The correct answer is B) All members spoke the same language.
The statement that best describes a characteristic of an American Indian tribe in the 1500s is "All members spoke the same language.
Before the arrival of the white European men to the American continent, Native American Indians lived in different territories. In the North east lived the Iroquois and the Algonquin. Close to the New England region, the Massachusett and the Wampanoag. In the Plains were the Sioux, the Apache, and the Cheyenne. In the Southeast, the Choctaw, the Cherokee, and the Chickasaw. In the Southwest, the Mojave, the Yuma, and the Hualapai. In the Great Basin, the Goshute, the Utes, and the Washoe. Finally in the West Coast, the Penutian, the Yakima, and the Algonkin.