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Arapaho Indians
Arapaho uh RAP uh hoh, Indians, are a tribe who once hunted on the Great Plains of North America.
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Arikara uh RIHK uh ruh, Indians, are a tribe that once lived in villages along the Missouri River.
See more »Assiniboine Indians
Assiniboine uh SIHN uh boyn, Indians, are a large Plains tribe who live in parts of Canada and the United States.
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Blackfeet Indians lived on the Great Plains of the United States and Canada.
See more »Caddo Indians
Caddo KAD oh, Indians formed a group of allied tribes that once lived in Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas.
See more »Cheyenne Indians
Cheyenne Indians are a group of American Indians separated geographically into two groups, the Northern Cheyenne and the Southern Cheyenne.
See more »Comanche Indians
Comanche, kuh MAN chee, Indians were a southern Plains tribe that hunted buffalo from Nebraska to northern Mexico.
See more »Kansa Indians
Kansa, KAN saw, Indians, or Kaw Indians, were a Plains tribe who lived along the Kansas River in eastern Kansas.
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Kiowa, KY uh wuh, Indians are a tribe that lives largely in Oklahoma and elsewhere in the Southwestern United States.
See more »Mandan Indians
Mandan Indians are a tribe that has lived in western North Dakota, along the Missouri River, for more than 500 years.
See more »Osage Indians
Osage Indians, OH sayj, once gathered food and hunted buffalo throughout a vast region of what are now Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma.
See more »Pawnee Indians
Pawnee Indians, paw NEE, are a tribe that lives largely in the Pawnee, Oklahoma, area.
See more »Sioux Indians
Sioux, soo, Indians traditionally lived throughout the northern plains of North America.
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