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Legally, being Native American is defined as being enrolled in a federally recognized tribe or Alaskan village. Ethnologically, factors such as culture, history, language, religion, and familial kinships can influence Native American identity. [3] All individuals on this list should have Native American ancestry.
The term Pacific Northwest is largely used in the American context. At one point, the region had the highest population density of a region inhabited by Indigenous peoples in Canada. [1] [2] [3] Chief Anotklosh of the Taku Tribe of the Tlingit people, ca. 1913 Painting representing "Three Young Chinook Men" by George Catlin
Stumickosúcks of the Kainai. George Catlin, 1832 Comanches capturing wild horses with lassos, approximately July 16, 1834 Spotted Tail of the Lakota Sioux. Plains Indians or Indigenous peoples of the Great Plains and Canadian Prairies are the Native American tribes and First Nation band governments who have historically lived on the Interior Plains (the Great Plains and Canadian Prairies) of ...
Saint Tammany Parish – for the legendary Native American chief Tamanend; Tangipahoa Parish – for the Tangipahoa River Tangipahoa, Louisiana – a present-day village in Tangipahoa Parish (see below) Tangipahoa River – for the Tangipahoa tribe, closely related to the Acolapissa people; the name is said to refer to those who grind corn.
Aztecs were the largest single Native American group in the 2020 census, while Cherokee was the largest group in combination with any other race. [257] Tribes have established their criteria for membership, which are often based on blood quantum, lineal descent, or residency. A minority of Native Americans live in land units called Indian ...
Pages in category "Lists of Native American people" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Painting of Bimbache of El Hierro by Leonardo Torriani, 1592 The San are the oldest inhabitants of Southern Africa. Indigenous communities, peoples, and nations are those which have a historical continuity with pre-invasion and pre-colonial societies that developed on their territories, and may consider themselves distinct from other sectors of the societies now prevailing on those territories ...
This issue is complicated because a great majority of Mexicans are mestizos and therefore being part Native is not unusual as in Canada or the US. The list only include Indigenous proper and mestizos with an Indigenous parent. This list also includes a few Pre-Columbian figures considered remarkable in the history and culture of Mexico.