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Classification of indigenous peoples of the Americas

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Cultural regions of North American people at the time of European contact.
Early Indian languages in the US
Early Indian languages in Alaska

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 their region of origin, followed by the current location. See the individual article on each tribe or First Nation for a history of their movements. See the List of Native American Tribal Entities for the United States' official list of recognized Native American tribes. The regions are:

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[edit] Canada and United States

Inuktitut dialect map

[edit] Arctic

[edit] Subarctic

Distribution of Cree peoples

[edit] California

Niprise

[edit] Northeast Woodlands

Hammonasset, Mattabesec, Mattatuck, Menunkatuck, Meriden (tribe), Mioonkhtuck, Naugatuck (people), Nehantic, Paugusset, Podunk (people), Potatuck, Totoket, Tunxis, Wangunk, Wepawaug

[edit] Great Basin

[edit] Plateau

[edit] Northwest Coast

[edit] Plains

[edit] Southeast

[edit] Southwest

[edit] Latin America and the Caribbean

The indigenous peoples of Central and South America are generally classified by language, environment, and cultural similarities.

[edit] Caribbean

[edit] Mesoamerica

[edit] Aridoamerica

[edit] South America

[edit] Andean

[edit] Sub-Andean

[edit] Western Amazon

[edit] Central Amazon

[edit] Eastern and Southern Amazon

[edit] Gran Chaco

[edit] Southern Cone

[edit] Languages

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