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Extinct Indigenous peoples of the Americas

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Beothuk people
thumb|Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland, the historic home of the Beothuk
Dorset culture
Paleo-Eskimo culture (500 BCE–1500 CE) that preceded the Inuit in the Arctic of North America
Ciboney people
450px|thumb|Ciboney was the region of Cuba inhabited by the Western Taíno group. The Ciboney ( or ), or Siboney, were a Taíno people of Cuba, Jamaica, and the Tiburon Peninsula of Haiti. A Western Taíno group living in Cuba during the 15th and 16th centuries, they had a dialect and culture distinct from the Classic Taíno in the eastern part of the island, though much of the Ciboney territory was under the control of the eastern chiefs. Confusion in the historical sources led 20th-century scholars to apply the name "Ciboney" to the non-Taíno Guanahatabey of western Cuba and various archaic cul
Abipón
The Abipones (, singular ) were an Indigenous people of Argentina's Gran Chaco region and Paraguay, speakers of one of the Guaicuruan languages. They ceased to exist as an independent ethnic group in the early 19th century. A small number of survivors assimilated into Argentine society.
Haush
thumb|265px|1917 map of Tierra del Fuego showing some Selkʼnam people|Selkʼnam, Yahgan, and Haush settlement sites
Lucayan people
Indigenous Bahamans prior to European-American conquest
Guanajatabey
300px|thumb|The Guanahatabey region in western Cuba in relation to the Taíno and [[Island Carib groups]] The Guanahatabey (also spelled Guanajatabey) were an Indigenous people of western Cuba at the time of European contact. Archaeological and historical studies suggest the Guanahatabey were archaic hunter-gatherers with a distinct language and culture from their neighbors, the Taíno. They might have been a relict of an earlier culture that spread widely through the Caribbean before the ascendance of the agriculturalist Taíno.
Saladoid
The Saladoid culture is a pre-Columbian Indigenous culture of territory in present-day Venezuela and the Caribbean that flourished from 500 BCE to 545 CE. Concentrated along the lowlands of the Orinoco River, the people migrated by sea to the Lesser Antilles, and then to Puerto Rico.
Cueva people
American indigenous town
Quilmes people
indigenous peoples group in Argentina
Sadlermiut
The Sadlermiut (also called Sagdlirmiut, or Sallirmiut in modern Inuktitut spelling, from Sadlerk now Salliq, the Inuktitut name for the settlement of Coral Harbour, Nunavut) were an Inuit group living in near isolation mainly on and around Coats Island, Walrus Island, and Southampton Island in Hudson Bay. They survived into the early 20th century and were thought by some scholars to have been the last remnants of the Dorset culture as they had preserved a culture and dialect distinct from the mainland Inuit. Despite their culture and local traditions seeming to show combined elements of both
Teushen
The Teushen or Tehues were an Indigenous hunter-gatherer people of Patagonia in Argentina. They were considered "foot nomads", whose culture relied on hunting and gathering. Their territory was between the Tehuelche people to the south and the Puelche people to their north.
Ortoiroid people
angostura site
Capayán
The Capayán were an Indigenous people, now extinct, that lived in Argentine territory.
Igneri
The Igneri were an Indigenous Arawak people of the southern Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean. Historically, it was believed that the Igneri were conquered and displaced by the Island Caribs or Kalinago in an invasion some time before European contact. However, linguistic and archaeological studies in the 20th century have led scholars to more nuanced theories as to the fate of the Igneri. The Igneri spoke an Arawakan language which transitioned into the Kalinago language.
Waikerí
The Waikerí or Guaiqueríes were an indigenous people of northern Venezuela. The word means "men" or "people". They may have been related to the Warao people, or to the Arawaks or Cumanagotos. The Waikerí lived primarily on Venezuela's coastal islands of Isla Margarita, Cubagua and Coche, as well as in the nearby coastal areas of the mainland, such as the Araya Peninsula.
Ciguayos
thumb|Cabo Samaná: where Columbus encountered the Ciguayos
Birnirk culture
alaskan archaeological culture
Timoto–Cuicas
Eran la tribu indígena más abansada de Venezuela
Yarigui people
extinct indigenous Colombian tribe
Kichesipirini
The Kichesipirini ("People of the Great River", "Island Indians") were an Algonquin First Nations in Canada based near the Ottawa River in Quebec.
Minuane people
Minuane were one of the native nations of Uruguay, Argentina (specially in the province of Entre Rios) and Brazil (specially in the state of Rio Grande do Sul). Their territory was along the Paraná and Uruguay Rivers. In one source, they are fully identified with the Guenoas, being actually considered the same tribe.