Chapter 1- Native American Profile: The Kickapoo and Sioux Tribes
Kickapoo--In 1819, through the Treaty of Edwardsville, the American government dispossessed the Kickapoo of their land and moved them west of the Mississippi River. Sioux--During the eighteenth century, their enemies, the Ojibwa (Chippewa), drove the Sioux from the Mille Lacs region of east-central Minnesota.

Chapter 2- Native American Profile: The Crow and Flathead Tribes
Crow--In the early 1600s, the Crow (Absaroka [bird people] or Apsaalooka [children of the large-beaked bird]) divided into two bands and split from the Hidatsa. Flaead--The Salish are the Indians that explorers called the Flathead. The Salish and Kootenai occupied western Montana, eastern Washington, southern British Columbia, and northern Idaho when Europeans first reached North America.

Chapter 3- Native American Profile: The Spokane and Nez Perce Tribes
Nez Perce--The Nez Perce made their home in the northwestern part of the United States where the Lewis and Clark expedition met them. Spokane--For centuries before the whites arrived, the Spokane Indians lived on a 3-million-acre territory that covered parts of Washington, Idaho, and Montana, which later were included in the Oregon Territory.

Chapter 4- Native American Profile: The Kootenai and Blackfeet Tribes
Kootenai--The ancient homeland of the Kootenai Indians (also known as the "Kootenay" and "Kutenai") stretched from central Montana and Canada westward through north Idaho and Washington. Blackfeet--The Blackfeet originally lived in the area north of the Great Lakes, perhaps as far east as Labrador.

Chapter 5- Native American Profile: The Colville Confederated Tribes
Colville--Numerous tribes of native people lived in the territory of Eastern Washington. When the Colville people began riding horses in the eighteenth century, their territory expanded.

Chapter 6- Native American Profile: The Yakima Tribe
Yakama--The Yakama occupied ancestral territory along the Yakama River, which is a tributary of the Columbia River in what is now southern Washington State.

Chapter 7- Native American Profile: Cayuse, Umatilla & Walla Walla Tribes
Umatilla--The three tribes (Cayuse, Umatilla, and Walla Walla) are part of a much larger group of Native Americans called the Plateau Culture.

Chapter 8- Native American Profile: The Bannock Tribe
Fort Hall-Bannock--Members of the Bannock tribe were originally Paiute people who lived in southeastern Oregon. The name Bannock comes from the Shoshoni word Bampnach, which means to throw backwards.

Chapter 9- Native American Profile: The Arapaho Tribe
Wind River--The Arapaho are members of the Algonquin and likely originated in the Great Lakes area. Their name for themselves is Inuna-ina or "Our People."