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Yakima, indigenous people of North America

(Encyclopedia) YakimaYakimayăkˈəmô, –mə [key], indigenous people of North America whose language belongs to the Sahaptin-Chinook branch of the Penutian linguistic stock (see Native American languages…

Wichita, indigenous people of North America

(Encyclopedia) WichitaWichitawĭchˈĭtô [key], Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Caddoan branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). They formerly…

Penobscot, indigenous people of North America

(Encyclopedia) PenobscotPenobscotpənŏbˈskŏt [key], indigenous people of North America whose language belongs to the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American…

Shawnee, indigenous people of North America

(Encyclopedia) ShawneeShawneeshôˌnēˈ [key] or ShawanoShawneeshôˈwənō [key], Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see…

Stockbridge, indigenous people of North America

(Encyclopedia) Stockbridge, Native North Americans of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). In the early 17th cent. they were known as the Housatonic and were part…

Omaha, indigenous people of North America

(Encyclopedia) OmahaOmahaōˈməhä, –hô [key], Native Americans whose language belongs to the Siouan branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). They, with the Ponca,…