Манданы - коренной американский народ языковой семьи Сиу, принадлежащий к культурному ареалу Великих равнин. Европейцы встретили впервые это племя в XVIII веке в устье Хеарт-Ривер (Heart River) в низовьях Миссури. Манданы, будучи скорее земледельцами, нежели кочевниками, жили в укрепленных поселениях. Они практиковали нанесение татуировок на лицо и грудь, и имели довольно сложные общественные церемонии различного рода. Их численность была значительно подорвана в результате эпидемии черной оспы в 1837 году.

Массачусетс - коренной американский народ Алгонкинской языковой семьи, первоначально занимавший территорию в окрестностях залива Массачусетс и по побережью от Плимута до Салэма (Salem), включая бассейны рек Непонсет (Neponset) и Чарльз (Charles). В честь этого племени были названы залив Массачусетс и одноименный штат. Главный поселок индейцев также носил название Массачусетс, он находился на месте нынешнего Квинси (Quincy), округ Норфолк. Насчитывая в своем составе около 3 тысяч человек, они были группой коренных американцев на юге Новой Англии до 1617 года, пока разразившаяся эпидемия не подорвала существенно их численность. К 1633 году в живых оставалось лишь около 500 человек; в этом году многие члены племени Массачусетс, включая их вождя, умерли от черной оспы. Оставшиеся в живых были обращены английскими поселенцами в христианскую веру, и в 1646 году их и представителей других народов собрали вместе и расселили в миссиях, расположенных в поселках Натик (Natick), Нонантум (Nonantum) (часть нынешнего Ньютона) и Понкапог (Ponkapog) (нынешний Стаутон), в результате чего они утратили свою внутригрупповую общность.

Меномини, коренной американский народ Алгонкинской языковой группы, относящийся к культурному ареалу восточного Вудлэнда. Изначально жили в верховьях Мичигана, позже переселились к Wisconsin и западу от реки Миссисипи. Оседлые и мирные, они жили в деревнях, а в качестве основного продукта питания собирали дикий рис и другие растения. Они также выращивали маис, фасоль и табак, охотились и ловили рыбу. Позже они охотились ради шкур. После продажи своих земель правительству Соединенных Штатов, они были переселены, в середине 1800-х, в резервацию около реки Волк, в Висконсин. Большинство потомков Меномини все еще живет в Висконсине.

Миами (народ), коренные американцы Алгонкинской языковой группы, изначально населяли части территорий нынешних штатов Индиана, Иллинойс, Мичиган и Висконсин. Часто ассоциируется и иногда путается с народами Wea и Piankashaw, они жили в хижинах и охотились на бизонов (буйволов).

В Французской войне (1754-1763 годы) Миами были созниками Франции. Однако, во время Войны за Независимость Америки (1775-1783годы) они присоединились к другим коренным народам долины Огайо и сражались на стороне Британии. Между 1795 и 1854 годами Миами подписал 13 договоров, уступая почти все свои земли Соединенным Штатам. В 1827 году большинство Миами было переселено в Канзас, где их потомки продолжают жить и сегодня. Те, кто остался в Индиане, расторгли груповые связи в 1872 году, разделили свои земли между собой и слились с населением.

Микмак, Native Americans of Algonquian linguistic stock, who lived in eastern Canada at the time of early European settlement of that region. They were staunch allies of the French, fighting against the English in numerous skirmishes and in the French and Indian War. Occasionally they carried their warfare into New England. They were conquered by the British at the end of the 18th century.

The Micmac confederacy consisted of several clans, each with its own leader. These clans were nomadic, fishing in summer and hunting in winter. Their dwellings also varied with the season: open-air wigwams were used in summer, while birchbark-covered wigwams provided shelter in winter. The Micmac are believed to have practised elaborate ceremonies, but little is known of these rituals to outsiders. Descendants of the Micmac clans today live in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island.

Модок, Native American people, closely related to the Klamath, with which they form an independent language family. They Modoc are of the California-Intermountain culture area. They formerly occupied territory between south-western Oregon and northern California, and originally followed an economy based on pond lily seeds as a staple food, and on hunting and fishing. Weaving was highly developed, and tule reeds, or bulrushes, were used to make baskets, cradles, and mats. Their winter homes consisted of log and earth lodges, constructed so that they were partly underground; in summer they lived in brush or reed huts called wickiups.

The Modoc resisted the encroachment of European-American immigrants in California, and, by 1864, they had been reduced in number to only about 250. Subsequently they entered the former Klamath Reservation in southern Oregon, ceding their lands to the United States government. In 1870 Chief Kintpuash, known as Captain Jack, led part of his people back to California. When they refused, however, to return to the reservation, attempts were made to force them to do so, and the Modoc War of 1872-1873 ensued. In 1873 Captain Jack surrendered and was hanged. A number of the rebellious group were returned to Klamath Reservation, and the rest were sent to Quapaw Reservation in Oklahoma. Klamath Reservation was disbanded in 1963, and the Native Americans on the Quapaw Reservation have merged with other peoples.

Могавк (народ), Native North Americans of the Iroquoian language family and of the Eastern Woodlands culture area. Once the easternmost and chief people of the Пяти Наций of the Iroquoian Confederacy, the Mohawk had nine delegates on the confederacy council, three from each clan — the Wolf, the Bear, and the Turtle. They occupied the Mohawk River valley and were semisedentary; the women farmed and the men fished or hunted, depending on the season. As with other Iroquoian peoples, families lived together in large bark-covered dwellings called longhouses. Each community was governed by a ruling council and a village chief.

The Mohawk's first encounter with Europeans was in 1609 when they fought against the French explorer Samuel de Champlain. They were early associated with the Dutch, from whom they bought firearms, and later most became firm allies of the British, fighting with them, first against the French, and then against the American colonists. After the American War of Independence, the Mohawk took refuge in Canada, where most have remained. Descendants of the Mohawk today reside on reservations at Brantford, Ontario, and at the Bay of Quinte. They still farm, and many work in the construction industry. Two settlements are found in Franklin and St Lawrence counties in New York State.

Mohegan, Native Americans of the Algonquian language family and of the Eastern Woodlands culture area. The Mohegan were living in what is now eastern Connecticut when the first European-American settlers arrived in New England. The Mohegan sided with the English against other Native American peoples, and, by the 1700s, were the only Native Americans of prominence remaining in southern New England.

The Mohegan practised hunting, fishing, and farming; their staple crop was maize. As European-American settlements gradually surrounded and then displaced them, the Mohegan dwindled in number. They sold most of their lands and moved to a reservation in New London County, Connecticut. Surviving members later scattered, some joining other Native American settlements; a remnant, however, continued to live in Connecticut. The Mohegan was romanticized by the American novelist James Fenimore Cooper in his book, "The Last of the Mohicans".

Mojave, Native American people of the Yuman language family and of the Southwest culture area. The Mojave lived along the lower River Colorado in Arizona and California and were primarily an agricultural people. They raised maize, beans, and other crops on land that was flooded annually by the river, with the result that a rich deposit of silt was left after the waters receded. They were also proficient in hunting and fishing.

The Mojave lived in brush huts in scattered settlements along the riverbanks. Their main social unit was the family. Little formal government existed among the Mojave except for the institution of a hereditary chief. In time of war the various groups united under a single war chief; personal prestige depended on bravery in battle.

The Mojave religion was based on the idea of a supreme creator. Dreams, detailed in song, played an important role in religious ceremonies.

Descendants of the Mojave today live mostly on or near reservations at Parker, Arizona, and near Needles, California.