Тлинкит, group of Native Americans of the Athabascan language family and of the Northwest-Pacific-Coast culture area. They inhabited the Pacific coast of south-eastern Alaska. All the Tlingit peoples speak the same language. Their economy is based mainly on fishing, and they are especially noted for their skill in wood carving. In both appearance and social customs, they closely resemble the neighbouring Haida. The Tlingit peoples include the Sitka, Auk, Huna, and Tonga. The Tlingit fought frequently with the early Russians who settled in Alaska.

Today, the largest concentration of Tlingit is in Alaska, where many work in the logging and fishing industries.

Тонкава, Native Americans of the distinct Tonkawan language family, and of the Plains culture area. The original home of the Tonkawa was central Texas. A roving people, the members lived by hunting buffalo and picking wild fruit. Other peoples believed that the Tonkawa practised cannibalism, and some evidence exists to support this belief. Only 92 Tonkawa remained in 1884, when they were moved to Oklahoma, where their descendents now live on a reservation in the northern part of the state.

Тускарора, Native Americans of the Iroquoian language family. They were originally a powerful people living in what is now North Carolina. In 1711 they began a war against British settlers who had been annexing Tuscarora territory and kidnapping Tuscarora children and selling them into slavery. The Tuscarora were defeated in 1713, however, and some were forced to flee to the north, settling mainly in present-day New York State, where they joined the Five Nations of the Iroquoian Confederacy in about 1722. Today several hundred Tuscarora live on reservations in New York State and Ontario Province.