Native American tribes had territory but I can’t seem to find information on how the population was spread over the territory. Did they have one centralized area where everyone lived?(I doubt) Or did they have a sort of capital area with satellite settlements spread over the territory?
Hi there -- the answer depends quite a bit on which Native American groups you're asking about, but there were certainly urban areas, some including quite large cities, and capitals with satellite or subordinate cities attached to them, throughout pre-Columbian history. The large urban areas of Mesoamerica and South America (such as Tenochtitlan,Tikal, Caracol, Cusco, Machu Picchu) are generally more well-known than the large cities and polities in the present-day United States, but there were large urban areas in what's now the US. This section of the FAQ may be of some interest, particularly the top section. If you have questions about a particular area, feel free to follow up with those particular areas.