Native American tribes in West Virginia

Haudenosaunee

The Haudenosaunee Confederacy ( HOH-din-oh-SHOH-nee; lit. 'people who are building the longhouse'), also known as the Iroquois ( IRR-ə-kwoy, -⁠kwah), are an Iroquoian-speaking confederacy of Native Americans and First Nations peoples in northeast North America.

Shawnee

The Shawnee ( shaw-NEE) are a Native American people of the Northeastern Woodlands. Their language, Shawnee, is an Algonquian language. The Shawnee precontact homeland was likely centered in southern Ohio. In the 17th century, they dispersed throughout Ohio, Illinois, Maryland, Delaware, and Pennsylvania.