Plains Tribes
Ethnographers commonly classify indigenous peoples in the United States and Canada into ten geographical regions with shared cultural traits (called cultural areas). The following list groups peoples by the Plains region. See the List of Native American Tribal Entities below.
Plains Tribes
- Anishinaabe (Anishinape, Anicinape, Neshnabé, Nishnaabe) (see also Subarctic, Northeast Woodlands)
- Ojibwa (Chippewa, Ojibwe) Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Saskatchewan, Manitoba
- Saulteaux (Plains Ojibwe, Nakawē) British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba
- Chippewa Cree Montana
- Ottawa (Odawa) Oklahoma
- Potawatomi Kansas, Oklahoma
- Ojibwa (Chippewa, Ojibwe) Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Saskatchewan, Manitoba
- Jicarilla Apache New Mexico
- Lipan Apache New Mexico, Texas
- Mescalero Apache New Mexico
- Plains Apache (Kiowa-Apache) Oklahoma
- Arapaho (Arapahoe, Arrapahoe) Oklahoma, Wyoming
- Arikara (Arikaree, Arikari, Ree) North Dakota
- Atsina (Gros Ventre) Montana
- Blackfoot
- Kainah (Blood) Alberta
- Northern Peigan Alberta
- Piegan (Blackfeet) Montana
- Siksika Alberta
- Cheyenne Montana, Oklahoma
- Comanche Oklahoma
- Plains Cree Montana
- Crow (Absaroka, Apsáalooke) Montana
- Hasinai
- Hidatsa North Dakota
- Iowa (Ioway) Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma
- Kaw (Kansa, Kanza) Oklahoma
- Kiowa Oklahoma
- Kitsai (Kichai) Oklahoma
- Mandan North Dakota
- Missouri (Missouria) Oklahoma
- Omaha Nebraska
- Osage Oklahoma
- Otoe (Oto) Oklahoma
- Pawnee (dialects: South Band, Skiri) Oklahoma
- Ponca Nebraska, Oklahoma
- Quapaw Oklahoma
- Sioux
- Dakota Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Manitoba, Saskatchewan
- Lakota (Teton) Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Saskatchewan
- Stoney Alberta
- Assiniboine (Assiniboin) Montana, Saskatchewan (Fort Peck Indian Reservation is home to Assiniboine and Sioux)
- Tonkawa Oklahoma
- Tsuu T’ina (Sarcee, Sarsi, Tsuut’ina) Alberta
- Wichita (Affiliated Tribes − Wichita, Waco, Tawakoni, Keechi) Oklahoma
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