Native Americans of the Southeast

This table lists major Native American groups of the Southeast culture area.

Native American Group

Alternate Name or Spelling

Ancestral Heartland

Contemporary Location(s)

Ais		East central and southeastern Florida
Alabama	Alibamu	Central Alabama	Oklahoma
Apalachee		Northwestern Florida	Louisiana
Atakapa	Attacapa	Southern Louisiana
Bidai		Southeastern Texas
Biloxi		Southeastern Mississippi	Louisiana
Caddo	Kadohadacho	Eastern Texas, western Louisiana, southeastern Oklahoma, southwestern Arkansas	Oklahoma
Calusa	Caloosa	Southwestern Florida
Catawba	Katapu, Essa, Issa	South central North Carolina, north central South Carolina	South Carolina
Chakchiuma		Northwestern Mississippi
Chatot		Northwestern Florida
Cheraw	Sara	Northwestern South Carolina, southern North Carolina	North Carolina
Cherokee	Ain-Yun'wiya	Southern Appalachians in western North Carolina, western Virginia, and eastern Tennessee; parts of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Kentucky	Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee
Chiaha	Chehaw	Western Georgia
Chickasaw		Northern Mississippi, western Tennessee, western Kentucky, eastern Arkansas	Oklahoma
Chitimacha	Chitamacha, Chetimacha, Shetimasha	Southern Louisiana	Louisiana
Choctaw		Southeastern Mississippi, southwestern Alabama; parts of Louisiana and Georgia	Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma
Coushatta	Koasati, Coatsi, Shati, Quassarte	Northeastern Alabama	Louisiana, Texas
Creek	Muskogee, Muscogee	Georgia, Alabama, northern Florida, eastern Louisiana, southern Tennessee	Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Oklahoma
Cusabo	Kusso	Southeastern South Carolina	South Carolina
Eno		Northern North Carolina	North Carolina
Hitchiti		Southern Georgia, northern Florida
Houma	Huma	Southwestern Mississippi, southeastern Louisiana	Louisiana
Mobile		Southwestern Alabama
Monacan		Central Virginia	Virginia
Napochi		Western Alabama
Natchez		Southern Mississippi
Ofo	Ofogoula, Mosopelea	Southwestern Ohio	Louisiana
Pee Dee	Pedee	Eastern South Carolina	South Carolina
Pensacola		Northwestern Florida
Saponi		Central Virginia	North Carolina
Seminole		Interior Florida	Florida, Oklahoma
Sugeree		Northern South Carolina, southern North Carolina
Taensa		Eastern Louisiana
Tamathli	Tamili	Southwestern Georgia
Tekesta	Tequesta	Southeastern Florida
Timucua	Utina	Northern Florida
Tohome		Southwestern Alabama
Tunica	Tonika	Western Mississippi	Louisiana
Tuskegee		Eastern Alabama
Tutelo		Western Virginia
Waccamaw		Northeastern South Carolina, southeastern North Carolina
Wateree		Central South Carolina
Woccon		Eastern North Carolina
Yamasee		Eastern Georgia	Florida
Yazoo		Western Mississippi
Yuchi		Southeastern Tennessee, northern Georgia, southwestern North Carolina, northwestern South Carolina	California, Oklahoma

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Native Americans of North America

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