Yesa

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Yesa is an alternative name for the Tutelo, a Siouan-speaking Indigenous people historically located in the eastern United States.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Yesa canonical 2
Yesaŋ 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people ⓘ
Native American ethnic group ⓘ
alternativeNameOf Tutelo ⓘ
colonialEraStatus displaced by European colonization ⓘ
contactWith English colonists ⓘ
French colonists ⓘ
Iroquois ⓘ
linked to: Haudenosaunee
continent North America ⓘ
culturalArea Southeastern Woodlands ⓘ
culturalRegion Eastern Woodlands ⓘ
demographicStatus largely assimilated ⓘ
documentedBy Horatio Hale ⓘ
ethnicClassification Eastern Siouan ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf United States ⓘ
ethnonymLanguage Siouan language family ⓘ
linked to: Siouan languages
hasEthnonym Tutelo ⓘ
Yesa ⓘ
historicalRegion North Carolina ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
West Virginia ⓘ
eastern United States ⓘ
language Tutelo language ⓘ
languageFamily Siouan languages ⓘ
languageStatus extinct language ⓘ
laterAffiliation Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
Six Nations Reserve ⓘ
linguisticBranch Eastern Siouan languages ⓘ
linked to: Southeastern Siouan
migration northward under Iroquois protection ⓘ
peopleAlsoCalled Totero ⓘ
Tutelo ⓘ
Yesang ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Catawba ⓘ
Monacan ⓘ
Occaneechi ⓘ
Saponi ⓘ
religion traditional Indigenous religion ⓘ
timePeriod 18th century ⓘ
colonial era ⓘ
pre-Columbian era ⓘ
traditionalHousing village settlements ⓘ
wooden structures ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
maize agriculture ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tutelo people → alsoKnownAs → Yesaŋ ⓘ
linked to: Yesa
Yesa → hasEthnonym → Yesa ⓘ