The Indigenous peoples of the Americas are the peoples who are native to the Americas or the Western Hemisphere. Their ancestors are among the pre-Columbian population of South or North America, inclu
A Navajo boy in the desert in present-day Monument Valley in Arizona with the "Three Sisters" rock formation in the background in 2007
Wayuu women in the Guajira Peninsula, which encompasses parts of Colombia and Venezuela
Quechua women in festive dress on Taquile Island on Lake Titicaca, west of Peru
Moche portrait vessel from Peru, 100 BCE–500 CE
Historically, classification of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas is based upon cultural regions, geography, and linguistics. Anthropologists have named various cultural regions, with fluid bound
Early Indigenous languages in the US
Early Indigenous languages in Alaska
Approximate region of the Gran Chaco