Plateau and Great Basin Tribes about 1700


Thanks to Joy Durrett for finding the map.

Map source: "The Native Americans: The Indigenous People of North America"
Editorial Consultant: Colin F. Taylor
Techincal Consultant: William C. Sturtvant
Curator of North American Ethnology; Smithsonian Institute


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.

Salishan Family

Area 1 Group
    A.Lillooet

Area 2 Group
    A. Colville
    B. Shushwap
    C. Sushwap

Area 3 Group
    A. Thompson

Area 4 Group
    A. Nicola

Area 5 Group
    A. Okinagan
          a. Conconcully
          b. Konkonelp

Area 6 Group
    A. Lake

Kitunahan (Algonquian) Family

Area 7 Group
    A. Kootenai
          a. Kutenai

Salishan Family

Area 8 Group
    A. Kalispel
          a. Lower Pend d'Oreille
    B. Pend d'Oreille

Area 9 Group
    A. Chewelah
    B. Sanpoil

Area 10 Group
    A. Columbia Salish

Athapascan Family

Area 11 Group
    A. Kwalhioqua
          a. Whellappa
          b. Willipah

Penutian-Sahaptin Family

Area 11 Group
    B. Wanapam
    C. Yakima

Salishan Family

Area 12 Group
    A. Spokane (Spokan)
    B. Wenatchi

Penutian-Sahaptin Family

Area 13 Group
    A. John Day
    B. Kititas (Kittitas)
    C. Palouse (Palus)
    D. Pswanwapan

Sahaptin Family

Area 13 Group
    E. Walua

Salishan Family

Area 14 Group
    A. Coeur d'Alene
    B. Nespelem
    C. Sinkquaius

Area 15 Group
    A. Flathead

Penutian-Sahaptin Family

Area 16 Group
    A. Celilo
    B. Nez Perce
          a. Sahaptini

Area 17 Group
    A. Tygh Valley
    B. Walla Walla

Sahaptin Family

Area 17 Group
    C. Wauyukma

Klamath-Sahaptin Family

Area 18 Group
    A. Cayusa

Penutian-Sahaptin Family

Area 19 Group
    A. Rock Creek
    B. Umatilla

Penutian Family

Area 20 Group
    A. Kilkitat

Area 21 Group
    A. Kalapuya
          a. Calapooya
    B. Wishram

Penutian-Chinook Family

Area 22 Group
    A. Cascade
    B. Multnomah
    C. Wasco

Penutian Family

Area 22 Group
    D. Tenino

Penutian-Sahaptin Family

Area 23 Group
    A. Molale (Molalla)

Penutian Family

Area 24 Group
    A. Klamath

Area 25 Group
    A. Modoc

Uto-Aztecan Family

Area 26 Group
    A. Eastern Shoshone
          a. Bruneau
          b. Kogohue
          c. Tosawi
          d. Wind River

Area 27 Group
    A. Bannock
    B. Northern Shoshone
          a. Agaiduka
          b. Boise
          c. Box Elder
          d. Lemhi
          e. Pohogue
          f. Sherry-dika
          g. Tukaduka

Area 28 Group
    A. Northern Paiute
          a. Mono
          b. Paviotso

Hokan Family

Area 29 Group
    A. Washoe (Washo)

Uto-Aztecan Family

Area 30 Group
    A. Gosiute
    B. Western Shoshone
          a. Green River Snake
          b. Koso
          c. Panamint

Area 31 Group
    A. Ute
          a. Cumumbah
          b.Pahvant
          c. Quon-di-ats

Area 32 Group
    A. Southern Paiute
          a. Chemehuevi

Area 33 Group
    A. Owens Valley Paiute

Area 34 Group
    A. Kawaiisu


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