Colonial Groupings (Cultural Groups)

Names for peoples that were applied or fixed by outside observers, explorers and colonial administrators, such as Plains Indians, Plateau Peoples and the large Pacific divisions of Melanesia and Micronesia. An entry belongs here when its article makes clear that the grouping name came from outsiders and gathers many separate nations. The group page lists peoples that share a naming pattern, so a reader can see how a group name came about and who first used it.