Tahltan Tribe
Tahltan Indian Tribe History
Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico
Hodge, Frederick Webb, Compiler. The Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico. Bureau of American Ethnology, Government Printing Office. 1906.
Taensa Tribe
Taensa Indians. A tribe related in language and customs to the Natchez, from whom they must have separated shortly before the beginning of the historic period. There is reason to think that part of the Taensa were encountered by De Soto in 1540, but the first mention of them under their proper name is by
Taensa Indian Bands, Gens and Clans
Many tribes have sub-tribes, bands, gens, clans and phratry. Often very little information is known or they no longer exist. We have included them here to provide more information about the tribes. Conchayon. One of the 7 villages or tribes forming the Taensa confederacy in 1699. Iberville in Margry, Dec., iv, 179, 1880.
Tachi Tribe
Tachi Indians. One of the larger tribes of the Yokuts (Mariposas) family, living on the plains north of Tulare lake, south central California. They held the country west of the Coast range. Powers puts them on Kings river, near Kingston. According to Alexander Taylor, members of this tribe were brought to San Antonio and Dolores
Swinomish Tribe
Swinomish Indians. Said to be a subdivision of the Skagit, formerly on Whidbey Island, north west Washington, now under the Tulalip school superintendency. The Skagit and Swinomish together numbered 208 in 1909.
Swallah Tribe
Swallah Indians or Swalash Indians. Said to be a band of Salish (perhaps one of the Lummi subdivisions) on Orcas Island of the San Juan group, north west Washington; now on Lummi Reservation.
Sutaio Tribe
Sutaio Indians (singular, Sŭ´tai; the several attempted Cheyenne etymologies are of doubtful value, as the word is probably not of Cheyenne origin). An Algonquian tribe, residing in the 18th century according to tradition about James river, South Dakota, who were at war with the Cheyenne, their eastern neighbors to whom they were closely related linguistically.
Susquehanna Tribe
Susquehanna Indians. A town and a tribe of the Iroquoian stock, situated in 1608 on the lower portion of the Susquehanna river and its effluents. The original form of the name used by Capt. John Smith was Sasquesahannocks in his text and Sasquesahanough on his map. He first heard the name from Tockwock, Nanticoke, or
Suquamish Tribe
Suquamish Indians. A Salish division on the west side of Puget Sound, Washington. According to Paige they claimed the land from Appletree cove in the north to Gig Harbor in the south. Seattle, who gave his name to the city, was chief of this tribe and the Dwamish in 1853. Population 441 in 1857, 180
Sugeree Tribe
Sugeree Indians. A small tribe, supposed to have been Siouan, that lived near the Waxhaw in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, and York County, South Carolina. They occupied a fertile district and, according to Lawson inhabited many towns and settlements. They were doubtless greatly reduced by the Yamasee War of 1715 and later merged in the
Stockbridge Tribe
Stockbridge Indians. A tribe of the Mahican confederacy, first known under the name Housatonic. They occupied part of the valley of Housatonic river, in south Berkshire county, Mass. Their principal village, Westenhuck, was for a long time the capital of the Mahican after the removal of the council fire from Schodac. They had another village
Squaxon Tribe
Squaxon Indians. A Salish division on the peninsula between Hoods canal and Case inlet, Washington, under the Puyallup school superintendency. Population 98 in 1909.
Spokane Tribe
Spokan Tribe, Spokan Indians, Spokane Indians. A name applied to several small bodies of Salish on and near Spokane River, north east Washington. According to Gibbs the name was originally employed by the Skitswish to designate a band at the forks of the river, called also Smahoomenaish. by the whites it was extended to cover
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Sobaipuri Tribe
Sobaipuri Indians. A Piman tribe formerly inhabiting the main and tributary valleys of San Pedro and Santa Cruz rivers, between lon. 110° and 111°, and the Rio Gila between the month of the San Pedro river and the ruins of Casa Grande, and possibly eastward of this area in south Arizona. Missions were established among
Soacatino Tribe
Soacatino Indians. A district visited by the troops of Moscoso, of the De Soto expedition, in 1542. It lay west of Mississippi river, bordering on the Eyeish and Anadarko, probably near the middle course of Red river. The Spaniards expected to find a large and rich province, but it was a thick forest, where the
Snoqualmu Tribe
Snoqualmu Tribe, Snoqualmu Indians. A Salish division which formerly occupied the upper branches of a river of the same name in Washington and which numbered 225 in 1857. The remnant of these Indians is now on Tuliap Reservation, with other broken tribes. Sdok´-al-bíhw – McCaw, Puyallup MS. vocab., B. A. E., 1885 (Puyallup name). Sdo-qual-bush