Indigenous


Helpful Links:

The Canadian Encyclopedia – https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en
Kids Encyclopedia – https://kids.kiddle.co/
Kwikwetlem First Nation (KFN) Website – Kwikwetlem First Nation
Native Land Language Map – https://native-land.ca/

Large Indigenous Groups:

Kwikwetlem (Coquitlam)
Coast Salish (Coastal British Columbia and Washington State)
Haida (British Columbia and Alaska)
Syilx (Okanagan region of British Columbia)
Tlingit (Alaska and British Columbia)
Cherokee (Primarily U.S., with citizens across North America)
Navajo Nation (Arizona, New Mexico, Utah)
Ojibwe / Chippewa / Anishinaabe (Great Lakes region and Canada)
Choctaw (Oklahoma, Mississippi)
Blackfeet / Blackfoot Confederacy (Montana and Alberta)
Cree (Across multiple Canadian provinces)
Sioux (Dakota, Lakota, Nakota) (Great Plains and Midwest)
Apache (Southwestern U.S.)
Pueblo (New Mexico and Arizona)
Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confederacy): (Northeast U.S., Ontario/Quebec)
Lumbee (North Carolina)
Muscogee (Oklahoma and Southeastern U.S.)
Mi’kmaq (Atlantic Canada)
Innu (Quebec and Labrador)
Delaware (Lenape) (Oklahoma and historical Mid-Atlantic region)
Seminole (Oklahoma and Florida)
Mohawk (Ontario, Quebec, and New York)
Chickasaw (Oklahoma; historically originating in the Southeastern U.S.)
Dene (Widely distributed across northern Canada, including the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Alberta, and Saskatchewan)
Comanche (Oklahoma and Great Plains region)
Yaqui (Arizona; traditionally stretching into Sonora, Mexico)
Kiowa (Oklahoma and Southern Plains)
Hopi (Northeastern Arizona)
Algonquin (Quebec and Ontario)
Zuni (New Mexico)
Pottawatomi (Great Lakes region, Ontario, Oklahoma, and Kansas)