List of Native American video game characters explained

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

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	(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			Playable	Iroquois-British	Half Mohawk and British
2005		Brave	Playable
2002	Cherokee Trails	Lynetta	Playable	Cherokee	Cherokee
1996	Disney's Pocahontas	Pocahontas^[8]	Playable	Powhatan Confederacy	Powhatan
2023		Meeygen Hill	Playable		Néhinaw
1995	Pocahontas	Pocahontas	Playable	Powhatan Confederacy	Powhatan
2006	Prey	Domasi "Tommy" Tawodi	Playable	American	Cherokee
		Jen	NPC	American	Cherokee
		Enisi	NPC	American	Cherokee
2007	Prey Mobile 3D	Domasi "Tommy" Tawodi	Playable	American	Cherokee
1997		Tal'Set (aka Turok)	Playable
1998		Joshua Fireseed	Playable
2000		Joseph Fireseed	Playable
2000		Danielle Fireseed	Playable
2002		Tal'Set (aka Turok)	Playable
1997		Tal'Set (aka Turok)	Playable
1999		Joshua Fireseed	Playable
1991	Whomp 'Em	Unnamed (Soaring Eagle)	Playable		Native American
1990	Blood Bros.	Unnamed	Playable
1994	Killer Instinct	Chief Thunder (real name Hinnamatoom)	Playable		Nez Perce
2013	Killer Instinct (2013)	Eagle	Playable		Nez Perce	Younger brother of Chief Thunder.
2015		Code Talker	NPC		Navajo
1998	Metal Gear Solid	Vulcan Raven	NPC		Alaska native and Inuit
1995	Mortal Kombat 3	Nightwolf	Playable
2010	Red Dead Redemption	Nastas	NPC
		Enepay	NPC
		Hassun	NPC
		Chogan	NPC
2018	Red Dead Redemption 2	Charles Smith	NPC		Half Native American and African American
		Rains Falls	NPC		Wapiti (fictional tribe)
		Eagle Flies	NPC		Wapiti (fictional tribe)
		Paytah	NPC		Wapiti (fictional tribe)
2004	Red Dead Revolver	Red Harlow	Playable		Half Native American
		Falling Star	NPC
		Shadow Wolf	NPC
		Running Moon	NPC
		Grizzly	NPC
2005		Shania	Playable
		Natan	Playable
2009		Brave	Playable
2005		Brave	Playable
2005	Gun	Colton White	Playable		Half Apache and Caucasian
		Fights-At-Dawn	NPC	Blackfoot Confederacy
		Many Wounds	NPC	Apache Nation	Apache
2014	Infamous Second Son	Delsin Rowe	Playable	American	Akomish (fictional tribe)	There are references to the Native American Duwamish tribe in the Seattle area.
		Reggie Rowe	NPC	American	Akomish (fictional tribe)	Brother of Delsin Rowe.
2014	Never Alone	Nuna	Playable
2019	This Land Is My Land	Unnamed	Playable		Native American
2023		Lily	Playable
1997	Tekken 3	Julia Chang	Playable	American	Native American and Chinese
1994	Tekken	Michelle Chang	Playable	American	Native American and Chinese
2010		T. Hawk	Playable
1998	Street Fighter Alpha 3	T. Hawk	Playable
		Noembelu	Playable	Mexican	Native American
1994		T. Hawk	Playable
1999		T. Hawk	Playable
2004		Nightwolf	Playable
2006		Nightwolf	Playable
2019	Mortal Kombat 11	Nightwolf	Playable
1998		Rick Strowd	Playable		Half Native American and Caucasian
1999	Power Stone	Galuda	Playable
1996		Condor Heads	Playable
1994		Pakawa	Playable
2015		Tiger Lily	Playable
1982	Custer's Revenge	Unnamed	NPC
1997	Outlaws	Two Feathers	NPC
1992		Unnamed	NPC		Navaho Indian	Navaho Indian from Machu Picchu, Peru.
1990	Space: 1889	Unnamed	NPC
1990	Escape from Hell	Unnamed	NPC
1989		Unnamed	NPC		Eskimo
1992		Unnamed (Native American Janitor)	NPC
1993	Virtua Fighter	Wolf Hawkfield	Playable
2002	American Conquest: Fight Back	Unnamed Chiefs	NPC		Various Native American	Various Native American chiefs
2014	Assassin's Creed Rogue	Kesegowaase	NPC		Wolastoqiyik
2008		Humba Wumba	NPC		Native American	Native American shaman (woman)
2000	Banjo-Tooie	Humba Wumba	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		Grey Wolf	NPC			Apache chief
2009		Calm Water	NPC		Apache	Apache chief
1990	Colorado	Unnamed (Dying Indian)	NPC		Cheyenne
1991	Cowboy kid	Wild Wolf Chief	NPC
1993	Dangerous Streets	Macalosh	Playable		Sioux	Sioux spiritual boss
2005	Darkwatch: Curse of the West	Tala	NPC		Native American	Vampiric Native American (fictional)
2020	Empire of Sin: Taking Chicago	Man Running	Playable		Native American	Native American gangster
2013		Tayanna, Casiguaya	NPC
1997	Fight'N'Jokes	Darkgun, Rainbow	NPC
1996	Fighters Megamix	Wolf Hawkfield	Playable
1985	Gun.Smoke	Wolf Chief	NPC
1983	Indian Attack	Unnamed Redskins^[9]	NPC
1980	Indian Battle	Unnamed "Indians"	NPC
1990	Hammer Boy	Unnamed Native Americans	NPC
1985	Kane	Wagari Indians	NPC
2017	Kona	Native American tribes	NPC		Cree, Algonquin (Wendigo)
2002	Legend of Pocahontas	Pocahontas	Playable
1991		Tonto	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		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	NPC
1993	Tao Taido	Nahova	Playable		Descendant of the Indian "Red Bull" (fictional)	Native American warrior.
1997		Yuno	Playable	American	Native American	A 17-year-old Indian warrior (Native American) from Seattle.
		Red Bear	NPC	American	American Indian elder
1990		Ken	Playable		Native American	Native American man can transform into a werewolf
2015		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)	Playable	Poundmaker Cree Nation	Plains Cree
2016	Overwatch	Fareeha Amari ("Pharah")	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		T. Hawk	Playable
2007		Sitting Bull	Playable	American	Hunkpapa Lakota
2006		Hiawatha	Playable	Haudenosaunee Confederacy	Haudenosaunee	Leader of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy.
		Chief Gall	Playable	Hunkpapa Lakota	Lakota	Leader of the Hunkpapa Lakota.
2000		Unnamed Sioux Chief	NPC	Sioux	Sioux

Central and South American characters

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
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		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

• Race and video games
• Indigenous people in video games

External links

• The Power of Play: The Portrayal and Performance of Race in Video Games at Harvard University

Notes and References

1. Web site: 30 July 2009 . Video Game Minority Report: Lots Of Players, Few Characters . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20090731140901/https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090729140931.htm . 31 July 2009 . 16 November 2014 . . University of Southern California.
2. Web site: 30 May 2022 . Native American Characters (page 1) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240605034154/https://www.giantbomb.com/native-american/3015-1632/characters/ . 5 June 2024 . 5 August 2024 . Giant Bomb.
3. Web site: Quick . William Antonio . 30 May 2022 . 8 Games Based On Native American Lore . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221026103735/https://www.thegamer.com/games-native-american-lore-references-representation-list/ . 26 October 2022 . 6 August 2022 . TheGamer.
4. Web site: 8 December 2019 . Top 10 Best Native American Video Game Characters! . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231230033707/https://www.blockfort.com/character-lists/nativeamericancharacters/ . 30 December 2023 . 6 August 2024 . Blockfort.
5. Web site: 29 November 2021 . Native Americans in Video Games: Current Representation . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230609145653/https://www.directv.com/insider/the-current-state-of-representation-of-native-americans-in-video-games/ . 9 June 2023 . 6 August 2024 . DIRECTV.
6. Web site: Morley . Julie . 30 November 2014 . A Brief History of Native American Representation in Video Games . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240229051956/https://cliqist.com/2014/11/30/native-american-representation-involvement-video-games/ . 29 February 2024 . 6 August 2024 . Cliqist.
7. Web site: 30 May 2022 . Native American Characters (page 3) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240806015248/https://www.giantbomb.com/native-american/3015-1632/characters/?page=3 . 6 August 2024 . 6 August 2024 . Giant Bomb.
8. Web site: 30 May 2022 . Native American Characters (page 2) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240806013424/https://www.giantbomb.com/native-american/3015-1632/characters/?page=2 . 6 August 2024 . 6 August 2024 . Giant Bomb.
9. Web site: 22 February 2023 . Indian Attack (aka Apache Raid) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240622190434/https://www.mobygames.com/game/69211/indian-attack/ . 22 June 2024 . 6 August 2024 . MobyGames.
10. Web site: Koreis . Justin . 8 November 2022 . The best games by or about Native Americans . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230921202823/https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/best-game-about-native-north-americans/ . 21 September 2023 . 6 August 2024 . Digital Trends.