Maidu Indians of California

The Maliseet--also spelled Malecite--live in Canada, mostly in New Brunswick. Their own name for themselves is Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet is a Mi'kmaq word for someone who can't talk very well,) but today they are mostly known as Maliseet.

The Mandan are a small tribe of Sioux, who figured in history as the base for the Lewis and Clark expedition. Today they share a reservation with the Hidatsa and the Arikara.

The Mariposa Indians are the South Sierra Miwuk. They were the inhabitants of Yosemite National Park. They are just a remnant now, and are not recognized by the Federal Government. Address is: American Indian Council of Mariposa, P.O. Box 1200, Mariposa, CA 95338 Contact: Bill Leonard; Phone: (209) 966-4296

The Meskwaki (or Mesquakie) were somewhat erroneously called the "Fox" by the Europeans, and the government has long considered them "Sac and Fox" because of their close alliance with the Sauk. One group of Meskwaki left the Sauk and returned to Iowa, however, and there they remain today, calling themselves again Meskwaki.

The Miami (Maumee or Myamia, also called Twightwee or Twatwa by some of their neighboring tribes) live in two groups, one of about 2000 Miami in Oklahoma and one of about 6000 in Indiana. The two groups consider themselves the same people, but only the Oklahoma tribe is federally recognized by the US government.

Míkmaq First Nation

Open to sites featuring information about the Míkmaq First Nation. 

Alternate Spellings:  Micmac, Mi'kmaq

Related Names:  Restigouche

Location:  Eastern Canada

Language:  Míkmaw, an Algic Language in the Algonquian stock.

The Mission Indians were neither a tribe nor a federation; they were dozens of small tribes of the Southern California region, lumped together by confused or indifferent Europeans. Each tribe tended to have two names: their original name, and the name of the nearest Spanish mission (hence the generic "Mission Indians"). This has only created more confusion, however, as sometimes two or more tribes were served by the same mission.

Miwok Tribe

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Alternate Spellings: Meewoc, Mewoc, Me-Wuk, Miwoc, Miwokan, Mokélumne,
Moquelumnan.

Related Names: Ahwaneechee, Saclan, Saklan, San Raphael, Talatui, Talutui, Yosemite.

Location: Yosemite area.

Language: Miwok, a Penutian Language.

Mohawk Tribe

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Related Names:  Kanien'kehaka

Location:  Eastern Canada and Northeastern United States. 

Language:  Mohawk, an Northern Iroquoian language in the Five Nations branch.

The name "Mohican" was used by Europeans to refer to two related but distinct tribes, the Mohegan and the Mahican. To avoid confusion, "Mohican" is generally not used to refer to either tribe anymore; the spellings "Mohegan" and "Mahican" are the most accepted now. (For what it's worth, James Fenimore Cooper's "Last of the Mohicans" was about the Mohegans.)

The Monacan Indians live in Amherst County, Virginia. They are a Siouan tribe; their language was in the Tutelo-Saponi group of Siouan languages. They have been the victims of intense racial discrimination in the past, part of Plecker's campaign to reclassify all people with mixed ancestry as black. They were known as "Issues" until they achieved State recognition as the Monacan Tribe.

Near cousins of the Lenni Lenape, the Munsee Delaware live primarily in Ontario. There are 2000 Munsee there, and another 1500 people in the mixed Stockbridge-Munsee reservation in Wisconsin.