Peoples of the Americas, TZO-ZAP
Across the Americas, Indigenous heritage, colonization, migration, and cultural exchange have produced societies of extraordinary diversity and historical depth.
Peoples of the Americas Encyclopedia Articles By Title
Tzotzil
Tzotzil, Mayan Indians of central Chiapas in southeastern Mexico. Linguistically and culturally, the Tzotzil are......
Tzâutujil
Tzâutujil, Mayan Indians of the midwestern highlands of Guatemala. The Tzâutujil language is closely related to......
Ute
Ute, Numic-speaking group of North American Indians originally living in what is now western Colorado and eastern......
Wampanoag
Wampanoag, Algonquian-speaking North American Indigenous group who formerly occupied parts of what are now the......
Wappinger
Wappinger, confederacy of Algonquian-speaking Indians in eastern North America. Early in the 17th century the Wappinger......
Warao
Warao, nomadic South American Indians speaking a language of the Macro-Chibchan group and, in modern times, inhabiting......
Washoe
Washoe, North American Indian people of the Great Basin region who made their home around Lake Tahoe in what is......
Wendat
Wendat, Iroquoian-speaking Indigenous North American people who were living along the St. Lawrence River when contacted......
Wendat Confederacy
Wendat Confederacy, among Indigenous North American groups, a confederacy of four Iroquoians-speaking bands of......
Wenrohronon
Wenrohronon, Iroquois-speaking North American Indians whose name means âpeople of the place of the floating film,â......
Whatâs the Difference Between Hispanic and Latino?
Latin America, extending from the deserts of northern Mexico to the icy wilds of Tierra del Fuego in Chile and......
Why are Native Americans called Indians?
Native Americans are called Indians due to a historical misinterpretation by Christopher Columbus. The term âIndianâ......
Wichita
Wichita, North American Indian people of Caddoan linguistic stock who originally lived near the Arkansas River......
WichĂ
WichĂ, South American Indians of the Gran Chaco, who speak an independent language and live mostly between the......
Wintun
Wintun, any of a number of groups of Penutian-speaking North American Indians originally inhabiting the west side......
Witoto
Witoto, South American Indians of southeastern Colombia and northern Peru, belonging to an isolated language group.......
Wiyot
Wiyot, southernmost of the Northwest Coast Indians of North America, who lived along the lower Mad River, Humboldt......
Xavante
Xavante, Brazilian Indian group speaking Xavante, a language of the Macro-Ge language family. The Xavante, who......
Xerénte
Xerénte, Brazilian Indian group speaking Xerénte, a Macro-Ge language. The Xerénte live in northern Goias state,......
Xinca
Xinca, Mesoamerican Indians of southeastern Guatemala. Xinca territory traditionally extended about 50 miles (80......
Yakama
Yakama, North American Indian tribe that lived along the Columbia, Yakima, and Wenatchee rivers in what is now......
Yana
Yana, Hokan-speaking North American Indians formerly living along the eastern tributaries of the upper Sacramento......
Yankee
Yankee, a nickname for a native or citizen of the United States or, more narrowly, of the New England states of......
Yanomami
Yanomami, Indigenous South American people, speakers of a XirianĂĄ language, who live in the remote forest of the......
Yaqui
Yaqui, Indian people centred in southern Sonora state, on the west coast of Mexico. They speak the Yaqui dialect......
Yaruro
Yaruro, South American Indian people inhabiting the tributaries of the Orinoco River in Venezuela. Their language,......
Yellowknife
Yellowknife, a small Athabaskan-speaking North American Indian tribe who traditionally lived northeast of the Great......
Yokuts
Yokuts, North American Indians speaking a Penutian language and who historically inhabited the San Joaquin Valley......
Yucatec Maya
Yucatec Maya, Middle American Indians of the YucatĂĄn Peninsula in eastern Mexico. The Yucatec were participants......
Yuki
Yuki, four groups of North American Indians who lived in the Coast Ranges and along the coast of what is now northwestern......
Yuman
Yuman, any of various Native American groups who traditionally lived in the lower Colorado River valley and adjacent......
Yurok
Yurok, North American Indians who lived in what is now California along the lower Klamath River and the Pacific......
YĂĄmana
YĂĄmana, South American Indian people, very few in number, who were the traditional occupants of the south coast......
Zapotec
Zapotec, Middle American Indian population living in eastern and southern Oaxaca in southern Mexico. The Zapotec......