Peoples of the Americas Encyclopedia Articles By Title
Wampanoag, Algonquian-speaking North American Indians who formerly occupied parts of what are now the states of......
Wappinger, confederacy of Algonquian-speaking Indians in eastern North America. Early in the 17th century the Wappinger......
Warao, nomadic South American Indians speaking a language of the Macro-Chibchan group and, in modern times, inhabiting......
Washoe, North American Indian people of the Great Basin region who made their home around Lake Tahoe in what is......
Wendat Confederacy, among North American Indians, a confederacy of four Iroquois-speaking bands of the Huron nation—the......
Wenrohronon, Iroquois-speaking North American Indians whose name means “people of the place of the floating film,”......
Wichita, North American Indian people of Caddoan linguistic stock who originally lived near the Arkansas River......
Wichí, South American Indians of the Gran Chaco, who speak an independent language and live mostly between the......
Wintun, any of a number of groups of Penutian-speaking North American Indians originally inhabiting the west side......
Witoto, South American Indians of southeastern Colombia and northern Peru, belonging to an isolated language group.......
Wiyot, southernmost of the Northwest Coast Indians of North America, who lived along the lower Mad River, Humboldt......
Xavante, Brazilian Indian group speaking Xavante, a language of the Macro-Ge language family. The Xavante, who......
Xerénte, Brazilian Indian group speaking Xerénte, a Macro-Ge language. The Xerénte live in northern Goias state,......
Xinca, Mesoamerican Indians of southeastern Guatemala. Xinca territory traditionally extended about 50 miles (80......
Yakama, North American Indian tribe that lived along the Columbia, Yakima, and Wenatchee rivers in what is now......
Yana, Hokan-speaking North American Indians formerly living along the eastern tributaries of the upper Sacramento......
Yankee, a native or citizen of the United States or, more narrowly, of the New England states of the United States......
Yankton, a major division of the Sioux (q.v.), or Dakota, confederation of American...
Yanomami, South American Indians, speakers of a Xirianá language, who live in the remote forest of the Orinoco......
Yaqui, Indian people centred in southern Sonora state, on the west coast of Mexico. They speak the Yaqui dialect......
Yaruro, South American Indian people inhabiting the tributaries of the Orinoco River in Venezuela. Their language,......
Yellowknife, a small Athabaskan-speaking North American Indian tribe who traditionally lived northeast of the Great......
Yokuts, North American Indians speaking a Penutian language and who historically inhabited the San Joaquin Valley......
Yucatec Maya, Middle American Indians of the Yucatán Peninsula in eastern Mexico. The Yucatec were participants......
Yuki, four groups of North American Indians who lived in the Coast Ranges and along the coast of what is now northwestern......
Yuman, any of various Native American groups who traditionally lived in the lower Colorado River valley and adjacent......
Yurok, North American Indians who lived in what is now California along the lower Klamath River and the Pacific......
Yámana, South American Indian people, very few in number, who were the traditional occupants of the south coast......
Zapotec, Middle American Indian population living in eastern and southern Oaxaca in southern Mexico. The Zapotec......
Zuni, North American Indian tribe of what is now west-central New Mexico, on the Arizona border. The Zuni are a......