http://www.history.com/photos/native-americans-tribes-and-cultures Native American cultures in the United States include socially and geographically diverse groups. en Copyright 2013, History.com Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:00:00 GMT History.com 2013-06-19T04:00:00Z en Copyright 2013, History.com http://www.history.com/photos/native-americans-tribes-and-cultures/photo1 The Apache Indians were a culturally and linguistically diverse group of peoples based throughout the American Southwest. http://www.history.com/photos/native-americans-tribes-and-cultures/photo1 http://www.history.com/photos/native-americans-tribes-and-cultures/photo2 Traditional Apache footwear, worn by a young Apache woman at a Sunrise Dance held on the San Carlos Indian Reservation, Arizona, USA. http://www.history.com/photos/native-americans-tribes-and-cultures/photo2 http://www.history.com/photos/native-americans-tribes-and-cultures/photo3 Located on the Navajo Reservation in northern Arizona, Navajo National Monument includes a series of dwellings constructed by an ancient Pueblan group known as the Anasazis. http://www.history.com/photos/native-americans-tribes-and-cultures/photo3 http://www.history.com/photos/native-americans-tribes-and-cultures/photo4 For centuries, Navajos and other Native Americans craftspeople have produced high quality wool from the fleece of churro sheep, a rare breed of animal originally introduced by Spanish explorers. http://www.history.com/photos/native-americans-tribes-and-cultures/photo4 http://www.history.com/photos/native-americans-tribes-and-cultures/photo5 Osceola led a small band of Seminole warriors in resistance to the U.S. efforts to the tribe from its native lands during the Second Seminole War (1835-1842) http://www.history.com/photos/native-americans-tribes-and-cultures/photo5 http://www.history.com/photos/native-americans-tribes-and-cultures/photo6 After learning that Indian Territories in the United States were not off limits to slave raiders, some Black Seminole Indians moved to Mexico in 1849-50. http://www.history.com/photos/native-americans-tribes-and-cultures/photo6 http://www.history.com/photos/native-americans-tribes-and-cultures/photo7 Traditional Hopi kachina doll carved from cottonwood to represent a Corn Maiden dancer with a basket of blue corn. http://www.history.com/photos/native-americans-tribes-and-cultures/photo7 http://www.history.com/photos/native-americans-tribes-and-cultures/photo8 Blackfoot/Cree tribe member Charles Tailfeather, Sr. attends the Red Earth Festival, a gathering of Native American artists and craftspeople. http://www.history.com/photos/native-americans-tribes-and-cultures/photo8 http://www.history.com/photos/native-americans-tribes-and-cultures/photo9 Currently under construction, the Crazy Horse Memorial, located in the Black Hills of South Dakota, will honor the legacy of the Oglala Lakota warrior and Native American leader. http://www.history.com/photos/native-americans-tribes-and-cultures/photo9 http://www.history.com/photos/native-americans-tribes-and-cultures/photo10 Pictogram signatures of tribal chiefs of the Six Nation on the contract in which the Native Americans sold their land to the founders of Pennsylvania. The Iroquois Confederacy, or Six Tribes included The Mohowak, Onedia, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca and Tuscarora. http://www.history.com/photos/native-americans-tribes-and-cultures/photo10 http://www.history.com/photos/native-americans-tribes-and-cultures/photo11 Iroquois village including a bark longhouse, wigwams and a dug out canoe typical of the Six Nation tribes of the Northeast United States and parts of Canada. http://www.history.com/photos/native-americans-tribes-and-cultures/photo11 http://www.history.com/photos/native-americans-tribes-and-cultures/photo12 Contrary to popular myth, most Native American fighting fighting in a battle was done with war clubs and not with bow and arrows. http://www.history.com/photos/native-americans-tribes-and-cultures/photo12 http://www.history.com/photos/native-americans-tribes-and-cultures/photo13 President George W. Bush signs the Executive Memorandum on Tribal Sovereignty and Consultation in honor of the opening of the National Museum of the American Indian. http://www.history.com/photos/native-americans-tribes-and-cultures/photo13