How many people lived in one tribe?

Answer 1

Well the number of people in a tribe can vary from around 50 to a couple of thousand. Also it depends on which country the tribe live in because the facilities may not be good so a smaller tribe may have to live there.

Answer 2

At the time of first contact with Europeans, native American tribes in North America varied from a few hundred to many thousands of people. It was extremely rare for an entire tribe to meet together, tribes were generally split into small hunting bands to make the most of Natural Resources (including food). A few examples of numbers at first contact (all are estimates):

Abenaki.........................3,800

Ahtena..........................500

Algonkin and Abitibi.......7,300

Apache..........................6,500

Beothuk.........................500

Blackfoot........................15,000

Catawba.........................4,000

Cherokee.........................22,000

Cheyenne........................3,500

Delaware..........................8,000

Erie....................................4,000

Haida.................................9,800

Huron.................................18,000

Kiowa-Apache.....................300

Lipan....................................500

Mahican...............................3,000

Miwok..................................12,000

Navajo..................................8,000

Oto........................................900

Pawnee.................................10,000

Plateau Salish........................20,000

Powhatan...............................9,000

Tagish......................................400

Tanana.....................................450

Teton Lakota............................10,000

Tlingit........................................10,000

Walapai.....................................700

Wampanoag..............................2,400

Yuchi..........................................1,500