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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...Oneida, indigenous people of North America
(Encyclopedia)Oneida: see Iroquois Confederacy. ...Ottawa, indigenous people of North America
(Encyclopedia)Ottawa ōdäˈwə [key], Native Americans whose language belongs to the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). Traditionally of the Eastern Wood...Navajo, indigenous people of North America
(Encyclopedia)Navajo or Navaho both: näˈvəhō [key], Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Athabascan branch of the Nadene linguistic stock (see Native American languages). A migration from the No...Teton , indigenous people of North America
(Encyclopedia)Teton: see Sioux.Erie, indigenous people of North America
(Encyclopedia)Erie ĭrˈē [key], indigenous people of North America of the Iroquoian branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). In the Iroquoian language the word erie means “lo...Flathead, indigenous people of North America
(Encyclopedia)Flathead: see Salish.Fox, indigenous people of North America
(Encyclopedia)Fox: see Sac and Fox.Colville, indigenous people of North America
(Encyclopedia)Colville kŏlˈvĭl [key], indigenous people of North America whose language belongs to the Salishan branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). Once one of the...Crow, indigenous people of North America
(Encyclopedia)Crow, indigenous people of North America whose language belongs to the Siouan branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American languages) and who call themselves the Absaroka, or bird ...Browse by Subject
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