other language groups library
Smaller groups of Native American languages are found in our Other Native American Language Groups section. Here you can learn about some of these languages and the groups of people that used them.
Featured Article: Wichita Indians
Wichita Indians, a tribe of the Caddoan language family. They were first visited in 1541 by the Spanish explorer Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, who was seeking the fabulous Quivira, a land reputed to be enormously rich in gold. See more »
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Arawak Indians
Arawak Indians, the name given by Spanish explorers to several tribes who spoke related languages.
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Arikara Indians, also called Arikaree and Ree, a loosely organized confederacy of subtribes of the Caddoan language family.
See more »Flathead
Flathead (or Salish ) Indians, a North American tribe of the Salishan language family.
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a group of tribes living on the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, and the southern part of Prince of Wales Island, Alaska.
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Kiowa Indians, a North American Indian tribe. The Kiowa language is closely related to the languages spoken by tribes of the Tanoan language family.
See more »Kutenai
Kutenai, Kootenay , or Kootenai a tribe of Indians usually considered to form a distinct language family.
See more »Kwakiutl
Kwakiutl Indians , a tribe of Indians of the Wakashan language family, which also includes the Nootka.
See more »Maidu Indians
Maidu Indians, a tribe of the Penutian linguistic group. Their original home was in north-central California.
See more »Mojave Indians
Mojave (or Mohave) Indians, an Indian tribe of the Yuman language family of the Hokan linguistic stock.
See more »Nootka Indians
Nootka Indians, a branch of the Wakashan linguistic family (the other branch being the Kwakiutl) living on and near Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
See more »Pawnee Indians
Pawnee Indians, an Indian tribe of the Caddoan language family, related to the Arikara and the Wichita.
See more »Pueblo Indians
Pueblo Indians, a group of North American tribes living in New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas.
See more »Tligit Indians
Tlingit Indians, a group of tribes who belong to the Tlingit language family, also called the Koluschan family.
See more »Toltec Indians
Toltec Indians, a people who controlled most of central Mexico between 900 and 1200 A.D.
See more »Tsimshian Indians
Tsimshian Indians, a group of tribes of the Chimmesyan linguistic family. Tsimshian means “people of the Skeena River.” Originally living inland along the Skeena in British Columbia, the Tsimshian had established fishing villages near the mouths of the Skeena and Nass rivers by the 18th century.
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Wichita Indians, a tribe of the Caddoan language family. They were first visited in 1541 by the Spanish explorer Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, who was seeking the fabulous Quivira, a land reputed to be enormously rich in gold.
See more »Yuma Indians
Yuma Indians, a tribe belonging to the Yuman branch of the Hokan language family.
See more »Yurok Indians
Yurok Indians , a tribe living near the Klamath River in California. Their ethnic origin is uncertain, but most authorities believe they are descended from Algonquian stock.
See more »Zuni Indians
Zuñi Indians, a branch of the Pueblo Indians. They speak the Zuñi language, which makes up its own language family.
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