Avarians (Avar: аварал / магIарулал , "awaral / maⱨarulal"; "mountaineers") constitute a Caucasus native ethnic group, the most predominant of several ethnic groups living in the Russian republic of Dagestan.
 The Avars reside in a region known as the North Caucasus between the Black and Caspian Seas. Alongside other ethnic groups in the North Caucasus region, the Caucasian Avars live in ancient villages located approximately 2,000 m above sea level.
 The Avar language spoken by the Caucasian Avars belongs to the family of Northeast Caucasian languages and is also known as Nakh–Dagestanian.
 Sunni Islam has been the prevailing religion of the Avars since the 13th century.
Stepan Dmitrievich Erzia (Nefyodov) (Russian: Степа́н Дми́триевич Э́рьзя (Нефёдов) ; November 8 [O.S. October 27] 1876 – 24 November 1959) was a Mordvin sculptor who lived in Russia and Argentina.
 Erzia chose his pseudonym after the native ethnic group, the Erzya Mordvins.
The Chané or Izoceño are a native ethnic group whose traditional lands are in the plains and valleys between the Gran Chaco and the Andes in northern Argentina, Paraguay and southern Bolivia.
The Shawnee (Shaawanwaki, Ša˙wano˙ki and Shaawanowi lenaweeki) are an Algonquian-speaking ethnic group indigenous to North America.
 In colonial times they were a semi-migratory Native American nation, primarily inhabiting areas of the Ohio Valley, extending from Ohio and Kentucky eastward to West Virginia, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Western Maryland; south to Alabama and South Carolina; and westward to Indiana, and Illinois in the United States.
Puquina (or Pukina) is an extinct language once spoken by a native ethnic group in the region surrounding Lake Titicaca (Peru and Bolivia) and in the north of Chile.
 It is often associated with the culture that built Tiwanaku.
The Lao are a Tai ethnic group originating from present-day southern China.
 They are the majority native ethnic group of Laos at 53.2% and make up a significant portion of the Isan people of Thailand.
 The majority of Lao people follow Theravada Buddhism.
 They belong to the language family of Tai-Kadai peoples.
The Dargwa or Dargin people (Dargwa: дарганти , "darganti"; Russian: даргинцы , "dargintsy") constitute a Caucasian native ethnic group originating in the North Caucasus, and who make up the second largest ethnic group in the Russian republic of Dagestan.
 They speak the Dargwa language.
 The ethnic group comprises, however, all speakers of the Dargin languages; Dargwa is simply the standard variety.
The Ingush ( , Ingush: ГIалгIай , "Ġalġay" , pronounced ] ) are a Caucasian native ethnic group of the North Caucasus, mostly inhabiting the Russian republic of Ingushetia.
 The Ingush are predominantly Sunni Muslims and speak the Ingush language, a Northeast Caucasian language that is closely related to Chechen; the two form a dialect continuum.
 The Ingush and Chechen peoples are collectively known as the Nakh peoples.
Trace A. DeMeyer, also known as Tracy Ann DeMeyer or Laura Jean Thrall-Bland, (b. 1956) is a multi-genre author, artist, poet and journalist of Shawnee-Cherokee descent.
 Her writing is mainly focused on Native Americans and Native American adoption issues.
Asturians (Asturian: "asturianos" ) are the native ethnic group of the autonomous community of Asturias, in Spain, as well as smaller communities in the Spanish provinces of León, Zamora and Cantabria.

Question: Tracy Ann DeMeyer was an author descending from what Algonquian-speaking North American native ethnic group?
Answer: Shawnee