| PAWNEES | Menbers of a native American tribe in Nebraska, Oklahoma, etc (7) |
| TULSA | City in NE Oklahoma on the Arkansas River that is a major oil centre (5) |
| OZARKS | Mountainous region of Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, etc (6) |
| APACHES | Members of a group of native American tribes in Arizona, New Mexico, etc (7) |
| MOHICAN | Member of a native American tribe who originally settled in the Hudson River valley (7) |
| OJIBWAS | A Native American tribe (7) |
| ARAPAHO | A member of a Native American people of the Plains now living chiefly in Oklahoma and Wyoming (7) |
| SEATTLE | Washington city named for a Native American tribe |
| SHOSHONESHOVEL | Tool used by a Native American tribe in Idaho? |
| TAHLTAN | Member of a Native American people of northern British Columbia (7) |
| CHOCTAW | Member of a Native American people of Alabama (7) |
| SHAWNEE | A member of a Native American people formerly living along the Tennessee River (7) |
| PAWNEE | A member of a native American tribe, originally in Nebraska (6) |
| CREE | Member of an Algonquian-speaking Native American tribe in Montana and parts of Canada |
| APACHE | A group of native American tribes in Arizona, New Mexico, etc (6) |
| CATAWBA | Member of a Native American people of North and South Carolina also known as Iswa (7) |
| OSAGE | Member of a Native American tribe living in the Oklahoma area (5) |
| HOPI | Native American tribe in Idaho, Piscataway (4) |
| COMANCHES | Members of a native American tribe from the Great Plains (9) |
| BISONSKULL | Item that appears on Montana's state quarter due to its religious significance to Native American tribes in the region (2 wds.) |