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Pueblo peoples, Indigenous North American groups known for living in compact permanent settlements called pueblos. Representative of the Indigenous Southwest culture area, most live in northeastern Arizona and northwestern New Mexico. Population estimates in the early 2020s indicated more than

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