While we know our northern friends may not feel it, in the South, Spring is
here. So we thought we'd share a few of our gardening sites appropriate
for this time of the year. Along with gardening, there's grilling, and getting
ready to diet so that you can fit back into that bathing suit this summer!
Most of the tribes listed on this page do not have a
connection to a larger tribe. We list them here so you can find some
information on their history. For a complete listing of our 700 plus
tribes visit Indian History page
Nacisi. A small tribe, possibly of Caddoan stock, formerly dwelling in the
region of Red river, La. They were first mentioned by Joutel in 1687, at which
time they were at enmity with the Cenis (Caddo confederacy). When Bienville and
St Denis were exploring Red river of La., in 1700, they found on that stream a
village of the Nacisi consisting of 8 houses. They were still in this
neighborhood in 1741, but during the vicissitudes of the 18th century seem to
have drifted southward beyond the border of the French province, form1790 they
are mentioned among the tribes under the jurisdiction of Nacogdoches, in Texas.
Piegan (Pikuni, referring to people having badly dressed robes). One
of the 3 tribes of the Siksika or Blackfoot confederacy. Its divisions, as given
by Grinnell, are : Ahahpitape, Ahkaiyikokakiniks, Kiyis, Sikutsipmaiks,
Sikopoksimaiks, Tsiniksistsoyiks, Kutaiimiks, Ipoksimaiks, Silkokitsimiks,
Nitawyiks, Apikaiviks, Miahwahpitsiks, Nitakoskitsipupiks, Nitikskiks, Inuksiks,
Miawkinaiyiks, Esksinaitupiks, Inuksikahkopwaiks, Kahmitaiks, Kutaisotsiman,
Nitotsiksisstaniks, Motwainaiks, Mokumiks, and Motahtosiks. Hayden
(Etlinog. and Philol. Mo. Val., 264, 1862) gives also
Susksoyiks.
In 1858 the Piegan in the United States were estimated
to number 3,700. Hayden 3 years later estimated the population at 2,520. In 1906
there were 2,072 under the Blackfeet agency in Montana, and 493 under the Piegan
agency in Alberta, Canada.
Nooksak ('mountain men'). The name given
by the Indians on the coast to a Salish tribe, said to be divided into three
small bands on a river of the same name in Whatcom County, Washington.
About 200 Nooksak were officially enumerated in 1906, but Hill-Tout says there
are only about 6 true make Nooksak. They speak the same dialect as the
Squawmish, from whom they are said to have separated.
Naltunnetunne ('people among the mushrooms') An
Athapascan tribe formerly living on the coast of Oregon between the Tututni and
the Chetco. They were not divided into villages and had a dialect distinct
from that of the Tututni. The survivors are now on the Siletz reservation,
Oregon. numbering 77 in 1877, according to Victor (overland Mo.,
vii, 347, 2877).
Acquintanacsnak. A tribe or subtribe which Capt. John Smith (Virginia, 1, 118,
1629; Artier ed., 53, 1884) locates on the west bank of Patuxent river, St Mary's
County, Md. They were near to and in friendship with the Patuxent and
Mattapanient, the 3 tribes numbering 200 warriors. The principal village bore the
tribal name and is supposed by Bozman to have been situated at the mouth of a
small creek about 2½ miles above Cole's inspection
house. Smith describes them as
"the most civil to give entertainment." Although this people had their
werowance, or chief, it is doubtful whether they formed a distinct tribe; it is
not impossible that they were a band or division of the Patuxent. A number of
local names mentioned by early writers as those of Indian tribes of Maryland
subsequently dropped from notice without indication of the extinction of the
people, very likely because subsequent and more correct information showed that
these referred merely to divisions of well-known tribes.
Achiligonan. A tribe or band living between 1640 and 1670 on the north shore of Lake
Huron, about the mouth of French river and westward nearly to Sault Ste Marie. In
1670 they were attached to the mission at the Sault. In the Jesuit Relation of
1640 their position is given on the north shore of Lake Huron, at the mouth of French
river. The Amikwa are mentioned in the same connection as residing on this
stream. In the Relation of 1658 they appear to he placed farther north on the
river, and it is stated that they trailed with the Cree. In the Relation of
1670 they are said to have been attached to the mission of Sault Ste Marie, but
only as going there to fish. It is probable that they were a Chippewa or a
Nipissing band.
Nemalquinner.
A Chinookan tribe, belonging to the Cushook division of the
Lewis and Clark, which lived in 1806 at the falls of the
Willamette, in Oregon, but also had a temporary house on the
north end of Sauvies island, where they went occasionally to
collect wappatoo. They numbered 200 in 4 houses.
Nanatsoho.
Probably a subdivision of one of the tribes of the Caddo
confederacy which resided in a village on Red river, of
Louisiana, and, according to Joutel, were allies of the
Kadohadacho, Natchitoch and Nasoni in 1687. They probably
drifted southward in the middle of the 18th century, gradually
lost, their distinctive organization, and became merged with
their kindred during the turbulence of that period, suffering
distress incident to the introduction of new diseases by the
whites. In 1812 a settlement of 12 families was said to exist
near the locality of their former villages.
Nespelim. A
Salish tribe on a creek of the same name, a north tributary of
Columbia River, about 40 miles above Ft. Okinakane, Washington.
Ross speaks of them as one of the Okinagan tribes, while Winans
classes them as part of the Sanpoil. The latter two
together numbered 653 on Colville Reservation, Washington, in
1906.
Nisqualli. A
Salish tribe on and about the river of the same name flowing
into the south extension of Puget Sound, Washington. The
Nisqualli Reservation is on the Nisqualli river between Pierce
and Thurston counties. The name has also been extended to
apply to those tribes on the east side of Puget Sound, speaking
the same dialect as the above. Such are the Puyallup,
Skagit, Snohomish, Snokwalmu and Stilakwamish. Mitsukwick
was a former Nisqualli village. The Nisqualli made a
treaty with the United States at Medicine creek, Washington,
December 26, 1854, ceding certain lands and reserving others.
The Executive order of Jan. 20, 1854, defined the present
Nisqualli Reservation.
