What were the Strongest Indian Tribes of the 19th Century?

What were the strongest Indian tribes of the 19th century? Paul W. Hughes Vacaville, California That’s kind of like trying to pick the greatest baseball player ever. Often, one tribe was dominant in an area until a more powerful group came along and wanted their land. Sometimes, a group lost power due to other factors, such as disease, drought that killed crops and die-off of animals.  The strongest on the Northern Plains were the Lakota and Dakota Sioux, while the Comanches were lords of