Tribal Nations of Settler Colonial United States

This set was created by Indigenous educators to raise the awareness about the contemporary existence of Tribal Nations.

The creators of this set, Trisha Moquino (Cochiti, Kewa, Ohkay Ohwingeh) and Marcus Trujillo (Laguna Pueblo), believe the names of Tribal Nations should be in the American national consciousness.

This set highlights 37 Tribal Nations spread across 10 regions of the settler colonial United States (4 tribes from each region except Hawaii, which has 1).

After reviewing the text card accompanying each tribe, teachers can facilitate naming, matching, and sorting activities leading to children reading the names of the tribes.

Primary children will pore over the detailed illustrations and Elementary children can use the text cards as a starting point for doing further research.

Cards are laminated to the edge, not beyond. Control card with label is 4” x 5½”. Ages 3-12.

Set includes:

Three-Part Cards for 37 Tribes

Informative Text Cards for Each Tribe

Teacher’s Guide

Vocabulary List

Geographic Regions & Tribes

Alaska: Central Yup’ik, Cheesh’Na, Inupiat, Sun’aq

California: Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians, Fort Yuma Quechan Indian Tribe, Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians, Yurok Tribe

Great Basin: Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation, Southern Ute Indian Tribe, Walker River Paiute Tribe, Washoe Tribe of Nevada & California

Hawaii: Native Hawaiians

Midwest: Fond du Lac Ojibwe Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Ho-Chunk Nation, Mandan, Hidatsa & Arikara Nation, Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa – “Meskwaki Nation”

Northeast: Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, Oneida Indian Nation, Penobscot Nation, St. Regis Mohawk Tribe

Pacific Northwest: Chinook Indian Nation, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Lummi, Tulalip Tribes

Plains: Comanche Nation, Crow Tribe of Indians, Pawnee Nation, Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Nation

Southeast: Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, Seminole Tribe of Florida

Southwest: 19 Pueblos of New Mexico, Dine/Navajo Nation, Hopi, San Carlos Apache Tribe