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If the tribe is descended from many predecessor groups, list them here.

Begin with a short summary of the history of the precursor groups before the creation of the tribe, usually linking back to the "History" section(s) of any of these groups.

Otherwise, start with the establishment of the tribe or the reservation, whichever came first. Things such as treaties go here. For many tribes, at least in the PNW, they confederated into tribes long after the establishment of reservations.

For those that lacked federal recognition for a time,

Details of tribal government, etc.

Full name of the reservation for section title, eg. Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation. This section should have a short summary of the reservation, such as its location, population, establishment, features, amenities, etc.

This should be about the demographics of the tribe. How many tribal members, stats about religion, etc.

This section should go into the culture of the tribe, including what languages the tribe speaks/spoke, their cultural heritage, events and festivals they hold, etc. Extensive detail about pre-colonial culture should be in the article about the ethnic groups/peoples.

• Native Americans in x state (if created)
• Other related tribes

• Link to tribe's website
• Link to any community websites

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The xxx people ([native name]; [pronunciation] are a [classification] people indigenous to [region].

Native-language name and English-language name. Origin of both. Any alternative spellings or names.

A description of larger ethnic classifications under which this group falls -- For example, Coast Salish, Salish, or whatever.

Also a place to put the sub-groupings of a tribe if applicable.

Regions in which the group lives/lived.

Subsections:

• Historic territory
• Historic villages: a list and description of known villages
• Modern territory: reserves/reservations of FRTs/Bands that they are part of

• Oral history/mythological origins
• Archaeological origins or migrations
• Historical events such as treaties, battles, establishment of modern tribal groups, etc
• If a currently non-extant group, then its decline

Description of traditional and modern culture:

• Language: Paragraph about native language, as well as specifics about the language that are relevant to this group (dialect, revitalization programs).
• Religion
• Foodways and resource gathering
• Material culture
• Art/celebrations

Description of society pre-colonization

• Kinship
• Governance/social organization/class
• External relations/trade
• Yearly cycles

• Successor entities that the group is a part of

• Cultural orgnizations and institutions
• Unrecognized tribes