List of indigenous peoples
This is a partial list of the world's indigenous / aboriginal / native people. Indigenous people are "those ethnic groups that were indigenous to a territory prior to being incorporated into a national state, and who are politically and culturally separate from the majority ethnic identity of the state that they are a part of".[1] There are internationally recognized definitions of indigenous peoples, such as those of the United Nations, the International Labour Organization and the World Bank.
This list is grouped by region, and sub-region. Note that a particular group may warrant listing under more than one region, either because the group is distributed in more than one region in North America and eastern Russia), or there may be some overlap of the regions themselves (that is, the boundaries of each region are not always clear, and some locations may commonly be associated with more than one region).
Definition
Indigenous communities, peoples and nations are those which, having a historical continuity with pre-invasion and pre-colonial societies that developed on their territories, consider themselves distinct from other sectors of the societies now prevailing on those territories, or parts of them. They form at present non-dominant sectors of society and are determined to preserve, develop and transmit to future generations their ancestral territories, and their ethnic identity, as the basis of their continued existence as coples, in accordance with their own cultural patterns, social institutions and legal system.[2]
This historical continuity may consist of the continuation, for an extended period reaching into the present of one or more of the following factors:
- Occupation of ancestral lands, or at least of part of them
- Common ancestry with the original occupants of these lands
- Culture in general, or in specific manifestations (such as religion, living under a tribal system, membership of an indigenous community, dress, means of livelihood, lifestyle, etc.)
- Language (whether used as the only language, as mother-tongue, as the habitual means of communication at home or in the family, or as the main, preferred, habitual, general or normal language)
- Residence in certain parts of the country, or in certain regions of the world
- Other relevant factors.
- On an individual basis, an indigenous person is one who belongs to these indigenous populations through self-identification as indigenous (group consciousness) and is recognized and accepted by these populations as one of its members (acceptance by the group). This preserves for these communities the sovereign right and power to decide who belongs to them, without external interference.[3]
Afro-Eurasia
Africa
African Great Lakes
- Hadza (Hadzabe): Tanzania, Singida region: southeast, south and northwest of Lake Eyashi.
- Sandawe: Tanzania, Dodoma region: Kondoa district, between Bubu and Mponde rivers, Singida region.
- Pygmy peoples:
- Twa
- Bangweulu Twa: Northern Zambia, Bangweulu Swamps,
- Great Lakes Twa: Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo
- Kafwe Twa: Southern Zambia, Kafue Flats
- Lukanga Twa: Central Zambia, Lukanga Swamp
- Nsua: Western Uganda
- Twa
Central Africa
- Pygmy peoples:
- Bedzan: Northern Central Cameroon
- Mbenga:
- Mbuti (Bambuti):
- Twa
- Angola Twa: Northeastern, Eastern and Southern Angola
- Kasai Twa (Kuba Twa): Central Democratic Republic of Congo
- Mbote Twa: Southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Northwest of Lake Tanganyika
- Mongo Twa (Ntomba Twa): Western Democratic Republic of Congo, Lake Tumba, Lake Mai-Ndombe
- Upemba Twa (Luba Twa): Southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Upemba Depression
Horn of Africa
- Afroasiatic speakers
- Cushitic speakers
- Lowland East Cushitic speakers
- Highland East Cushitic speakers
- Semitic speakers
- South Semitic speakers
- Omotic speakers
- Cushitic speakers
- Nilo-Saharan speakers
- Berta: Western Ethiopia, Benishangul-Gumuz Region, Far Eastern Sudan
- Eastern Sudanic speakers
- Northern Eastern Sudanic (Astaboran) speakers
- Nara: Western Eritrea, Gash-Barka Region, Far Eastern Sudan
- Northern Eastern Sudanic (Astaboran) speakers
- Gumuz: Western Ethiopia, Benishangul-Gumuz Region, Far Eastern Sudan
- Kunama: Western Eritrea, Gash-Barka Region, Far Eastern Sudan
Maghreb
- Afroasiatic languages
- Berbers (Imazighen): Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Mauritania, Mediterranean Coast, Atlas Mountains (Idurar n Waṭlas), North and Western Sahara
- Eastern Berbers
- Nafusa: Nafusa Mountains (Drar n infusen), Tripolitania, northwestern Libya
- Zuwara: Zuwara, coast of western Tripolitania in northwestern Libya.
- Matmata: Matmâta, southern Tunisia
- Djerba Berbers: Djerba Island, southern Tunisia coast
- Sokna Berbers: Sokna Oasis (Isuknan), Fezzan, north central Libya, Sahara
- Awjila: Awjila oasis, Cyrenaica, eastern Libya, Sahara
- Ghadamès: Ghadamès Oasis, Western Libya, Sahara
- Northern Berbers
- Kabyles (Iqvayliyen): Kabylie (Tamurt n Iqvayliyen), Mediterranean coast of northern Algeria
- Zenati (Iznaten/Iznasen) speakers: regions in Algeria and Morocco
- Mozabites (At Mzab): Mzab region, northern Sahara, north central Algeria
- Shawiya (Išawiyen): Aurès Mountains (Idurar n Awras), northeastern Algeria
- Shenwa (Ichenwiyen): west-central mountains of northwestern Algeria
- Riffians (Irifiyen): Rif, Rif Mountains (Arrif), northern Morocco
- Sanhaja (Iẓnagen/Iẓnajen) peoples: regions in Middle West Atlas mountains and Eastern Morocco
- Masmuda peoples: regions in Northern and Western Morocco
- Eastern Berbers
- Berbers (Imazighen): Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Mauritania, Mediterranean Coast, Atlas Mountains (Idurar n Waṭlas), North and Western Sahara
- Haratin: Indigenous population of the Maghreb and Sahara of uncertain origin; members now speak either Berber languages or Arabic; inhabit Morocco, Mauritania, Western Sahara, Algeria.
Nile Valley
- Afroasiatic speakers
- Egyptian speakers
- Cushitic speakers
- Beja: Northeastern Sudan, between Red Sea coast and almost to the Nile River (White Nile and Blue Nile) eastern banks, Far Northwest Eritrea, Sahara Eastern Desert, Far Southeast Egypt hello
- Berber speakers
- Siwi Berbers: Siwa Oasis (Isiwan), western Egypt, Sahara
- Niger-Congo speakers
- Serer - current habit Senega, Gambia, Mauritania
- Nilo-Saharan speakers
- Eastern Sudanic speakers
- Northern Eastern Sudanic (Astaboran) peoples
- Southern Eastern Sudanic (Kir-Abbaian) peoples
- Nilotic peoples
- Dinka-Nuer peoples
- Dinka (Jieng): mainly in Lakes, Warrap and Unity States, Upper Nile river course, Central and North South Sudan.
- Nuer (Naadh): mainly in Jonglei State, East of Upper Nile river course, East Central South Sudan.
- Luo peoples
- Anuak (Anywaa): mainly East Jonglei State, East South Sudan, and also mainly in Gambela Region, Lowlands of Far Southwest Ethiopia (border areas between South Sudan and Ethiopia).
- Shilluk (Chollo/Cøllø): mainly in North South Sudan, west of the Upper Nile river course, Upper Nile State, South Sudan (Kodok or Kothok, formerly known as Fashoda is in their territory).
- Dinka-Nuer peoples
- Nilotic peoples
- Fur speakers
- Maban speakers
- Kadu peoples: Sudan, Nuba Hills
- Saharan speakers
- Eastern Sudanic speakers
Southern Africa
- Bantu languages speaking peoples of Southern Africa: South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini, Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Namibia, southern Angola.
- Nguni people
- Xhosa
- Zulu
- Ndebele
- Northern Ndebele people (Zimbabwe)
- Southern Ndebele people (South Africa)
- Swati
- Phuthi
- Lala
- Bhaca
- Hlubi
- Nhlangwini
- Sotho–Tswana people
- Makua people
- Tswa–Ronga languages people
- Tsonga
- Ronga
- Tswa
- Venda people
- Shona people
- Chopi people
- Chopi
- Guitonga
- Chewa people
- Yeyi people
- Kavango languages people
- Nguni people
- Southern Khoikhoi languages speaking peoples: Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Kalahari desert, Zimbabwe, west and southwestern South Africa.
- Southern San languages speaking peoples: Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Kalahari desert, west and southwestern South Africa.
- Kx'a/Ju–ǂHoan
- ǃKung/Juu
- ǂʼAmkoe
- ǂKxʼao-ǁʼae (Auen)
- ǃKung/Juu
- Tuu
- ǃKwi (!Ui)
- ǀXam
- ǂKhomani (Nǀu)
- Khwe (Khoi, Kxoe)
- Taa
- ǃXooŋake/Nǀumde
- Kx'a/Ju–ǂHoan
West Africa
- Niger-Congo speakers
- Dogon: Far Southeastern Mali and Far Northwestern Burkina Faso
- Senegambian speakers
- Fula-Serer speakers
- Serer (Sérère): Senegal, the Gambia, Mauritania, Western Sahara
- Fula-Serer speakers
- Benue-Congo peoples
- Cross River peoples
- Ijo peoples
- The Edo speaking people in the old Benin Empire
- Kwa peoples
- Volta-Niger peoples
- Chadic speakers
- Nilo-Saharan speakers
Eurasia
Asia
Middle East
- Afroasiatic languages
- Semitic peoples
- East Semitic peoples
- Assyrians (Āṯūrāyē/Sūrāyē/Sūryāyē): A Christian Neo-Aramaic speaking people indigenous to northern Iraq (which was once part of Assyria, Asuristan), southeastern Turkey and northwest of Iran in Upper Mesopotamia, but have also traditionally lived in northeast Syria, albeit recently. There is a testified historical continuity between old Assyrians and modern Assyrians for the majority of people in the same land that they lived since Antiquity before Arabization of Iraq: Northern Mesopotamia that corresponds with old Assyria (originally they were speakers of the Akkadian language but in Antiquity, by the end of the 1st millennium BC, Assyrians adopted the Aramaic language from the Aramaeans and at present time they speak Assyrian Neo-Aramaic). However, not all modern Assyrians identify as such, and several are from peoples that adopted an Assyrian ethnic identity (see Terms for Syriac Christians).[4]
- West Semitic peoples
- Central Semitic peoples
- Arabic peoples
- Bedouin (Badawī) of the interior deserts of Arabia and Syria.
- Druze (Al-Muwaḥḥidūn/Al-Muwaḥḥidīn/Ahl al-Tawḥīd): of Jabal al-Druze, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Israel. The faith of the Druze is a blend of Islam's Ismailism, Judaism, Christianity, Neoplatonism, Pythagoreanism, Gnosticism and Greek philosophy. The foundational text of the faith is the Epistles of Wisdom. Even though they have been a minority for their entire history, they have played a significant role in shaping the history of the Levant. Although the faith originally developed out of Ismaili Islam, Druze are usually not considered Muslims. The oldest and most densely-populated Druze communities exist in Mount Lebanon and in the south of Syria around Jabal al-Druze (literally the "Mountain of the Druze").
- Marsh Dwellers/Marsh Arabs (Ma'dan/ʻArab al-Ahwār): An Arabic-speaking people living in the marshes of southern Iraq or on the Iranian side of the Shatt al-Arab.[5]
- Northwest Semitic peoples
- Arameans (Āramayē): Central and Western Syria, ancient land of the Aramaeans (Aram) in the Levant, an Aramaic-speaking people that descends from ancient Aramaeans. In recent years, there has been an attempt to revive Western Aramaic among Aramean Christians living in the Israeli village of Jish.
- Canaanite peoples
- Jews (Yehudim): along with Samaritans, belong to the Israelite nation of the southern Levant, who are believed by archaeologists and historians to have branched out of the Canaanite peoples and culture through the development of a distinct monolatrous—and later monotheistic—religion centered on El/Yahweh,[6][7][8] one of the Ancient Canaanite deities. Following the Roman colonial occupation, destruction of Herod's Temple, and failed Jewish revolts, most Jews were either expelled, taken as slaves to Rome, or massacred,[9] although a small number of Jews managed to remain over the centuries despite persecution by the various conquerors of the region, including the Romans, Arabs, Ottomans, and the British. Additionally, a substantial number of Jews returned from diaspora during the 19th and 20th centuries (mainly under the Zionist movement), as well as after the modern State of Israel was established in 1948. This was coupled with the revival of Hebrew, the only Canaanite language still spoken today. DNA studies show that all major diaspora Jewish communities, with the exception of Ethiopian and Yemenite Jews, derive the majority of their ancestry from ancient Israelites.[10][11][12][13]
- Samaritans (Samerim): of Samaria. An ethno-religious group of the Levant, closely related genetically and culturally to the Jewish diaspora and are understood to have branched off from the latter around the time of the Assyrian exile. The Samaritans are adherents of Samaritanism, an Abrahamic religion closely related to Judaism. Their sole norm of religious observance is the Samaritan Pentateuch.[14][15]
- Arabic peoples
- South Semitic speakers
- Eastern South Semitic speakers
- Bathari people: Dhofar, Southern Oman. Descendants from the original people of Dhofar before Arabization.
- Harasis: Jiddat al-Harasis, Central Oman. Descendants from the original people of South Arabia before Arabization.
- Hobyót people: Dhofar, Southern Oman, Far Eastern Yemen. Descendants from the original people of Dhofar before Arabization.
- Mehris: Al Mahrah, Eastern Yemen, Dhofar, Southern Oman. Descendants from the original people of Dhofar before Arabization.
- Shehri people/Jibbali people: Dhofar, Southern Oman. Descendants from the original people of Dhofar before Arabization.
- Soqotri people: Soqotra island and group of islands, southeast of mainland Yemen, Indian Ocean. Descendants from the original natives of South Arabia before Arabization.
- Eastern South Semitic speakers
- Central Semitic peoples
- East Semitic peoples
- Semitic peoples
- Indo-European speakers
- Armenians (Hayer): The Christian Armenian people were the original inhabitants of what is now modern Eastern Turkey, specifically around Lake Van and the biblical mountain of Ararat and spoke the Western Armenian language. Since the Armenian Genocide in which up to 1,500,000 people perished, the number of the original Armenian inhabitants is almost non-existent and they have since been replaced with ethnic Turks and Kurds.
- Iranian peoples
- East Iranian peoples
- Northeast Iranian peoples
- Ossetians (Iræттæ): South Ossetia, Georgia, Southern Caucasus Mountains
- Northeast Iranian peoples
- West Iranian peoples
- Caspian/South Caspian peoples
- Gilaks: Gilan, North Iran, South Caspian Sea coast and Elburz Mountains
- Mazanderanis/Mazanis/Tabaris: Mazanderan, Tabaristan, Northern Iran, South Caspian Sea coast and Elburz Mountains
- Northwest Iranian peoples
- Northwestern I
- Kurds (Kurd/Kurmandzh): Kurdistan, Northwestern and Western Iran, Northern Iraq, Northeast and Northern Syria, Southeast Turkey, Zagros and East Anatolian Plateau
- Yazidis (Êzidî): Nineveh Governorate, Northern Iraq
- Lak people (Iran): Southwestern Iran, Zagros Mountains
- Zaza-Gorani peoples
- Shabaks: Sinjar District of the Nineveh Governorate in northern Iraq.
- Zazas: Southeastern Turkey, Upper Euphrates river, East Anatolian Plateau
- Kurds (Kurd/Kurmandzh): Kurdistan, Northwestern and Western Iran, Northern Iraq, Northeast and Northern Syria, Southeast Turkey, Zagros and East Anatolian Plateau
- Northwestern II
- Baluchis (Baloch/Baluch): Baluchistan, Southeastern Iran, Southwestern Pakistan, Extreme Southern Afghanistan
- Tatic peoples
- Talysh (Talyshon): Northwestern Iran, Far South Azerbaijan, South Caspian Sea coast and Elburz Mountains
- Tats (Iran)/South Tats (Irünə Tâtün): Northwest Iran
- Northwestern I
- Southwest Iranian peoples
- Caspian/South Caspian peoples
- East Iranian peoples
Caucasus
- Indo-European peoples
- Armenians (Hayer):
- Iranian peoples
- East Iranian peoples
- West Iranian peoples
- Southwest Iranian peoples
- Persian peoples
- Tats (Caucasus) (Tati/Parsi/Lohijon/Daghli): East Caucasus Mountains, Azerbaijan
- Persian peoples
- Southwest Iranian peoples
- Kartvelian peoples
- Northeast Caucasian peoples
- Avar-Andic peoples
- Dargins (Darganti): Dagestan, European Russia, Northern Caucasus Mountains
- Khinalug (Kettiturdur/Kayttiodur/Ketid/Ketsh Khalkh)
- Lak people (Dagestan): Dagestan, European Russia, Northern Caucasus Mountains
- Lezgic peoples
- Aghul (Agular): Dagestan, European Russia, Northern Caucasus Mountains
- Archins (Arshishttib)
- Budukh (Budad)
- Jeks (Cekad/Dzhekad)
- Kryts (Kh'rytsha'/Kyrtuar)
- Lezgians (Lezgiyar/Leqer): Dagestan, European Russia, Northern Caucasus Mountains
- Rutul (Mykhabyr): Dagestan, European Russia, Northern Caucasus Mountains
- Tabasarans: Dagestan, European Russia, Northern Caucasus Mountains
- Tsakhur (Yiqby): Azerbaijan, Southern Caucasus Mountains
- Udins (Udi/Uti): Northern Azerbaijan, Southern Caucasus Mountains
- Nakh peoples
- Bats (Batsbi)
- Vainakh peoples
- Chechens (Nokhchiy): Chechenia, European Russia, Northern Caucasus Mountains
- Ingush (Ghalghay): Ingushetia, European Russia, Northern Caucasus Mountains
- Tsezic (Didoic) peoples
- Northwest Caucasian peoples
- Abkhaz-Abaza peoples
- Abazins (Abaza)
- Abkhazians (Aphsua): Abkhazia (Aphsny) - a De Jure autonomous region of Georgia (Sakartvelo), self-proclaimed sovereign country.
- Circassian peoples
- West Circassian peoples
- Adyghe (Adyge): Adyghe Republic, European Russia, Northern Caucasus Mountains
- East Circassian peoples
- Cherkess (Cherkes): Karachay-Cherkessia, European Russia, Northern Caucasus Mountains
- Kabardians (Qeberdeykher): Kabardino-Balkaria, European Russia, Northern Caucasus Mountains
- West Circassian peoples
- Ubykh (Tʷaχ): were indigenous to the mountains of West Caucasus, Sochi area, Krasnodar Krai, Russia, later migrated to Turkey.
- Abkhaz-Abaza peoples
Siberia
- Northern indigenous peoples of Russia: Over 40 distinct peoples, each with their own language and culture in the Asiatic part of Russia (Siberia).
- Chukchi-Kamchatkan peoples
- Chukotkan peoples
- Chukchi (Lyg'oravetl'et/Chukchi people|O'ravetl'et/Ankalyn-Chavchu): Northeast Siberia, Russia
- Koryaks (Nymylan-Chauchuven): Russian Far East
- Chukotkan peoples
- Eskimo-Aleut peoples
- Yupik: Alaska and the Russian Far East
- Siberian Yupik (Yupighyt): Siberia, Russia, Alaska, United States.
- Yupik: Alaska and the Russian Far East
- Mongolic peoples
- Tungusic peoples
- Turkic peoples
- Siberian Turks
- Kipchak Turks
- Finno-Ugric peoples
- Permians (on the basis of "Siberia" as a cultural region of Northern Eurasia that overlaps with Far North Eastern Europe in Far North European Russia and with parts of Northwest Europe in North Scandinavia)
- Komi (Komiyas): Komi Republic in Northeast of European Russia
- Udmurts (Udmurt'yos): Udmurt Republic in Northeast of European Russia
- Sami (Sámi/Saami/Lapp): Sápmi, Northern and central Norway, Northern Sweden, Northern Finland and Kola peninsula in the Northwest of Russia
- Volga Finns
- Mari (Mari): Middle Volga, European Russia
- Mordvins (Erzyat/Mokshet): European Russia
- Erzyans (Erzyat)
- Moksha (Mokshet)
- Ugrians: Yugra, Western Siberia, Russia
- Khanty (Hantõ-Kantõk/Kantek/Khanti): Yugra, Western Siberia, Russia
- Mansi (Maan's'i/Maan's'i Maahum/Mansi), formerly known as Voguls: Yugra, Western Siberia, Russia
- Permians (on the basis of "Siberia" as a cultural region of Northern Eurasia that overlaps with Far North Eastern Europe in Far North European Russia and with parts of Northwest Europe in North Scandinavia)
- Samoyedic peoples
- Northern Samoyedic peoples: West Siberia and Far Northern European Russia
- Enets (Entsi): Far Northern Western Siberia, Russia
- Nenets (Neney Neneche): Far Northern Western Siberia and Far Northern European Russia
- Nganasan (Ŋənəhsa(nəh)): Taymyr Peninsula, Siberia, Russia
- Northern Samoyedic peoples: West Siberia and Far Northern European Russia
- Yukaghirs (Odul/Vadul/Detkil'): Far Northern East Siberia, Russia
- Yeniseian peoples
- Ket (Deng): Along middle Yenisei river banks
- Chukchi-Kamchatkan peoples
Eurasian Steppe
- Indo-European peoples
- Iranian peoples
- East Iranian peoples
- Northeast Iranian peoples
- Pamiris (Pomir): Badakhshan (Afghanistan, Tajikistan), Pamir Mountains, Tashkurgan (in Xinjiang)
- Tajiks: Tajikistan
- Yaghnobi (Yaγnōbī́t): Tajikistan
- Northeast Iranian peoples
- East Iranian peoples
- Iranian peoples
- Mongolic peoples
- Sino-Tibetan peoples
- Turkic peoples
- Common Turks
- Karluk Turks (Southeastern Common Turkic peoples)
- Uyghurs (Uyghur): Tarim Basin (Southern Xinjiang), China
- Salar (Salır): Xunhua Salar Autonomous County, Qinghai province, China
- Kipchak Turks (Northwestern Common Turkic peoples)
- Bashkirs (Başqorttar): Bashkir Republic, European Russia
- Kazakhs: Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia, Russia
- Kyrgyzs: Kyrgyzstan, China
- Krymchaks (Qrymçaklar): Crimean Peninsula in Southern Ukraine
- Crimean Karaites (Qrymqaraylar): Crimean Peninsula in Southern Ukraine
- Crimean Tatars (Qırımtatarlar): Crimean Peninsula in Southern Ukraine
- Volga Tatars (Tatarlar): Tatarstan, European Russia
- Oghuz Turks (Southwestern Common Turkic peoples)
- Siberian Turks (Northeastern Common Turkic peoples)
- Karluk Turks (Southeastern Common Turkic peoples)
- Oghur (tribe)
- Common Turks
South Asia
- Adivasis: collective term for many indigenous peoples in India (see also Scheduled Tribes in India)
- Dravidian peoples
- Badaga: Tamil Nadu, South India
- Gond: Gondwana Land, Central India
- Irula: Tamil Nadu, South India
- Kisan: indigenous peoples of the Odisha, East India
- Kodava: Kodagu, Karnataka, South India
- Kota (Kothar/Kov): Tamil Nadu, South India
- Kuruba: Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, South India
- Toda: Tamil Nadu, South India
- Indo-European peoples
- Iranian peoples
- Indo-Aryan peoples
- Dard: Dardistan, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan, Northern Pakistan
- Kalasha of Chitral (Kaĺaśa): Ancient pre-Muslim polytheistic pagan ethnic minority in Chitral District, Northern Pakistan
- Shina: Gilgit-Baltistan, Northern Pakistan
- Kashmiri Hindus: India
- Sindhi: Sindh, Pakistan, India
- Bengali: India, Bangladesh
- Gujarati: India
- Banjara: Rajasthan
- Bhil people: Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh
- Jaunsari people: Uttarakhand
- Tharu: Nepal, East India
- Warli
- Dard: Dardistan, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan, Northern Pakistan
- Sino-Tibetan peoples
- Bodish peoples
- Ladakhi: Ladakh, North India
- Konyak peoples
- Indigenous Assamese people
- Konyak peoples
- Nocte: Tirap, Arunachal Pradesh, North-East India
- Kukish peoples
- Raji-Raute peoples
- Bodish peoples
- Digaro peoples
- Mishmi: Arunachal Pradesh, North-East India
- Jumma people (a collective term for several peoples)
- Chakma: Bangladesh, Arunachal Pradesh - North-East India
- Indigenous peoples of Sikkim: India
- Dravidian peoples
- Dravidian peoples
- Burusho: Hunza and Chitral districts, Gilgit-Baltistan, Northern Pakistan
- Sino-Tibetan peoples
- Lolo-Burmese peoples
- Burmish peoples
- Meitei people: Manipur and neighboring states of India, Bangladesh, Myanmur
- Lolo-Burmese peoples
- Vedda (Wanniyala-Aetto): Sri Lanka
- Sinhalese: Sri Lanka
- Sri Lankan Tamil: Sri Lanka
- Dhivehi: Maldives
Southeast Asia
Mainland Southeast Asia (Indochinese Peninsula)
- Austroasiatic peoples
- Aslian peoples
- Senoi (Sengoi/Sng'oi) (a people of the ethnic groups called by the generic word Orang Asli - Original People): in Peninsular Malaysia)[16]
- Khmer Krom: of Vietnam
- Khmuic groups:
- Palaungic peoples
- Wa (Vāx): One of the hill tribes of Myanmar (They are also distributed in Yunnan Province, China in East Asia).
- Zomi (Zo Pau): One of the indigenous people in Southeast Asia. The word Zomi is the collective name given to many tribes who traced their descent from a common ancestor. Through history they have been known under various appellation, such as—Chin, Kuki and Mizo—but the expression was disliked by them, and they insist that the term was a misnomer given by others and by which they have been recorded in certain documents designate their ancient origins as a separate ethnicity.
- Aslian peoples
- Austronesian peoples
- Malayo-Polynesian peoples
- Chamic peoples
- Proto-Malay (a people of the ethnic groups called by the generic word Orang Asli - Original People): in Peninsular Malaysia
- Moken: in Myanmar, and Thailand
- Malayo-Polynesian peoples
- Hmong-Mien peoples
- Montagnards (Degar): an umbrella term for several Pre-Vietnamese peoples that dwell in the plateaus and mountains of the southern regions of Vietnam
- Austroasiatic peoples
- Bahnaric peoples
- Katuic peoples
- Austronesian peoples
- Malayo-Polynesian peoples
- Chamic peoples
- Highlands Chamic peoples
- Rade-Jarai
- Jarai: Central Highlands of Vietnam, as well as in the Northeast Province of Ratanakiri (Cambodia)
- Rhade: Southern Vietnam
- Chru–Northern
- Northern Cham
- Raglai: in Khánh Hòa Province of South Central Coast, and Ninh Thuận Province in the Southeast region of Vietnam
- Northern Cham
- Rade-Jarai
- Highlands Chamic peoples
- Chamic peoples
- Malayo-Polynesian peoples
- Austroasiatic peoples
- Negrito:
- Mani (Maniq): Far Southern Thailand
- Semang (a group of several peoples of the ethnic groups called by the generic word Orang Asli - Original People): Peninsular Malaysia
- Batek: Peninsular Malaysia
- Sino-Tibetan peoples
- Karenic peoples
- Lolo-Burmese peoples
- Akha a.k.a. Aini or Aini-Akha: One of the hill tribes of Thailand, Laos and Burma (They are also distributed in Yunnan Province, China in East Asia).
- Lahu (Ladhulsi/Kawzhawd): One of the hill tribes of Thailand, Myanmar and Laos (They are also distributed in Yunnan, China).
- Lisu: One of the hill tribes of Myanmar and Thailand (They are also distributed in Arunachal Pradesh, India in South Asia and Yunnan and Sichuan, China).
- Rakhine (Rəkhàin lùmjó): Arakan in Myanmar
- Yi (Nuosu/Nisu/Sani/Axi/Lolo): a group of several related peoples mainly in Yunnan, China.
- Tibeto-Burman peoples
- Tai peoples: Vietnam, Myanmar, Laos and Thailand (They are also distributed in Yunnan, China).
Maritime Southeast Asia (Malay Archipelago)
- Austroasiatic peoples
- Nicobarese people (Holchu): Nicobar Islands, India
- Shompen people (Kalay-Keyet): Nicobar Islands, India
- Austronesian peoples
- Malayo-Polynesian peoples
- Barito peoples
- Bajau (Sama/Samah/Samal): Borneo and the Sulu Archipelago (Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines)
- Dayak: Borneo, (Malaysia and Indonesia)
- Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands peoples
- Malayic peoples
- Orang Laut and Orang Seletar: Malaysia and Singapore
- Proto-Malay (Melayu asli/Melayu purba): Malaysia
- North Bornean peoples
- Philippine peoples
- Igorot (Ifugao:Ipugao; Benguet:Ibaloi,Kankanaey; Mountain Province:Bontoc; Kalinga:Kiangan; Abra:Itneg; Apayao:Isneg):[19] Cordillera mountains in Luzon in the Philippines
- Lumad (Katawhang Lumad): Mindanao in the Philippines
- Mangyan: Mindoro in the Philippines
- Moro: Mindanao and Sulu archipelago in the Philippines
- Tausug (Tausūg/Suluk/Sulug)
- Maguindanao
- Maranao (Iranon/Iranun)
- Tribes of Palawan: Palawan, Philippines
- Barito peoples
- Malayo-Polynesian peoples
- Orang Rimba (Orang Batin Sembilan/Orang Rimba/Anak Dalam/Kubu): Sumatra, Indonesia
- Lubu: Sumatra, Indonesia
- Negrito:
- Andamanese, in the Andaman Islands, which include:
- Great Andamanese: formerly at least 10 distinct groups living throughout Great Andaman, now confined to a single community on Strait Island, Andaman Is.
- Jangil (Rutland Jarawa): now extinct, formerly of Rutland Island, Andamans
- Jarawa: South Andaman and Middle Andaman
- Onge (Önge): Little Andaman, Andaman Islands
- Sentinelese (?): North Sentinel Island, Andaman Islands
- Aeta: Luzon, Philippines
- Ati: Panay, Philippines
- Batak: Palawan, Philippines
- Andamanese, in the Andaman Islands, which include:
- Pribumi (Native Indonesians): of Indonesia
East Asia
Western China
- Tibetan peoples
- Uyghur peoples
North China
- Tungusic peoples
- Northern Tungusic peoples
- Nanai (Hezhen/Nanai/Hezhe/Golds/Samagir): Heilongjiang in China, Khabarovsk Krai and Primorsky Krai in Russia
- Oroqen: Far Northern China
- Southern Tungusic peoples
- Northern Tungusic peoples
South China
Taiwan
Japan
Europe
Eastern Europe
- Finno-Ugric peoples
- Baltic Finns
- Izhorians (Ižoralaizet/Inkeroine/Izhora/Izhoralaine/Karjalain/Maaväki): Northwest of Russia
- Karelians (Karjalaižet): Northwest of Russia
- Livonians (Raandalist/Kalamied/Liivõd/Liibõd/Liivnikad/Liivlist): Far Northern Courland peninsula, Latvia
- Setos (Setokõsõq): Setomaa - Far Southeastern Estonia, southern border region between Estonia and Russia, East Võru County and Northwest Pskov Oblast, southwest of Chudskoye-Pskov/Peipus Lake.
- Veps (Vepslaine/Bepslaane/Lüdinik/Lüdilaine): Republic of Karelia, Northwest of Russia
- Permians
- Komi (Komiyas): Komi Republic in Northeast of European Russia
- Udmurts (Udmurt'yos): Udmurt Republic in Northeast of European Russia
- Sami (Sámi/Saami): Sápmi, Northern and central Norway, Northern Sweden, Northern Finland and Kola peninsula in the Northwest of Russia
- Volga Finns
- Mari: Middle Volga, European Russia
- Mordvins (Erzyat/Mokshet): European Russia
- Erzyans (Erzyat)
- Moksha (Mokshet)
- Baltic Finns
- Samoyedic peoples
- North Samoyedic peoples
- Nenets (Neney Neneche) : Northeastern part of European Russia
- North Samoyedic peoples
Northern and western Europe
- The Sami are indigenous to Sápmi in northern Norway, Sweden, Finland and the Kola peninsula in Russia. They are legally recognised as indigenous peoples in all four countries.[20][21]
- In the United Kingdom, crofters have asked to be designated as indigenous peoples of the Scottish Highlands. The UK government does not officially recognise any indigenous peoples within the country.[22]
Americas
Americas is the supercontinent comprising North and South America, and associated islands.
List of peoples by geographical and ethnolinguistic grouping:
North America
North America includes all of the continent and islands east of the Bering Strait and north of the Isthmus of Panama; it includes Greenland, Canada, United States, Mexico, Central American and Caribbean countries. However a distinction can be made between a broader North America and a narrower Northern America and Middle America due to ethnic and cultural characteristics.
- Indigenous peoples in North America by Country
- Aboriginal peoples in Canada
- Indigenous peoples in the United States
- Indigenous peoples of Mexico
- Indigenous peoples in North America by native cultural regions
Arctic
- Ancient Beringian - Siberia and Alaska
- Eskimo–Aleut
- Aleut (Unangax): Aleutian Islands and Kamchatka Krai
- Eskimo/Yupit-Inuit
- Yupik: Alaska, United States
- Alutiiq (Sugpiat): Alaska, United States
- Central Alaskan Yup'ik (Yupiat/Yupiit): Alaska, United States
- Cup'ik (Cupiit): Alaska, United States
- Cup'ig: Nunivak Island (Alaska), United States
- Siberian Yupik of St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, United States.
- Inuit peoples: Canadian Arctic - Northwest Territories, Nunavik, Nunatsiavut, Nunavut; Greenland; Alaska, United States
- Greenlandic Inuit: Greenland
- Inupiat (Iñupiat): Alaska's Arctic, North Slope and boroughs and the Bering Strait
- Inuit people (Inuit): Canadian Arctic
- Eastern Canadian Inuit: East Canadian Arctic, East Nunavut, Nunavik, Nunatsiavut
- Western Canadian Inuit (Inuvialuit): West Canadian Arctic, Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Arctic coast of Northwest Territories, West Nunavut
- Yupik: Alaska, United States
- Métis: a mixed First Nations (from several peoples) and European (from several peoples) people of Canada.
Subarctic
- Na-Dené peoples
- Athabaskan peoples
- Northern Athabaskan peoples
- Dene of Yukon, British Columbia, Manitoba, Northwest Territory, and Alberta, Canada.
- Alaskan Athabaskans
- Southern Alaskan peoples
- Ahtna
- Ingalik
- Koyukon of Interior Alaska.
- Kutchin of Interior Alaska and the Yukon.
- Tanana Athabaskans.
- Kolchan of Interior Alaska.
- Deg Hit'an of Interior Alaska.
- Dena'ina of Interior Alaska.
- Holikachuk
- Hän of Yukon, Canada, and Alaska, United States.
- Southern Alaskan peoples
- Northern Athabaskan peoples
- Athabaskan peoples
- Métis: a mixed Native American (from several peoples) and European (from several peoples) people of Canada.
- Algonquians
- Cree of Montana, United States, and Manitoba, Alberta, and Saskatchewan, Canada.
- Innu of Northeastern Quebec, and Western Labrador, Canada.
- Annishinabe of Quebec, Ontario, and Manitoba, Canada, as well as Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin, United States.
- Beothuk of Newfoundland, Canada.
Pacific Northwest Coast
- Makah of Washington, United States.
- Quinault of Washington, United States.
- Nootka of British Columbia, Canada.
- Kwakiutl of British Columbia, Canada.
- Eyak of Alaska, United States.
- Haida of British Columbia, Canada, and Alaska, United States.
- Tlingit of Alaska, United States.
- Tshimshian of British Columbia, Canada, and Alaska, United States.
Northwest Plateau-Great Basin-California
Northwest Plateau
Great Basin
- Ute of Utah, United States.
- Shoshone of Colorado, Nevada, and Utah, United States.
- Mono of California, United States.
- Bannock of Idaho, United States.
- Western Shoshone of Nevada, United States.
- Timbisha of Nevada, United States.
- Washoe of Nevada, United States.
- Paiute of Colorado, California, Nevada, and Utah, United States.
- Northern Paiute.
- Southern Paiute.
- Pais of Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico, United States, as well as Baja California, Mexico.
- Hualapai of Arizona, United States.
- Walapai of Arizona and Colorado, United States.
California
- Yuman-Cochimi peoples
- Cochimí people: Baja California, Mexico
- Core Yuman peoples
- Kiliwa (K'olew): Baja California, Mexico
- Paipai (Akwa'ala/Yakakwal): Baja California, Mexico
- Delta-Californian peoples
- Cocopa (Cocopah/Xawiƚƚ Kwñchawaay): Baja California, Mexico, and Arizona, United States.
- Kumeyaay (Ipai-Tipai/MuttTipi): Baja California, Mexico, and California, United States.
- Miwok of California, United States.
- Maidu of California, United States.
- Wintu of California, United States
- Chumash of California, United States.
- Tongva of California, United States.
- Modoc of California, and Oregon, United States.
- Athabaskans
- Achumawi of California, and Oregon, United States.
- Hupa of California and Oregon, United States.
- Cahuilla of California, United States.
- Mojave of California, and Nevada, United States.
- Uto-Aztecans
- Mono of California, and Nevada, United States.
- Northern Paiute of California and Nevada, United States.
- Ohlone of California, United States.
- Karok of California, United States.
Great Plains
- Comanche of Texas and Oklahoma, United States.
- Osage of Kansas and Nebraska, United States.
- Sioux of North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota, United States, as well as Saskatchewan, and Alberta, Canada.
- Lakota of South Dakota, United States.
- Dakota people of Minnesota, United States, and Saskatchewan, Canada.
- Kiowa of Texas, and Oklahoma.
- Plains Apache (see the Southwest section for another category this tribe belongs too) of Texas, and Oklahoma.
- Crow of Montana.
- Omaha of Nebraska.
- Blackfoot of Montana, United States, and Saskatchewan, Canada.
Eastern Woodlands
Northeastern Woodlands
- Iroquoian peoples
- Haudenosaunee of New York, Wisconsin, and Oklahoma, United States, as well as Quebec and Ontario, Canada.
- Mohawk of Quebec, Canada, and New York, United States.
- Seneca of New York, and Oklahoma, United States, as well as Ontario, Canada.
- Cayuga of Oklahoma, and New York, United States, as well as Ontario, Canada.
- Oneida of Wisconsin and New York, United States, as well as Ontario, Canada.
- Tuscarora of New York, United States, and Ontario, Canada.
- Onondaga of New York, United States, and Ontario, Canada.
- Wyandot of Kansas, Michigan, and Oklahoma, United States, as well as Ontario, Canada.
- Nation du chat of Upstate New York, Ohio, and Northwest Pennsylvania, United States.
- Susquehannock of Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, United States.
- St. Lawrence Iroquoians: St. Lawrence River, Quebec, Canada, and New York, United States.
- Monongahela: Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio, United States.
- Nottoway of Virginia, United States.
- Westo of Virginia and South Carolina, United States?
- Haudenosaunee of New York, Wisconsin, and Oklahoma, United States, as well as Quebec and Ontario, Canada.
- Algic peoples
- Algonquian peoples
- Chowanoke of North Carolina.
- Carolina Algonquian
- Roanoke of North Carolina.
- Powhatan Confederacy of Virginia.
- Pamunkey of Virginia, United States.
- Powhatan people of Virginia, United States.
- Wampanoag of Massachusetts.
- Wabanaki of Maine, United States, and New Brunswick and Newfoundland, Canada.
- Abenaki of New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont.
- Penobscot of Maine.
- Miqmac of New Brunswick, and Newfoundland.
- Passamaquoddy of Maine, United States, and New Brunswick, Canada.
- Maliseet of New Brunswick and Quebec.
- Shawnee of the Ohio River Valley, now Oklahoma.
- Central Algonquian peoples
- Kikapú (Kiikaapoa/Kiikaapoi): indigenous from southeast Michigan, United States, also in Coahuila, Mexico
- Peoria (Illiniwek)
- Annishinabe
- Ojibwe of Minnesota, North Dakota, and Michigan, United States, as well as Ontario, Canada.
- Potawatomi of Michigan and Indiana, United States, as well as Ontario, Canada.
- Odawa of Oklahoma and Michigan, United States, as well as Ontario, Canada.
- Cree of Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Saskatchewan, and the Northwest Territories, Canada, as well as Montana, United States.
- Algonquian peoples
Southeastern Woodlands
- Cherokee of North Carolina, Georgia, and Oklahoma.
- Natchez of Louisiana and Arkansas.
- Muskogeans
- Indigenous peoples of Florida
- Siouans
- Ho-Chunk of Wisconsin and Michigan.
- Catawba of North Carolina.
- Pee Dee of South Carolina.
- Caddoans
- Caddo of Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana.
- Pawnee of Oklahoma, Nebraska and Kansas, United States.
- Southern Plains villagers of Western Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, and Southeastern Colorado.
- Arikara of North Dakota, United States.
- Hidatsa of North Dakota, United States.
- Wichita of Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas, United States.
Southwest
- Uto-Aztecan peoples
- Aztecan (Nahuan) peoples
- Mexicanero (Mēxihcah): Durango, Mexico
- Cáhitan peoples
- Tarahumaran peoples
- Tepiman peoples
- Aztecan (Nahuan) peoples
- Seri (Comcaac): Sonora, Mexico
- Puebloan peoples: Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and Texas, United States
- Hopi of New Mexico, United States.
- Zuni of Arizona, United States.
- Anasazi of New Mexico and Colorado, United States.
- Tiwa of New Mexico, United States.
- Mogollon of New Mexico, Arizona, United States, and Sonora, Mexico.
- Hohokam of Southern Arizona, United States.
- Southern Athabascans
- Apache of Chihuahua, Coahuilla, and Sonora, Mexico, as well as Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas, United States.
- Chiricahua of Southern New Mexico, Northern Mexico, and Southeast Arizona.
- Lipan Apache of Northern Texas, and Western Oklahoma.
- Plains Apache of Oklahoma.
- Mescalero of Arizona, New Mexico, and Northern Chihuahua.
- Western Apache of Western Arizona.
- Navajo of the Four Corners region.
- Apache of Chihuahua, Coahuilla, and Sonora, Mexico, as well as Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas, United States.
- O'odham of Sonora, Mexico, and Arizona, United States.
- Pima of Arizona, United States.
- Papago of far Northern Sonora, Mexico, and Southern Arizona, United States.
Mesoamerica
- Huave (Ikoots/Kunajts): Oaxaca, Mexico
- Lenca: Honduras and El Salvador
- Maya peoples
- Ch'olan peoples
- Huastec (Téenek/Te' Inik): San Luis Potosí, Mexico
- Mamean peoples
- Q'anjobalan peoples
- Qichean peoples
- Yucatecan peoples
- Mixe-Zoquean peoples
- Oto-Manguean peoples
- Amuzgo (Tzjon Non/Tzo'tyio/Ñ'anncue): Oaxaca, Mexico
- Chinantec: Oaxaca, Mexico
- Manguean
- Chorotega (Mangue/Mankeme): Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica
- Mixtecan
- Oto-Pamean peoples
- Chichimeca Jonaz (Úza): San Luis Potosí, Mexico
- Matlatzinca: Mexico (state), Mexico
- Mazahua (Tetjo Ñaa Jñatjo): Mexico (state), Mexico
- Otomi (Hñähñu/Hñähño/Ñuhu/Ñhato/Ñuhmu): Central Mexico, Mexico
- Pame (Xi'úi): San Luis Potosí, Mexico
- Popolocan peoples
- Tlapanec (Me'phaa): Guerrero, Mexico
- Zapotecan peoples
- Tarascan (P'urhépecha): Michoacán, Mexico
- Tequistlatecan/Chontal de Oaxaca: Oaxaca, Mexico
- Totonacan peoples
- Uto-Aztecan peoples
- Xinca (Xinka): Guatemala
Circum-Caribbean
- Chibchan peoples
- Boruca: Costa Rica
- Bribri: Costa Rica
- Cabécar: Costa Rica
- Naso/Teribe/Tjër Di: Costa Rica, Panama
- Guaymi/Waimi peoples
- Kuna (Dule/Tule): Panama
- Pech: Honduras
- Votic peoples
- Maleku: Costa Rica
- Rama: Nicaragua
- Chocó/Embera-Wounaan peoples
- Misumalpan peoples
- Tolupan/Jicaque: Honduras
- Zambo/Cafuso peoples (mixed West African and Amerindian peoples)
- Garífuna: A mixed West African (from several peoples) and Amerindian people (mainly from the Island Caribs - Kalhíphona) that traditionally speaks an Arawakan language in Belize and Honduras.
- Miskito Sambu: A mixed West African (from several peoples) and Amerindian people (mainly from the original Miskito) that traditionally speaks Miskito, a Misumalpan language, and also Nicaragua Creole English in Nicaragua and Honduras.
- Black Seminoles: Florida, The Bahamas, and Mexico. (Mixed Seminole and African).
West Indies
The West Indies, or the Caribbean, generally includes the island chains of the Caribbean Sea.
- Arawakan peoples
- Northern
- Circum-Caribbean/Ta-Arawakan peoples
- Eyeri/Igneri: Lesser Antilles. An Arawak people, may have been the Kalinago/Island Caribs before caribbeanization. (The Island Caribs had the tradition that the Igneri were the older people of Lesser Antilles but they could have been ancestors of the majority of Island Caribs).
- Island Caribs (Carib/Kalinago/Kalhíphona): Lesser Antilles. Often called "Island Caribs" (but may have been an older arawak people with a carib conquering warrior elite or influenced by Mainland Caribs. Apparently, the majority of the people spoke an arawakan language and not a carib one.)
- Taíno: Amerindians who originally inhabited the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean, they are of Arawakan descent.
- Neo-Taíno nations Some scholars distinguish between the Taíno and Neo-Taíno groups. Neo-Taíno groups were also Amerindians of the Antilles islands, but had distinctive languages and cultural practices that differed from the High Taíno.[23] These groups include:
- Ciboney: a term preferred in Cuban historical texts for the neo-Taino-Siboney nations of the island of Cuba.
- Ciguayo: Eastern Hispaniola
- Lucayans: Based in the Bahamas.
- Macorix: Hispaniola.
- Neo-Taíno nations Some scholars distinguish between the Taíno and Neo-Taíno groups. Neo-Taíno groups were also Amerindians of the Antilles islands, but had distinctive languages and cultural practices that differed from the High Taíno.[23] These groups include:
- Circum-Caribbean/Ta-Arawakan peoples
- Northern
- Guanahatabey people: Western Cuba island, a Pre-Arawakan and Pre-Island Carib people of the Caribbean Islands.
South America
South America generally includes all of the continent and islands south of the Isthmus of Panama.
- Indigenous peoples in South America by Country:
- Indigenous peoples in Argentina
- List of indigenous peoples in Brazil
- Indigenous peoples in Chile
- Indigenous peoples in Colombia
- Indigenous peoples in Ecuador
- Indigenous peoples in Peru
- Indigenous peoples in South America by native cultural regions
Circum-Caribbean (Chibcha)
Amazon
- Arawakan peoples
- Barbacoan peoples
- Awan
- Awá-Kwaiker: Northern Ecuador
- Awan
- Bora-Witoto peoples
- Cahuapanan peoples
- Chayahuita: Loreto, Peru
- Jivaroan (Shuar): Loreto and San Martín, Peru
- Nukak: Colombia
- Panoan peoples
- Ticuna-Yuri peoples
- Tucanoan peoples
- Tupian peoples
- Urarina (Kachá): Chambira Basin, Loreto Peru
- Yanomami (Yanõmami/Yanõmami Thëpë): Venezuela/Brazil
Guianas
Eastern Highlands (Brazilian Highlands)
- Charruan peoples
- Macro-Gê peoples
- Bororoan
- Bororo: Mato Grosso, Brazil
- Ofaie
- Karajá/Iny: Brazil
- Bororoan
- Tupian peoples
- Tupí-Guaraní
Chaco
Central Andes
Southern Cone
Araucania
- Araucanian peoples
Patagonia
Oceania
Oceania includes most islands of the Pacific Ocean, New Guinea, New Zealand and the continent of Australia.
List of peoples by geographical and ethnolinguistic grouping:
Australia
Indigenous Australians include Aboriginal Australians on the mainland and Tiwi Islands as well as Torres Strait Islander peoples from the Torres Strait Islands.
- Aboriginal Australians include hundreds of groupings of people, defined by various overlapping characteristics such as language, culture and geography, which may include sub-groups. The Indigenous peoples of the island state of Tasmania and the Tiwi people (of the Tiwi Islands off the Northern Territory) are also Aboriginal peoples, who are genetically and culturally distinct from Torres Strait Islander peoples.
- Torres Strait Islander peoples are culturally and linguistically Papuo-Austronesian, and the various peoples of the islands are of predominantly Melanesian descent. The Torres Strait Islands are part of the state of Queensland.
Melanesia
Melanesia generally includes New Guinea and other (far-)western Pacific islands from the Arafura Sea out to Fiji. The region is mostly inhabited by the Melanesian peoples.
- Melanesians
- Austronesian speaking Melanesians
- Fijians (iTaukei): Fiji
- Kanak: New-Caledonia
- Malaitan people: Malaita, Solomon Islands
- Ni-Vanuatu: Vanuatu
- Papuan speaking Melanesians
- Austronesian speaking Melanesians
- Papuans: more than 250 distinct tribes or clans, each with their own language and culture. The main island of New Guinea and surrounding islands (territory forming independent state of Papua New Guinea (PNG) and the Indonesian provinces of West Papua and Papua. Considered "Indigenous" these people are a subject to many debates.
- Sepik peoples
- Kwoma: Peilungua Mountains, Papua New Guinea.
- Iatmul: Sepik, Papua New Guinea.
- Sepik Hill
- Sanio
- Hewa: Southern Highlands, PNG
- Sanio
- Trans New-Guinean peoples
- Huli of the Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea.
- Angu: Southwestern Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.
- Bosavi
- Kaluli-Kasua
- Kaluli: Great Papuan Plateau, PNG
- Kaluli-Kasua
- Ok
- Mountain Ok
- Wopkaimin: western PNG, Star Mountains.
- Mountain Ok
- West Trans New-Guinean peoples
- Dani: Papua, Indonesia
- Korowai: West Papua, close to the Papua New Guinea border.
- Asmat: Asmat Regency, West Papua.
- Sepik peoples
Micronesia
Micronesia generally includes the various small island chains of the western and central Pacific. The region is mostly inhabited by the Micronesian peoples.
- Micronesians
- Chamorro people: Northern Marianas and Guam
- Carolinians: Northern Marianas
Polynesia
Polynesia includes New Zealand and the islands of the central and southern Pacific Ocean. The region is mostly inhabited by the Polynesian peoples.
- Polynesians
- Ellicean–Outlier
- Tuvaluan people: Tuvalu
- Futunic
- Marquesic
- Kanaka Maoli: Hawaii, United States
- Marquesan and Mangarevan
- Rapanui: Easter Island (Rapanui)
- Samoic
- Samoans (Tagata Māoʻi): Samoa, American Samoa
- Tokelau: Tokelau
- Tahitic
- Austral Islanders: Austral Islands
- Cook Islands Māori: Cook Islands
- Maohi: Tahiti
- Māori: New Zealand
- Moriori: Chatham Islands (Rēkohu), New Zealand
- Tahitians (Ta'ata Tahiti (Ma'ohi)) : Tahiti, French Polynesia
- Tuamotu: Tuamotu Archipelago
- Tongic
- Ellicean–Outlier
- Polynesians
- Ellicean–Outlier
- Kapingamarangi and Nukuoro: The Federated States of Micronesia
- Nuguria Papua New Guinea
- Nukumanu Papua New Guinea
- Takuu: Papua New Guinea
- Ontong Java
- Sikaiana
- Futunic
- Anuta: Solomon Islands
- Fagauvea: Ouvéa (New Caledonia)
- Futuna and Aniwa: Vanuatu
- Emae: Vanuatu
- Makata: Vanuatu
- Mele (Erakoro, Eratapu): Vanuatu
- Rennel and Bellona: Solomon Islands
- Tikopia: Solomon Islands
- Vaeakau-Taumako: Solomon Islands
- Ellicean–Outlier
Circumpolar
Circumpolar peoples is an umbrella term for the various indigenous peoples of the Arctic. List of peoples by ethnolinguistic grouping:
- "Paleosiberian"
- Eskimo–Aleut
- Aleut (Unangax): Aleutian Islands and Kamchatka Krai
- Eskimo/Yupik-Inuit
- Yupik: Alaska, United States and the Russian Far East, Siberia
- Alutiiq (Sugpiat): Alaska, United States
- Yup'ik (Yupiat/Yupiit/Cup'ik/Cupiit): Alaska, United States
- Cup'ig (Nunivak Cup'ig people): Nunivak Island (Alaska), United States
- Siberian Yupik (Yupighyt): Siberia, Russia
- Inuit: Greenland, Northern Canada (Nunavut and Northwest Territories), Alaska, United States
- Inupiat (Iñupiat): Alaska's Arctic and North Slope boroughs and the Bering Straits
- Kalaallit (Kalaallit): Greenland
- Yupik: Alaska, United States and the Russian Far East, Siberia
- Turkic
- Finno-Ugric
- Samoyedic peoples
- Northern Samoyedic peoples: West Siberia and Far Northern European Russia
- Enets (Entsi): Far Northern Western Siberia, Russia
- Nenets (Neney Neneche): Far Northern Western Siberia and Far Northern European Russia
- Nganasan (Ŋənəhsa(nəh)): Taymyr Peninsula, Siberia, Russia
- Northern Samoyedic peoples: West Siberia and Far Northern European Russia
- Yukaghirs (Odul/Vadul/Detkil'): Far Northern East Siberia, Russia
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