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DiscoverNavajo.com reports that 96% of the Navajo Nation is American Indian, and 66% of Navajo tribe members live on Navajo Nation. [89] The average family size was 4.1, and the average household was home to 3.5 persons. The average household income in 2010 was $27,389. [2]
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Tecumseh was the Shawnee leader of Tecumseh's War who attempted to organize an alliance of Native American tribes throughout North America. [ 86 ] As American expansion continued, Native Americans resisted settlers' encroachment in several regions of the new nation (and in unorganized territories), from the Northwest to the Southeast, and then ...
And the Navajo Nation is just one of many tribes that have taken steps to preserve their history: There are 574 federally recognized tribes in America today, each with its unique language, culture ...
While some California tribes were settled on reservations, others were hunted down and massacred by 19th century American settlers. It is estimated that at least 9,400 to 16,000 California Indians were killed by non-Indians, mostly occurring in more than 370 massacres (defined as the "intentional killing of five or more disarmed combatants or ...
Number: 326 [1] (map includes the 310 as of May 1996): Populations: 123 (several) – 173,667 (Navajo Nation) [2]Areas: Ranging from the 1.32-acre (0.534 hectare) Pit River Tribe's cemetery in California to the 16 million–acre (64,750 square kilometer) Navajo Nation Reservation located in Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah [1]
Contemporary Pueblo Indians continue to be organized on a clan basis for pueblo activities and curing ceremonies. [16] The clans of the eastern Pueblos are organized into the Summer people and the Winter people (Tanoans) or as the Turquoise people and the Squash people. The western Puebloans are organized into several matrilineal lineages and ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 16 February 2025. Indigenous peoples of the United States This article may be too long to read and navigate comfortably. Consider splitting content into sub-articles, condensing it, or adding subheadings. Please discuss this issue on the article's talk page. (October 2024) Ethnic group Native Americans ...