The only officially recognized tribes in Texas today include the Kickapoo, the Alabama-Coushatta, and the Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo. The first Europeans to reach Texas were from Spain. The first Spanish explorers to get within sight of modern-day Texas was the conquistador and cartographer Alonso ...
In 1722 the Tuscarora nation joined the league which then became referred to as the Six Nations. Perhaps the most well known Indian of the Northeast region was Pocahontas. She was a member of the Powhatan tribe. There are many untrue stories told about her. For example she never had a ...
Shawnee, anAlgonquian-speaking NorthAmerican Indianpeople who lived in the central Ohio River valley. Closely related in language andcultureto theFox,Kickapoo, andSauk, the Shawnee were also influenced by a long association with theSenecaandDelaware. ...
Traditional Creek economy was based largely on the cultivation ofcorn(maize), beans, and squash. Most of the farming was done by women, while the men of the tribe were responsible for hunting and defense. The Creek achieved status based on individual merit rather than by inheriting it. Like...
The major speakers of Algonquian languages include thePassamaquoddy,Malecite,Mi’kmaq(Micmac)Abenaki,Penobscot,Pennacook,Massachuset,Nauset,Wampanoag,Narragansett,Niantic,Pequot,Mohegan,Nipmuc,Pocomtuc,Mohican(Mahican),Wappinger,Montauk,Delaware,Powhatan,Ojibwa,Menominee,Sauk,Kickapoo,Miami,Shawnee, and...