member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the Black Hills of western South Dakota
instance: Red_Cloud
subtype: Otoe__Oto__oto a member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska
subtype: Santee_Dakota__Santee__Santee_Sioux__Eastern_Sioux a member of the eastern branch of the Sioux
subtype: Tutelo.Sioux__tutelo a member of the Siouan people of Virginia and North Carolina
subtype: Winnebago.Sioux__winnebago a member of the Siouan-speaking people formerly living in eastern Wisconsin south of Green Bay; ally of the Menomini and enemy of the Fox and Sauk people
instance: Crazy_Horse__Tashunca-Uitco
subtype: Chickasaw.North_American_Indian__chickasaw a member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in northern Mississippi
subtype: Creek any member of the Creek Confederacy of Muskhogean peoples (especially the Muskogee) formerly living in Georgia and Alabama but now chiefly in Oklahoma
subtype: Haida.North_American_Indian__haida a member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska
subtype: Hokan__Hoka a member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Hokan language
subtype: Achomawi.Hokan__achomawi a member of the North American Indian people of the Pit river valley in northern California
subtype: Akwa'ala.Hokan__akwa'ala a member of a North American Indian people living in Baja California
subtype: Atsugewi.Hokan__atsugewi a member of the North American Indian people of the Pit river valley in northern California
subtype: Chimariko.Hokan__chimariko a member of an extinct North American Indian people formerly living in California
subtype: Cochimi.Hokan__cochimi a member of a North American Indian people living in central Baja California
subtype: Cocopah__Cocopa a member of a North American Indian people living around the mouth of the Colorado river
subtype: Diegueno.Hokan__diegueno a member of a North American Indian people of southern California
subtype: Esselen.Hokan__esselen a member of a North American Indian people living on the California coast near Monterey
subtype: Halchidhoma a member of a North American Indian people of the Colorado river valley near the mouth of the Gila river; allied to the Maricopa
subtype: Havasupai.Hokan__havasupai a member of a North American Indian people of Cataract Canyon (a tributary of the Grand Canyon) in Arizona
subtype: Kamia.Hokan__kamia a member of a North American Indian people of southeastern California and northwestern Mexico
subtype: Karok.Hokan__karok a member of a North American Indian people of the Klamath river valley in northern California
subtype: Kiliwi__Kiliwa a member of a North American Indian people living in northern Baja California
subtype: Maricopa.Hokan__maricopa a member of a North American Indian people of the Gila river valley in Arizona
subtype: Mojave__Mohave a member of the North American Indian people formerly living in the Colorado river valley in Arizona and Nevada and California
subtype: Pomo.Hokan__pomo a member of an Indian people of northern California living along the Russian River valley and adjacent Pacific coast
subtype: Shasta.Hokan__shasta a member of the Indian people of northern California and southern Oregon
subtype: Hualapai__Walapai__Hualpai a member of a North American people formerly living in the Colorado river valley in Arizona
subtype: Yahi.Hokan__yahi a member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California
subtype: Yana.Hokan__yana a member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California
subtype: Yavapai.Hokan__yavapai a member of a North American Indian people of central Arizona
subtype: Yuma.Hokan__yuma a member of the North American Indian people of Arizona and adjacent Mexico and California
subtype: Iroquois any member of the warlike North American Indian peoples formerly living in New York state; the League of Iroquois (or Five Nations) were allies of the British during the American Revolution
subtype: Cayuga.Iroquois__cayuga a member of an Iroquoian people formerly living around Cayuga Lake in New York state
subtype: Cherokee.Iroquois__cherokee a member of an Iroquoian people formerly living in the Appalachian Mountains but now chiefly in Oklahoma
instance: Sequoya__Sequoyah__George_Guess
subtype: Erie.Iroquois__erie a member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York
subtype: Mohawk.Iroquois__mohawk a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living along the Mohawk River in New York state
subtype: Oneida.Iroquois__oneida a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living east of Lake Ontario
subtype: Onondaga.Iroquois__onondaga a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living between Lake Chaplain and the Saint Lawrence River
instance: Hiawatha
subtype: Seneca.Iroquois__seneca a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living in New York state south of Lake Ontario
subtype: Tuscarora.Iroquois__tuscarora a member of a Iroquois people who formerly lived in North Carolina and then moved to New York state and joined the Iroquois
subtype: Muskhogean__Muskogean a member of any of the peoples formerly living in southeastern United States and speaking Muskhogean languages
subtype: Alabama.Muskhogean__alabama a member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in Alabama; a member of the Creek Confederacy
subtype: Choctaw a member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in Alabama
subtype: Hitchiti.Muskhogean__hitchiti a member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in Georgia; a member of the Creek Confederacy
subtype: Koasati.Muskhogean__koasati a member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in northern Alabama; a member of the Creek Confederacy
subtype: Muskogee.Muskhogean__muskogee a member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in Georgia and eastern Alabama and constituting the core of the Creek Confederacy
subtype: Seminole.Muskhogean__seminole a member of the Muskhogean people who moved into Florida in the 18th century
subtype: Penutian.North_American_Indian__penutian a member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Penutian languages
subtype: Chinook a member of an important North American Indian people who controlled the mouth of the Columbia river; they were organized into settlements rather than tribes
subtype: Costanoan.Penutian__costanoan a member of a North American Indian people living in coastal California between Monterey and San Francisco Bay
subtype: Kalapooia__Kalapuya__Calapooya__Calapuya a member of the North American Indian people of Oregon
subtype: Kusan.Penutian__kusan a member of the North American Indian people of Oregon
subtype: Maidu a member of a North American Indian people living east of the Sacramento river in California
subtype: Miwok a member of the North American Indian people living in the central Sierra Nevada in California
subtype: Patwin.Penutian__patwin a member of the North American Indian people living in the Sacramento valley in California
subtype: Sahaptino__Shahaptian__Sahaptin a member of a North American Indian people who lived in Oregon along the Columbia river and its tributaries in Washington and northern Idaho
subtype: Nez_Perce.Sahaptino__nezperce a member of a tribe of the Shahaptian people living on the pacific coast
instance: Chief_Joseph__Joseph
subtype: Takelma a member of a North American Indian people of southwestern Oregon
subtype: Tsimshian.Penutian__tsimshian a member of a Penutian people who lived on rivers and a sound in British Columbia
subtype: Wintun.Penutian__wintun a member of a North American Indian people living in the Sacramento valley in California
subtype: Yokuts a member of the North American Indian people of the San Joaquin Valley
subtype: Pueblo a member of any of about two dozen Native American peoples called pueblos by the Spanish because they live in villages built of adobe and rock
subtype: Hopi.Shoshoni__hopi a member of the Shoshonean people of northeastern Arizona
subtype: Taos.Pueblo__tao a member of the Pueblo people living in northern New Mexico
subtype: Zuni a member of the Pueblo people living in western New Mexico
subtype: Redskin__Injun__red_man offensive terms for Native Americans
subtype: Salish a member of a group of North American Indians speaking a Salishan language and living on the northwest coast of North America
subtype: Chimakum a member of the Salishan people living in northwestern Washington
subtype: Skagit.Salish__skagit a member of the Salish people in northwestern Washington
subtype: Shoshoni__Shoshone a member of the North American Indian people (related to the Aztecs) of the southwestern United States
subtype: Comanche.Shoshoni__comanche a member of the Shoshonean people who formerly lived between Wyoming and the Mexican border but are now chiefly in Oklahoma
subtype: Hopi.Shoshoni__hopi a member of the Shoshonean people of northeastern Arizona
subtype: Piute__Paiute a member of either of two Shoshonean peoples (Northern Paiute and Southern Paiute) related to the Aztecs and living in southwestern United States
subtype: Ute.Shoshoni__ute a member of the Shoshonean people of Utah and Colorado and New Mexico
subtype: Taracahitian a member of a group of peoples of Mexico
subtype: Cahita.Taracahitian__cahita a member of the Taracahitian people of central Mexico
subtype: Tarahumara a member of the Taracahitian people of north central Mexico
subtype: Tlingit.North_American_Indian__tlingit a member of a seafaring group of North American Indians living in southern Alaska
subtype: Wakashan a member of one of the peoples in British Columbia and Washington who speak the Wakashan language
subtype: Kwakiutl.Wakashan__kwakiutl a member of the Wakashan people living on Queen Charlotte Sound and northern Vancouver Island
subtype: Nootka.Wakashan__nootka a member of the Wakashan people living on Vancouver Island and in the Cape Flattery region of northwestern Washington
subtype: Aleutian__Aleut a member of the people inhabiting the Aleutian Islands and western Alaska
subtype: Inuit__Eskimo__Esquimau a member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia); the Algonquians called them Eskimo (`eaters of raw flesh') but they call themselves the Inuit (`the people')
subtype: sannup a married male American Indian
subtype: squaw an American Indian woman
subtype: South_American_Indian a member of a native Indian group in South America
subtype: Tupi.South_American_Indian__tupi a member of the South American Indian people living in Brazil and Paraguay
subtype: Guarani.South_American_Indian__guarani a member of the South American people living in Paraguay and Bolivia
subtype: Maraco a member of the South American people living in Argentina and Bolivia and Paraguay
subtype: Quechua__Kechua a member of a South American Indian people in Peru who were formerly the ruling class of the Inca empire
subtype: Inca a member of the small group of Quechuan people living in the Cuzco valley in Peru who established hegemony over their neighbors to create the great Inca Empire that lasted from about 1100 until the Spanish conquest in the early 1530s
subtype: Carib_Indian__Carib a member of an American Indian peoples of NE South America and the Lesser Antilles
subtype: Arawakan__Arawak a member of a widespread group of Amerindians living in northeastern South America
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