Native Americans of the Northeast

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

Native American Group

Alternate Name or Spelling

Ancestral Heartland

Contemporary Location(s)

Abenaki	Abnaki, Wabanaki, Wapanahki	Southern Maine; parts of New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, and Québec	Maine, Vermont; Québec
Algonquin	Algonkin, Algonkian	Southeastern Ontario, southwestern Québec	Ontario, Québec
Delaware	Lenni Lenape, Leni-Lenape, Lenape	New Jersey, eastern New York, eastern Pennsylvania, northern Delaware	Kansas, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin; Ontario
Erie		Northern Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York
Fox	Meskwakihuk, Mesquakie, Meshwahkihaki	Eastern Wisconsin	Iowa, Kansas, Oklahoma
Huron	Wyandot, Wyandotte, Wendat	Southern Ontario	Kansas, Oklahoma; Ontario, Québec
Illinois	Illini, Illiniwe, Hileni	Western Illinois, eastern Iowa, northern Arkansas	Illinois, Oklahoma
Iroquois Confederation	Haudenosaunee
Cayuga	Guyohkohnyoh	Central New York	New York, Oklahoma; Ontario
Mohawk	Mohowawog	East central New York	New York; Ontario, Québec
Oneida		Central New York	New York, Wisconsin; Ontario
Onondaga		Central New York	New York; Ontario
Seneca	Ononondowagah, Nundawaono	Western New York	New York, Oklahoma; Ontario
Tuscarora	Ska-Ruh-Reh	Northeastern North Carolina, southeastern Virginia	New York, North Carolina; Ontario
Kickapoo		Southern Wisconsin	Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas; Mexico
Mahican	Mohican	Eastern New York	Connecticut, Wisconsin
Maliseet	Malecite
Massachuset	Massachusset	Eastern Massachusetts	Massachusetts
Menominee	Menomini, Omenomenew, Rice	Northeastern Wisconsin	Wisconsin
Miami	Twightwee	Indiana, western Ohio, eastern Illinois, southern Michigan, southern Wisconsin	Indiana, Oklahoma
Mi'kmaq	Micmac, Mi'kma	Nova Scotia, Cape Breton Island, Prince Edward Island, eastern New Brunswick, southeastern Québec, southern Newfoundland and Labrador	Maine; New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Québec
Mohegan	Mohican	Eastern Connecticut	Connecticut, New York
Montauk	Montaukett, Metoac	Central and eastern Long Island in New York	New York
Nanticoke		Northern Maryland, southern Delaware	Delaware
Narragansett	Narraganset	Rhode Island	Rhode Island
Neutral	Attiwandaronk	Southeastern Ontario
Nipmuc	Nipmuck	Central Massachusetts, northeastern Connecticut, northern Rhode Island	Connecticut, Massachusetts
Ojibwa	Chippewa, Chippeway, Ojibway, Anishinabe	Eastern Minnesota, northern Michigan, northern Wisconsin, southern Ontario	Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, Wisconsin; Manitoba, Ontario, Saskatchewan
Ottawa	Odawa, Odawak	Southeastern Ontario	Michigan, Oklahoma; Ontario
Passamaquoddy	Abenaki	Northeastern Maine	Maine
Pennacook	Pawtucket	Southern New Hampshire, western Maine, northern Massachusetts	New Hampshire; Québec
Penobscot	Abenaki	Eastern Maine	Maine
Pequot	Pequod	Eastern Connecticut	Connecticut
Potawatomi	Potawatomie	Michigan's lower peninsula	Kansas, Oklahoma; Ontario
Powhatan	Powhattan	Eastern Virginia	New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia
Sac	Sauk	Eastern Wisconsin	Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma
Secotan		Northeastern North Carolina
Shawnee	Shawano	Northern Tennessee	Oklahoma, Ohio
Susquehannock	Suaquehanna, Conestoga, Andaste	Eastern Pennsylvania
Tobacco	Petun, Tionontati	Southern Ontario
Wampanoag	Pokanoket	Southeastern Massachusetts	Massachusetts
Wappinger		Southeastern New York, western Connecticut	Connecticut, Wisconsin
Winnebago	Ho-Chunk	Eastern Wisconsin	Nebraska, Wisconsin

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