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Southwest Indians, Any of the American Indians who inhabit what is now the southwestern U.S. Though highly diversified culturally and linguistically, the Southwest Indians divide roughly into four groupings: the Yuman tribes, the Pima and Papago, the Pueblo, and the Navajo and Apache.

Pueblo Indians Summary

Pueblo Indians, North American Indian peoples known for living in compact permanent settlements known as pueblos. Representative of the Southwest Indian culture area, most live in northeastern Arizona and northwestern New Mexico. Early 21st-century population estimates indicated approximately

Navajo Summary

Navajo, an Indigenous North American people who settled in the Southwest of what is now the United States some time before European contact. Nearly 425,000 Americans claimed at least partial Navajo (self-name Diné) descent in the 2020 U.S. census, with more than 315,000 solely claiming Navajo

Apache Summary

Apache, an Indigenous North American group which, under such leaders as Cochise, Mangas Coloradas, Geronimo, and Victorio, figured largely in the history of the Southwest during the latter half of the 19th century. The Apache name is probably derived from a Spanish transliteration of ápachu, the