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Arkansas, indigenous people of North America
(Encyclopedia) Arkansas, Native North Americans: see Quapaw.Coushatta
(Encyclopedia) Coushatta: see Alabama, Native North Americans.Utah , indigenous people of North America
(Encyclopedia) Utah, Native North Americans: see Ute.Williams, Eleazer
(Encyclopedia) Williams, EleazerWilliams, Eleazerĕlēāˈzər [key], c.1787–1858, missionary among Native North Americans. He was the son of Thomas Williams, a St. Regis Native American chief, and a…Seneca, indigenous people of North America
(Encyclopedia) Seneca, Native North Americans: see Iroquois Confederacy.Lenape
(Encyclopedia) Lenape: see Delaware, Native North Americans.Salishan
(Encyclopedia) SalishanSalishansāˈlĭshən, sălˈ– [key], branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic family, or stock, of North America and spoken by Native Americans of the NW United States and W…pemmican
(Encyclopedia) pemmicanpemmicanpĕmˈĭkən [key], a travel food of the Native North American. Slices of lean venison or buffalo meat were sun dried, pounded to a paste, and packed with melted fat in…Wakashan
(Encyclopedia) WakashanWakashanwäkăshˈən, wôˈkəshänˌ, –shônˌ [key], branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic family, or stock, of North America and spoken by Native Americans of W Canada and the…Sequoyah
(Encyclopedia) SequoyahSequoyahsĭkwoiˈə [key], c.1766–1843, Native North American leader, creator of the Cherokee syllabary, b. Loudon co., Tenn. Although many historians believe that he was the son…