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Nisei
Nisei, (Japanese: “second-generation”), son or daughter of Japanese immigrants who was born and educated in the......
Northeast Indian
Northeast Indian, member of any of the Native American peoples living at the time of European contact in the area......
northern Mexican Indian
northern Mexican Indian, member of any of the aboriginal peoples inhabiting northern Mexico. The generally accepted......
Northwest Coast Indian
Northwest Coast Indian, member of any of the Native American peoples inhabiting a narrow belt of Pacific coastland......
Nuu-chah-nulth
Nuu-chah-nulth, North American Indians who live on what are now the southwest coast of Vancouver Island, Can.,......
Oceti Sakowin
Oceti Sakowin, broad alliance of Indigenous North American peoples who spoke three related languages within the......
Ojibwe
Ojibwe, Algonquian-speaking Indigenous North American group who traditionally lived in what are now Ontario and......
Olmec
Olmec, the first elaborate pre-Columbian civilization of Mesoamerica (c. 1200–400 bce) and one that is thought......
Omaha
Omaha, North American Indian people of the Dhegiha branch of the Siouan language stock. It is thought that Dhegiha......
Ona
Ona, South American Indians who once inhabited the island of Tierra del Fuego. They were historically divided into......
Oneida
Oneida, Iroquoian-speaking North American Indian tribe living, at the time of European contact, in what is now......
Onondaga
Onondaga, tribe of Iroquoian-speaking North American Indians who lived in what is now the U.S. state of New York.......
Osage
Osage, North American Indian tribe of the Dhegiha branch of the Siouan linguistic stock. The name Osage is an English......
Oto
Oto, North American Indian people of the Chiwere branch of the Siouan linguistic family, which also includes the......
Otomí
Otomí, Middle American Indian population living in the central plateau region of Mexico. The Otomí peoples speak......
Ottawa
Ottawa, Algonquian-speaking North American Indians whose original territory focused on the Ottawa River, the French......
Paiute
Paiute, either of two distinct North American Indian groups that speak languages of the Numic group of the Uto-Aztecan......
Palenque
Palenque, Indian tribe of northern Venezuela at the time of the Spanish conquest (16th century). The Palenque were......
Palta
Palta, Ecuadorian Indian ethnolinguistic group that lived in the Andean highlands at the time of the Spanish conquest......
Pamlico
Pamlico, Algonquian-speaking Indians who lived along the Pamlico River in what is now Beaufort county, N.C., U.S.,......
pardo
pardo, In Venezuela, a person of mixed African, European, and Indian ancestry. In the colonial period, pardos,......
Passamaquoddy
Passamaquoddy, Algonquian-speaking North American Indians who lived on Passamaquoddy Bay, the St. Croix River,......
Patángoro
Patángoro, Indian people of western Colombia, apparently extinct since the late 16th century. They spoke a language......
Paulistas
Paulistas, residents of the Brazilian state of São Paulo, Latin America’s foremost industrial centre. Paulistas......
Pawnee
Pawnee, North American Indian people of Caddoan linguistic stock who lived on the Platte River in what is now Nebraska,......
peninsular
peninsular, any of the colonial residents of Latin America from the 16th through the early 19th centuries who had......
Pennacook
Pennacook, Algonquian-speaking North American Indians whose villages were located in what are now southern and......
Pennsylvania German
Pennsylvania German, 17th- and 18th-century German-speaking settlers in Pennsylvania and their descendants. Emigrating......
Penobscot
Penobscot, Algonquian-speaking North American Indians who lived on both sides of the Penobscot Bay and throughout......
Pequot
Pequot, any member of a group of Algonquian-speaking North American Indians who lived in the Thames valley in what......
Pijao
Pijao, Indian people of the southern highlands of Colombia. By the mid-20th century the Pijao were thought to be......
Pima
Pima, North American Indians who traditionally lived along the Gila and Salt rivers in Arizona, U.S., in what was......
Plains Indian
Plains Indian, member of any of the Native American peoples inhabiting the Great Plains of the United States and......
Plateau Indian
Plateau Indian, member of any of the Native American peoples inhabiting the high plateau region between the Rocky......
Pocomam
Pocomam, Mayan Indians of the highlands of eastern Guatemala. The Pocomam are primarily agriculturists; they cultivate......
Pocomtuc
Pocomtuc, Algonquian-speaking Indians who lived in what is now western Massachusetts and adjoining parts of Connecticut......
Pomo
Pomo, Hokan-speaking North American Indians of the west coast of the United States. Their territory was centred......
Ponca
Ponca, North American Indians of the Dhegiha branch of the Siouan language family. The Ponca were never a large......
Popoloca
Popoloca, Middle American Indians of southern Puebla state in central Mexico (not to be confused with the Popoluca......
Potawatomi
Potawatomi, Algonquian-speaking tribe of North American Indians who were living in what is now northeastern Wisconsin,......
Pueblo Indians
Pueblo Indians, North American Indian peoples known for living in compact permanent settlements known as pueblos.......
Puelche
Puelche, extinct South American Indian tribe that inhabited the grassy Pampas in the vicinity of the Río Negro......
Puruhá
Puruhá, Ecuadorian Indians of the Andean highlands at the time of the Spanish conquest. Although the highlands......
Purí and Coroado
Purí and Coroado, two South American Indian tribes closely related in language and culture. According to a Coroado......
Páez
Páez, Indians of the southern highlands of Colombia. The Páez speak a Chibchan language very closely related to......
Quapaw
Quapaw, North American Indian people of the Dhegiha branch of the Siouan language stock. With the other members......
Quechan
Quechan, California Indian people of the fertile Colorado River valley who, together with the Mojave and other......
Quechua
Quechua, South American Indians living in the Andean highlands from Ecuador to Bolivia. They speak many regional......
Querandí
Querandí, South American Indians who inhabited the Argentine Pampas between Cabo Blanco on the Atlantic coast and......
Sahaptin
Sahaptin, linguistic grouping of North American Indian tribes speaking related languages within the Penutian family.......
Salish
Salish, linguistic grouping of North American Indian tribes speaking related languages and living in the upper......
Santee
Santee, a major group within the Sioux (q.v.) nation of North American Indians. Santee descendants numbered more......
Sarcee
Sarcee, North American Plains Indians of Athabaskan linguistic stock who lived in the 18th and 19th centuries near......
Sauk
Sauk, an Algonquian-speaking North American Indian tribe closely related to the Fox and the Kickapoo. They lived......
Sekani
Sekani, Athabaskan-speaking North American Indian group that lived mostly in river valleys on the eastern and western......
Seminole
Seminole, North American Indian tribe of Creek origin who speak a Muskogean language. In the last half of the 18th......
Seneca
Seneca, North American Indians of the Iroquoian linguistic group who lived in what is now western New York state......
Seri
Seri, a tribe of Mesoamerican Indians who live on Tiburón Island in the Gulf of California and on the adjacent......
Serrano
Serrano, North American Indian group speaking a Uto-Aztecan language and originally inhabiting a mountainous region......
Shastan
Shastan, North American Indian peoples that spoke related languages of Hokan stock and lived in the highlands of......
Shawnee
Shawnee, an Algonquian-speaking North American Indian people who lived in the central Ohio River valley. Closely......
Shipibo
Shipibo, Panoan-speaking Indian group living on the upper Ucayali River near the headwaters of the Amazon, on the......
Shoshone
Shoshone, North American Indian group that occupied the territory from what is now southeastern California across......
Shoshone-Bannock
Shoshone-Bannock, any of the bands formerly of the Shoshone and Bannock peoples of North America who later chose......
Sirionó
Sirionó, South American Indian people of eastern Bolivia. They live in the dense tropical forests of the eastern......
Slave
Slave, group of Athabaskan-speaking Indians of Canada, originally inhabiting the western shores of the Great Slave......
South American forest Indian
South American forest Indian, indigenous inhabitants of the tropical forests of South America. The tribal cultures......
South American Indian
South American Indian, member of any of the aboriginal peoples inhabiting the continent of South America. The customs......
South American nomad
South American nomad, indigenous inhabitants of South America living as nomadic hunters, gatherers, and fishers.......
Southwest Indian
Southwest Indian, member of any of the Native American peoples inhabiting the southwestern United States; some......
Sumo
Sumo, Mesoamerican Indian people of the eastern coastal plain of Nicaragua, closely related to the neighbouring......
Susquehannock
Susquehannock, Iroquoian-speaking North American Indian tribe that traditionally lived in palisaded towns along......
Tahltan
Tahltan, an Athabaskan-speaking North American Indian people living on the upper Stikine River and other nearby......
Taino
Taino, Arawakan-speaking people who at the time of Christopher Columbus’s exploration inhabited what are now Cuba,......
Tairona
Tairona, Indians of the northern Colombian Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, known only from occasional references......
Tanaina
Tanaina, a North American Indian people, the only northern Athabaskan-speaking group occupying extensive portions......
Tanana
Tanana, Athabaskan-speaking North American Indian group that lived along the headwaters of the Tanana River in......
Tarahumara
Tarahumara, Middle American Indians of Barranca de Cobre (“Copper Canyon”), southwestern Chihuahua state, in northern......
Tarasco
Tarasco, Indian people of northern Michoacán state in central Mexico. The area in which the Tarasco live is one......
Tehuelche
Tehuelche, South American Indians who formerly inhabited the Patagonian plains from the Strait of Magellan to the......
Tepehuan
Tepehuan, Middle American Indians of southern Chihuahua, southern Durango, and northwestern Jalisco states in northwestern......
Tequistlatec
Tequistlatec, Indian people centred in the Sierra Madre del Sur of Oaxaca estado (“state”), Mexico. Their subsistence......
Timucua
Timucua, North American Indian tribe that inhabited the northeast coast of what is now Florida. This name is also......
Tionontati
Tionontati, Iroquoian-speaking Indians formerly living in the mountains south of Nottawasaga Bay, in what are now......
Tlingit
Tlingit, northernmost of the Northwest Coast Indians of North America, living on the islands and coastal lands......
Tohono O’odham
Tohono O’odham, North American Indians who traditionally inhabited the desert regions of present-day Arizona, U.S.,......
Tojolabal
Tojolabal, Mayan Indians of Chiapas in southeastern Mexico, near the Guatemalan border. The Tojolabal language......
Toltec
Toltec, Nahuatl-speaking tribe who held sway over what is now central Mexico from the 10th to the 12th century......
Tonkawa
Tonkawa, North American Indian tribe of what is now south-central Texas. Their language is considered by some to......
Totonac
Totonac, Middle American Indian population of east-central Mexico. Totonac culture is in many ways similar to other......
Tsimshian
Tsimshian, North American Indians of the Northwest Coast who traditionally lived on the mainland and islands around......
Tsáchila
Tsáchila, Indian people of the Pacific coast of Ecuador. They live in the tropical lowlands of the northwest, where,......
Tucuna
Tucuna, a South American Indian people living in Brazil, Peru, and Colombia, around the Amazon-Solimões and Putomayo-Içá......
Tupian
Tupian, South American Indians who speak languages of the Tupian linguistic group. Tupian-speaking peoples were......
Tupinambá
Tupinambá, South American Indian peoples who spoke Tupian languages and inhabited the eastern coast of Brazil from......
Tuscarora
Tuscarora, Iroquoian-speaking North American Indian tribe. When first encountered by Europeans in the 17th century,......
Tzeltal
Tzeltal, Mayan Indians of central Chiapas, in southeastern Mexico, most closely related culturally and linguistically......
Tzotzil
Tzotzil, Mayan Indians of central Chiapas in southeastern Mexico. Linguistically and culturally, the Tzotzil are......
Tz’utujil
Tz’utujil, Mayan Indians of the midwestern highlands of Guatemala. The Tz’utujil language is closely related to......
Ute
Ute, Numic-speaking group of North American Indians originally living in what is now western Colorado and eastern......

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