Woodland/Algonquian Tribes before 1500


Note: Area numbers correspond to the map areas.
The capital letters are the tribes in that area and the small letters are subtribes under the main tribe.

Algonquian Family

Area 1 Group
    A. Cree

Area 2 Group
    A. Montagnais

Area 3 Group
    A. Beothuk

Area 4 Group
    A. Micmac
          a. Mikwak
          b. Mikwanak

Area 5 Group
    A. Malecite (Maliseet)
    B. Penobscot
    C. Norridgewock
    D. Passamaquoddy

Area 6 Group
    A. Abnaki (Abenaki, Abneki)
          a. Amaseconti
          b. Arosaguntacock
          c. Missiassik
          d. Norridgewock
          e. Ossipee
          f. Pequawket
          g. Rocameca
          h. Sokoki
          i. Wabunaki
          j. Wawenoc
    B. Nauset
    C. Niantic
          a. Eastern
          b. Western
    D. Nipmuc
    E. Housatonic (Stockbridge)

Area 7 Group
    A. Pennecook
          a. Coosuc
          b. Nashua
          c. Newichawanoc
          d. Pennecook Proper
          e. Souhegan
          f. Wachuset
          g. Wamesit
    B. Pequot
    C. Wampanoag
    D. Narraganset

Area 8 Group
    A. Massachuset
    B. Pocomtuc

Area 9 Group
    A. Mohegan
    B. Mahican

Area 10 Group
    A. Metoac (Montauk)
    B. Shinnecock

Area 11 Group
    A. Nanticoke (Moor)
    B. Powhatan
          a. Wahunsonacock
    C. Conoy

Area 12 Group
    A. Monacan
    B. Croatan
    C. Secotan
    D. Powhatan
          a. Mattapony
          b. Pnmunkey
          c. Chickahominy

Area 13 Group
    A. Shawnee
          a. Eastern Shawnee
          b. Absentee Shawnee

Area 14 Group
    A. Illinois
          a. Cahokia
          b. Kaskaskia
          c. Michigamea
          d. Moingwena
          e. Peoria (Peouaria, Piware)
          f. Tamaroa
    B. Wea

Area 15 Group
    A. Kickapoo

Area 16 Group
    A. Fox
          a. Muskwaki
          b. Mesquaki
    B. Tobacco
          a. Petun
          b. Tionontati

Area 17 Group
    A. Sauk (Sac)

Area 18 Group
    A. Menominee

Area 19 Group
    A. Ottawa
    B. Abitibi
    C. Abitibiwinni
    D. Nipissing
    E. Noquet

Area 20 Group
    A. Potawatomi
          a. Citizen Potawatomi
          b. Prairie Potawatomi
          c. Forest Potawatomi

Iroquoian Family

Area 21 Group
    A. Wyandot (Huron)

Area 22 Group
    A. Erie

Area 23 Group
    A. Iroquois
          a. Cayuge
          b. Mohawk
          c. Oneida
          d. Onandaga
          e. Seneca

Area 24 Group
    A. Susquehannock
          a. Conestoga
          b. Mehenin
    B. Honniasont

Algonquian Family

Area 25 Group
    A. Ojibwa (Chippewa)
          a. Northern Ojibwa
          b. Bungi (Salteaux)
          c. Western Ojibwa

Area 26 Group
    A. Mosopelea

Siouan Family

Area 27 Group
    A. Winnebago

Iroquoian Family

Area 28 Group
    A. Neutrals
    B. Wenrohronon

Algonquian Family

Area 29 Group
    A. Algonquian

Area 30 Group
    A. Mahican
          a. River
          b. Wawyachtonoc
    B. Wappinger

Area 31 Group
    A. Miami
          a. Maumee
          b. Twightwee
          c. Piankashaw
          d. Peoria (Piware, Peouaria)
          e. Eel River

Area 32 Group
    A. Delaware (Lenni-Lenape)
          a. Munsee
             1. Catskill
             2. Mamekoting
             3. Minisink
             4. Waranawonkong
             5. Wawarsink
          b. Unalachtigo
             1. Amimenipaty
             2. Asomoche
             3. Chikohoki
             4. Eriwonec
             5. Hopokohacking
             6. Kahansuk
             7. Manta
             8. Memankitonna
             9. Nantuxet
             10. Noraticon
             11. Neshamini
             12. Okahoki
             13. Passayonk
             14. Shackamaxon
             15. Siconesse
             16. Tirans
             17. Yacomanshaghking
          c. Unami
             1. Aquackanonk
             2. Assunpink
             3. Axion
             4. Calcefar
             5. Canarsee
             6. Gachwechnagechga
             7. Hackensack
             8. Haverstraw
             9. Meletecunk
             10. Mosilian
             11. Navasink
             12. Pompton
             13. Raritan
             14. Reckgawawanc
             15. Tappan
             16. Waoranec
    B. Wesort
          a. Brandywine
    C. Pamaunkey

Area 33 Group
    A. Mascapi
    B. Naskapi


States of the Northeast Area
With Tribes listed Alaphabetically

Connecticut
Delaware
Illinois
Indiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Vermont
West Virginia
Wisconsin


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