Tennessee Indigenous Peoples: Difference between revisions

=== Tribes and Bands of Tennessee ===

The following list of American Indians who have lived in Tennessee has been compiled from Hodge's ''Handbook of American Indians...''Hodge, Frederick Webb. ''Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico''. Washington D.C.:Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #30 1907. <br>[https://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/handbook-of-american-indians-north-of-mexico.htm Available online] and from Swanton's ''The Indian Tribes of North America'' Swanton John R. ''The Indian Tribes of North America''. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #145 [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tennessee/index.htm Available online]. Some may simply be variant spellings for the same tribe. <br>  

 

*[[Catawba Indians|Catawba]]  

*[[Cherokee Indians|Cherokee]]  

*[[Chickasaw Indians|Chickasaw]]  

*[[Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Oklahoma|Muscogee]] (Creek)  

*[[Natchez Indians|Natchez]]  

*[[Shawnee Indians|Shawnee]]  

*[[Yuchi Indians|Yuchi]]

 

<br> (Chickamauga Cherokee = Sac White River Band) <br>  

 

*See also:

 

::[[Melungeons]], not a tribe, but probably part American Indian. A DNA study for people who believe they are of Melungeon descent is underway at FamilyTreeDNA: [http://www.familytreedna.com/project-join-request.aspx?group=Melungeon_Core "Melungeon Core" Surname Project]