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Native American Resources in the Manuscript Division

Community Names Index

From Abenaki to Zuni

The collections described in this guide relate to hundreds of distinct Native political, social, ethnic, and linguistic communities. This index allows users to find collections related to a particular group. For simplicity's sake, the index makes no distinctions between language groups, tribes, or communities. An effort has been made to use preferred current language, but this is a work in progress.

Each entry may have any of the following notes, explained below:

Other names: This section lists alternate names for an entry, including names used within a community and ones imposed on a community by outsiders, as well as alternate spellings. Starred entries indicate that the alternate name is used in one or more of the collections listed, so researchers should be sure to search for that term in the collection.
Broader entries: If an entry is a subdivision of a larger group that we also have material about, this section names those larger groups.
Narrower entries: If an entry is a larger group with subdivisions that we also have material about, this section names those smaller groups.
Related entries: If an entry is related to another group that we also have material about (for example, if they reside together on an intertribal reservation, or one group is a descendant of two or more groups joining together), this section names those related groups.

This index is not exhaustive. It's possible that material related to a specific Native community might exist in collections that are not named in this index, either because the collection was not included in this guide, or because the community name is not listed in the descriptive information for the collection.

Tip: To go directly to a group's entry, add a colon (:) after the name when searching. For example, searching for "Seminole" first takes you to mentions in collections under different entries, whereas searching for "Seminole:" takes you directly to the entry on Seminole.

The following collection titles link to fuller bibliographic information in the Library of Congress Online Catalog. Links to additional online content, including finding aids for the collections, are included when available.

Abenaki:
  • Broader entries: Wabanaki
  • Narrower entries: Amaseconti, Norridgewock, Pequawket, Rocameca, Wawenoc
Akimel O'odham:
  • Other names: Pima*
Algonquin:
Amaseconti:
  • Broader entries: Abenaki
Apache:
  • Narrower entries: Gila, Jicarilla, Mescalero
Apalachee:
Apsáalooke:
  • Other names: Absaroka, Crow*
Bannock:
Caddo:
Cahuilla:
Catawba:
Cayuga:
  • Broader entries: Haudenosaunee
  • Related entries: Mingo
Cayuse:
  • Other names: Liksiyu
Chaushila:
  • Other names: Chochilla
  • Broader entries: Yokuts
Chemehuevi:
  • Related entries: Colorado River Indian tribes
Cherokee:
Cheyenne:
  • Other names: Suhtai, Tsitsistas
Chickasaw:
Chinook:
  • Narrower entries: Watlala
Choctaw:
Chumash:
Colorado River Indian Tribes:
  • Related entries: Chemehuevi, Hopi, Mojave, Diné
Comanche:
  • Other names: Nʉmʉnʉʉ
Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians:
Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs:
  • Related entries: Northern Paiute
Coushatta:
  • Other names: Koasati
Cree:
  • Other names: Nehiyaw
Dakelh:
  • Other names: Carrier*
Dakota:
  • Other names: Eastern Sioux
  • Broader entries: Sioux
  • Narrower entries: Mdewakanton, Wahpekute
Diné:
  • Other names: Navajo*
  • Related entries: Colorado River Indian Tribes
Flathead:
  • Other names: Bitterroot Salish, Séliš
  • Broader entries: Salish
  • Note: Historically, the term "Flathead" has been used to identify any Native tribe in the Northwest who practiced, or were thought to practice, head binding. Its usage in these manuscripts may refer specifically to the Bitterroot Salish, or to Native people in the area more broadly.
Gila:
  • Other names: Gileño
  • Broader entries: Apache
  • Note: This term was often used as a collective name for a number of different Apache groups living along the Gila River.
Haida:
Haudenosaunee:
  • Other names: Iroquois*
  • Narrower entries: Cayuga, Mingo, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Seneca, Tuscarora
Ho-Chunk:
  • Other names: Winnebago*
Hopi:
  • Broader entries: Pueblo
  • Related entries: Colorado River Indian tribes
Hualapai:
  • Other names: Walapai
Inunaina:
  • Other names: Arapaho*
Iñupiaq:
  • Other names: Inuit, Eskimo* (offensive)
Iowa:
  • Other names: Báxoje, Ioway
Jicarilla:
  • Broader entries: Apache
Kānaka maoli:
  • Other names: Hawaiian
Karuk:
  • Other names: Karok*
Kaw:
  • Other names: Kansa, Kanza
Kewa:
  • Other names: Santo Domingo Pueblo
  • Broader entries: Pueblo
Kickapoo:
Kiowa:
  • Other names: Cáuigú, Ka'igwu, Gaigwu*
Klamath:
  • Related entries: Modoc, Northern Paiute, Shasta
Kootenai:
  • Other names: Ktunaxa, Ksanka, Kutenai
  • Broader entries: Salish
Kumeyaay:
  • Other names: Kammei*, Diegueño, Tipai-Ipai
Lakota:
  • Other names: Teton Sioux*
  • Broader entries: Sioux
  • Narrower entries: Oglala, Sicangu
Lenape:
  • Other names: Delaware*
  • Narrower entries: Munsee
Maidu:
Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation:
  • Other names: Fort Berthold Indians*, MHA Nation, Three Affiliated Tribes
Mattole:
  • Other names: Mattōl*
Mdewakanton:
  • Broader entries: Dakota
Menominee:
Mescalero:
  • Broader entries: Apache
Meskwaki:
  • Other names: Fox*
Miami:
Mi'kmaq:
  • Other names: Lnu, Micmac*
  • Broader entries: Wabanaki
Mingo:
  • Other names: Ohio Seneca, Ohio Iroquois
  • Broader entries: Haudenosaunee
  • Related entries: Seneca, Cayuga
Mississippian:
Missouria:
  • Other names: Missouri*, Niúachi, Niutachi
  • Related entries: Otoe-Missouria
Modoc:
Mohawk:
  • Other names: Kanienʼkehá꞉ka
  • Broader entries: Haudenosaunee
Mohican:
  • Other names: Mohegan*
  • Related entries: Stockbridge-Munsee Community
Mojave:
  • Other names: Mohave*
  • Related entries: Colorado River Indian tribes
Munsee:
  • Broader entries: Lenape
  • Related entries: Stockbridge-Munsee Community
Muscogee:
  • Other names: Creek*, Mvskoke
Nakota:
  • Other names: Assiniboine*, Hohe, Stoney
Narragansett:
Nimiipuu:
  • Other names: Nez Perce*, Niimíipuu
  • Broader entries: Sahaptin
Niitsitapi:
  • Other names: Blackfeet*, Siksikaitsitapi
  • Narrower entries: Piegan
Nipmuc:
Nisqually:
Norridgewock:
  • Other names: Kennebec
  • Broader entries: Abenaki
Northern Paiute:
  • Other names: Snake*, Piute*
  • Related entries: Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs
  • Note: the term "Snake Indians" was historically used to refer collectively to the Northern Paiute, Bannock, and Shoshone peoples.
Nuu-chah-nulth:
  • Other names: Aht, Nootka*
Odawa:
  • Other names: Ottawa*
Oglala:
  • Broader entries: Lakota
Ohlone:
  • Other names: Costanoan
Ojibwe:
  • Other names Chippewa*, Saulteaux
  • Note: Historically, the terms Ojibwe/Chippewa were often used to refer to both the specific Ojibwe nation, and the broader group of Anishinaabe peoples, which include the Odawa, Potawatomi, Mississauga, Nipissing and Algonquin peoples.
Omaha:
Oneida:
  • Broader entries Haudenosaunee
Onondaga:
  • Broader entries: Haudenosaunee
Osage:
Oto:
  • Other names: Otoe
  • Related entries: Otoe-Missouria
Otoe-Missouria:
  • Related entries: Oto, Missouria
Passamaquoddy:
  • Broader entries: Wabanaki
Pawnee:
  • Other names: Chaticks Si Chaticks
Pennacook:
Penobscot:
  • Broader entries: Wabanaki
Pequawket:
  • Other names: Pigwacket*, Saco
  • Broader entries: Abenaki
Piegan:
  • Other names: Piikani, Pikuni
  • Broader entries: Niitsitapi
Pomo:
Potawatomi:
  • Other names: Pottawatomie*
Pueblo:
  • Narrower entries: Hopi, Kewa, Santa Clara Pueblo, Zuni
Puyallup:
  • Broader entries: Salish
Quechan:
  • Broader entries: River Yuman
River Yuman:
  • Other names: Yuma*
  • Narrower entries: Mojave, Quechan
Rocameca:
  • Other names: Narakamigock*
  • Broader entries: Abenaki
Sahaptin:
  • Other names: Ichishkin
  • Narrower entries: Nez Perce, Umatilla, Walla Walla, Yakama
Salinan:
  • Other names: Ennesen*, Te'po'ta'ahl
Salish:
  • Narrower entries: Flathead, Kootenai, Puyallup, Secwépemc, Skokomish, Spokane
Santa Clara Pueblo:
  • Broader entries: Pueblo
Sauk:
  • Other names: Sac*
Secwépemc:
  • Other names: Shuswap*
  • Broader entries: Salish
Seminole:
Seneca:
  • Broader entries: Haudenosaunee
  • Related entries: Mingo
Shasta:
Shawnee:
Shoshone:
  • Narrower entries: Te-Moak
Sicangu:
  • Other names: Brulé*
  • Broader entries: Lakota
Sioux:
  • Narrower entries: Dakota, Lakota
Skokomish:
  • Broader entries: Salish
Spokane:
  • Broader entries: Salish
Stockbridge–Munsee Community:
  • Other names: Stockbridge*
  • Related entries: Mohican, Munsee
Suquamish:
Te-Moak:
  • Other names: Temoak*
  • Broader entries: Shoshone
Timbisha:
  • Other names: Panamint*, Koso
Timucua:
Tlingit:
Tohono O'odham:
  • Other names: Papago*
Tolowa:
Tonkawa:
Tuscarora:
  • Broader entries: Haudenosaunee
Uintah:
  • Broader entries: Ute
Umatilla:
  • Other names: Imatalamłáma
  • Broader entries: Sahaptin
Unangan:
  • Other names: Aleut*
Ute:
  • Narrower entries: Uintah
Wabanaki:
  • Narrower entries: Abenaki, Miꞌkmaq, Passamaquoddy, Penobscot
Wahpekute:
  • Broader entries: Dakota
Walla Walla:
  • Other names: Walúulapam
  • Broader entries: Sahaptin
Wampanoag:
  • Other names: Wôpanâak
Washoe:
  • Other names: Washoo*
Watlala:
  • Other names: Cascade Indians, Watlata
  • Broader entries: Chinook
Wawenoc:
  • Broader entries: Abenaki
Wea:
Western Mono:
  • Other names: Monache*, Mono Lake Paiute
Wichita:
  • Other names: Kitikiti'sh
Wintun:
  • Other names: Wintoon*
Wiyot:
  • Other names: Soolahtelukan*
Wyandot:
Yahooskin:
  • Related entries: Klamath
Yakama:
  • Other names: Yakima*
  • Broader entries: Sahaptin
Yamassee:
Yokuts:
  • Other names: Mariposan
  • Narrower entries: Chaushila
Yupik:
Yurok:
Zuni:
  • Broader entries: Pueblo