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This is a dynamic list of Native American video game characters that exclude sports and music titles. A study was published in 2009 by the University of Southern California called: "The virtual census: representations of gender, race and age in video games" and it showed that Native Americans are underrepresented in video games.[1]

Native American characters

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List of Native American characters from the USA and Canada.

Year Title Name Role Nationality Ethnicity Notes
1993 Apachacha Unnamed Native American warrior Playable
2012 Assassin's Creed III Ratonhnhaké:ton (Connor)[2][3][4][5][6] Playable Iroquois-British Half Mohawk and British The protagonist of AC III.
Kahionhaténion NPC Mohawk A warrior and hunter.
Kanenʼtó꞉kon NPC Mohawk A close friend of Ratonhnhaké꞉ton.
Kaniehtí꞉io ("Ziio")[7] NPC Mohawk The mother of Ratonhnhaké:ton.
Teiowí:sonte NPC Mohawk The brother of Kahionhaténion.
2012 Assassin's Creed III: The Tyranny of King Washington Ratonhnhaké:ton Playable Iroquois-British Half Mohawk and British
2005 Brave: The Search for Spirit Dancer Brave Playable
2002 Cherokee Trails Lynetta Playable Cherokee Cherokee
1996 Disney's Pocahontas Pocahontas[8] Playable Powhatan Confederacy Powhatan
2023 Hill Agency: PURITYdecay Meeygen Hill Playable Néhinaw
1995 Pocahontas Pocahontas[8] Playable Powhatan Confederacy Powhatan
2006 Prey Domasi "Tommy" Tawodi[7][4][5][6] Playable American Cherokee
Jen NPC American Cherokee
Enisi NPC American Cherokee
2007 Prey Mobile 3D Domasi "Tommy" Tawodi[7][4] Playable American Cherokee
1997 Turok: Dinosaur Hunter Tal'Set (aka Turok)[8][5][6] Playable
1998 Turok 2: Seeds of Evil Joshua Fireseed[2][6] Playable
2000 Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion Joseph Fireseed[6] Playable
2000 Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion Danielle Fireseed[2] Playable
2002 Turok: Evolution Tal'Set (aka Turok)[8] Playable
1997 Turok: Battle of the Bionosaurs Tal'Set (aka Turok)[8] Playable
1999 Turok: Rage Wars Joshua Fireseed[2] Playable
1991 Whomp 'Em Unnamed (Soaring Eagle)[8][6] Playable Native American
1990 Blood Bros. Unnamed Playable
1994 Killer Instinct Chief Thunder (real name Hinnamatoom)[2][4] Playable Nez Perce
2013 Killer Instinct (2013) Eagle[2] Playable Nez Perce Younger brother of Chief Thunder.
2015 Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Code Talker NPC Navajo
1998 Metal Gear Solid Vulcan Raven[7][4] NPC Alaska native and Inuit
1995 Mortal Kombat 3 Nightwolf[4] Playable
2010 Red Dead Redemption Nastas[8][6] NPC
Enepay NPC
Hassun NPC
Chogan NPC
2018 Red Dead Redemption 2 Charles Smith[2][5] NPC Half Native American and African American
Rains Falls[8] NPC Wapiti (fictional tribe)
Eagle Flies[2] NPC Wapiti (fictional tribe)
Paytah NPC Wapiti (fictional tribe)
2004 Red Dead Revolver Red Harlow[6] Playable Half Native American
Falling Star[2] NPC
Shadow Wolf[8][6] NPC
Running Moon NPC
Grizzly NPC
2005 Shadow Hearts: From the New World Shania[4] Playable
Natan Playable
2009 Brave: A Warrior's Tale Brave[6] Playable
2005 Brave: The Search for Spirit Dancer Brave[6] Playable
2005 Gun Colton White[6] Playable Half Apache and Caucasian
Fights-At-Dawn NPC Blackfoot Confederacy Blackfoot
Many Wounds NPC Apache Nation Apache
2014 Infamous Second Son Delsin Rowe[2][5][6] Playable American Akomish (fictional tribe) There are references to the Native American Duwamish tribe in the Seattle area.[6]
Reggie Rowe NPC American Akomish (fictional tribe) Brother of Delsin Rowe.
2014 Never Alone Nuna[3] Playable Iñupiaq
2019 This Land Is My Land Unnamed Playable Native American
2023 Street Fighter 6 Lily[8] Playable
1997 Tekken 3 Julia Chang[2][4] Playable American Native American and Chinese
1994 Tekken Michelle Chang[8] Playable American Native American and Chinese
2010 Super Street Fighter IV T. Hawk[8][4] Playable
1998 Street Fighter Alpha 3 T. Hawk[8][4] Playable
Noembelu[8] Playable Mexican Native American
1994 Super Street Fighter II Turbo T. Hawk[8][4] Playable
1999 SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters Clash T. Hawk[8][4] Playable
2004 Mortal Kombat: Deception Nightwolf[8][4] Playable
2006 Mortal Kombat: Armageddon Nightwolf[8][4] Playable
2019 Mortal Kombat 11 Nightwolf[8][4] Playable
1998 Real Bout Fatal Fury 2: The Newcomers Rick Strowd[4] Playable Half Native American and Caucasian
1999 Power Stone Galuda[2] Playable
1996 Breakers Condor Heads[2] Playable
1994 Kasumi Ninja Pakawa[8] Playable
2015 Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. Tiger Lily[7] Playable
1982 Custer's Revenge Unnamed[5] NPC
1997 Outlaws Two Feathers NPC
1992 Spellcraft: Aspects of Valor Unnamed NPC Navaho Indian Navaho Indian from Machu Picchu, Peru.
1990 Space: 1889 Unnamed NPC
1990 Escape from Hell Unnamed NPC
1989 Tangled Tales: The Misadventures of a Wizard's Apprentice Unnamed NPC Eskimo
1992 Elvira II: The Jaws of Cerberus Unnamed (Native American Janitor) NPC
1993 Virtua Fighter Wolf Hawkfield[7][4] Playable
2002 American Conquest: Fight Back Unnamed Chiefs NPC Various Native American Various Native American chiefs
2014 Assassin's Creed Rogue Kesegowaase[8] NPC Wolastoqiyik
2008 Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts Humba Wumba[2] NPC Native American Native American shaman (woman)
2000 Banjo-Tooie Humba Wumba[2] NPC Native American Native American shaman (woman)
1989 Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show Chief Iron Tail Playable Sioux
1993 Call of Cthulhu: Shadow of the Comet Narackamous NPC Mic Mac tribe (fictional)
2013 Call of Juarez: Gunslinger Grey Wolf NPC Apache Apache chief
2009 Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood Calm Water NPC Apache Apache chief
1990 Colorado Unnamed (Dying Indian) NPC Cheyenne
1991 Cowboy kid Wild Wolf Chief[6] NPC
1993 Dangerous Streets Macalosh Playable Sioux Sioux spiritual boss
2005 Darkwatch: Curse of the West Tala[8] NPC Native American Vampiric Native American (fictional)
2020 Empire of Sin: Taking Chicago Man Running Playable Native American Native American gangster
2013 Expeditions: Conquistador Tayanna, Casiguaya NPC
1997 Fight'N'Jokes Darkgun, Rainbow NPC
1996 Fighters Megamix Wolf Hawkfield[7] Playable
1985 Gun.Smoke Wolf Chief NPC
1983 Indian Attack Unnamed Redskins[6][9] NPC
1980 Indian Battle Unnamed "Indians" NPC
1990 Hammer Boy Unnamed Native Americans[6] NPC
1985 Kane Wagari Indians[6] NPC
2017 Kona Native American tribes NPC Cree, Algonquin (Wendigo)
2002 Legend of Pocahontas Pocahontas[8] Playable
1991 The Lone Ranger Tonto[7] NPC Native American Native American partner of the Lone Ranger.
2017 Meriwether: An American Epic Members of Native American nations NPC
1996 Nightmare Circus Raven Playable Native American
2002 Peter Pan: Adventures in Neverland Indian trader of a shop NPC Piccaninnies Fictional Native American tribe in Peter Pan.
2011 Rochard Floyd NPC Native American Native American uncle of Skyler Hanson.
1996 Santa Fe Mysteries: The Elk Moon Murder Anna Elk Moon NPC Native American Famous Native American artist (fictional)
1993 Shadowrun Native American shamans NPC
1994 Shadowrun Native American shamans NPC
1991 Sunset Riders Chief Scalpem[2] NPC
1993 Tao Taido Nahova[8] Playable Descendant of the Indian "Red Bull" (fictional) Native American warrior.
1997 Tengai Makyō: Daiyon no Mokushiroku Yuno Playable American Native American A 17-year-old Indian warrior (Native American) from Seattle.
Red Bear NPC American American Indian elder
1990 Werewolf: The Last Warrior Ken Playable Native American Native American man can transform into a werewolf
2015 Westerado: Double Barreled Unnamed, "Indian" Playable Native American Native American warrior
2019 When Rivers Were Trails Wasu Maza, Small Bear, Red Leaf, Singing Elk, Paul Eagle Star, Bella, Makwa, Ayabe, Wabishkio, Ajidamoo, Oshiki-inini, Bimibisa, Wakosh, Hunter[10] NPC Anishinaabe, Cree, Oneida In the 1890s the Anishinaabeg are displaced from their lands in Minnesota. The player meets people from different indigenous communities.
2003 Freedom Fighters Christopher Stone Playable American Half Native American
2016 Civilization VI Poundmaker (real name Pîhtokahanapiwiyin)[8] Playable Poundmaker Cree Nation Plains Cree
2016 Overwatch Fareeha Amari ("Pharah")[8] Playable Egyptian Half Native American and Egyptian Her father Sam (Amari) is from a First Nation on Canada's Pacific Northwest coast. Her mother Ana is Egyptian.
2017 Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers T. Hawk[4] Playable
2007 Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword Sitting Bull Playable American Hunkpapa Lakota
2006 Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs Hiawatha Playable Haudenosaunee Confederacy Haudenosaunee Leader of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy.
Chief Gall Playable Hunkpapa Lakota Lakota Leader of the Hunkpapa Lakota.
2000 America: No Peace Beyond the Line Unnamed Sioux Chief NPC Sioux Sioux

Central and South American characters

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List of indigenous video game characters from Central and South America.

Year Title Name Role Nationality Ethnicity Notes
2014 Aritana and the Harpy's Feather Aritana Playable Brazilian Indigenous Brazilian
2019 Aritana and the Twin Masks Aritana Playable Brazilian Indigenous Brazilian
2010 Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light Totec NPC Mayan
2019 Don't Wake The Night Unnamed NPC Guaraní
2018 Mulaka Sukurúame Playable Mexican Tarahumara
2016 Civilization VI Montezuma I (aka Moctezuma I) Playable Aztec Aztec
Pachacuti (full name Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui) Playable Inca Empire Incan
Lautaro Playable Mapuches Mapuche
Lady Six Sky (real name Wak Chanil Ajaw) Playable Naranjo Maya
2006 Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs Cuauhtemoc Playable Aztec Aztec The 11th and final Aztec emperor (Tlatoani).
Huayna Capac Playable Inca Empire Inca The third Sapa Inca of Tawantinsuyu, the Inca Empire.
1994 Sid Meier's Colonization Unnamed Arawak trader NPC Arawak tribe Arawak
Unnamed Tupi trader NPC Tupi tribe Tupi
Unnamed Inca trader NPC Inca Empire Inca

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Video Game Minority Report: Lots Of Players, Few Characters". Science Daily. University of Southern California. 30 July 2009. Archived from the original on 31 July 2009. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Native American Characters (page 1)". Giant Bomb. 30 May 2022. Archived from the original on 5 June 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  3. ^ a b Quick, William Antonio (30 May 2022). "8 Games Based On Native American Lore". TheGamer. Archived from the original on 26 October 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Top 10 Best Native American Video Game Characters!". Blockfort. 8 December 2019. Archived from the original on 30 December 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Native Americans in Video Games: Current Representation". DIRECTV. 29 November 2021. Archived from the original on 9 June 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Morley, Julie (30 November 2014). "A Brief History of Native American Representation in Video Games". Cliqist. Archived from the original on 29 February 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h "Native American Characters (page 3)". Giant Bomb. 30 May 2022. Archived from the original on 6 August 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z "Native American Characters (page 2)". Giant Bomb. 30 May 2022. Archived from the original on 6 August 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  9. ^ "Indian Attack (aka Apache Raid)". MobyGames. 22 February 2023. Archived from the original on 22 June 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  10. ^ Koreis, Justin (8 November 2022). "The best games by or about Native Americans". Digital Trends. Archived from the original on 21 September 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
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