A historically powerful and important northeast Native American people who formed the Iroquois Confederacy and today make up the Six Nations. Many prominent individuals are Iroquois or have…
The Lenape i are Native American peoples now living in Canada and the United States. They are also called Delaware Indians after their historic territory along the frequently…
The Muscogee (or Muskogee), also known as the Creeks, are a Native American people traditionally from the southeastern woodlands. Mvskoke is their name in traditional spelling. Today Muscogee…
During their early decades, the Seminoles became increasingly independent of other Creek groups and established their own identity. They developed a thriving trade network in the British and…
The Chickasaw are an indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands. Their traditional territory was in the Southeastern United States of Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee. They are of the…
The Choctaw (alternatively spelled Chahta, Chactas, Tchakta, Chocktaw, and Chactaw) are a Native American people originally from the Southeastern United States (modern-day Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, and Louisiana). The…
The Wyandot people or Wendat, also called Huron, are indigenous peoples of North America. They traditionally spoke Wendat, an Iroquoian language. By the 15th century, the pre-contact Wyandots…
The Odawa (also Ottawa or Odaawaa ə), said to mean “traders,” are a Native American and First Nations people. They are one of the Anishinaabeg, related to but…
The Ojibwe (also Ojibwa), Anishinaabe, or Chippewa are one of the largest groups of Native American and First Nations Peoples on the North American continent. There are Ojibwe…