Occaneechi people

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The Occaneechi people are a Siouan-speaking Indigenous group historically based in the Piedmont region of what is now North Carolina and Virginia, known for their role as traders and cultural intermediaries in the 17th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people ⓘ
Native American tribe ⓘ
Siouan-speaking people ⓘ
activePeriod 17th century ⓘ
causeOfDemographicChange displacement ⓘ
epidemic diseases ⓘ
warfare ⓘ
conflictInvolved Bacon's Rebellion ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalPractice agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
trade diplomacy ⓘ
culturalRegion Eastern Woodlands ⓘ
Southeastern Woodlands ⓘ
demographicChange population decline after European contact ⓘ
descendantCommunity Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation ⓘ
linked to: Occaneechi people
engagedIn deerskin trade ⓘ
fur trade ⓘ
long-distance trade ⓘ
ethnicGroup Siouan ⓘ
linked to: Siouan languages
historicalRegion North Carolina ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
historicalRole brokers between Europeans and interior tribes ⓘ
middlemen in colonial trade networks ⓘ
interactedWith English colonists ⓘ
Virginia colonists ⓘ
other Indigenous peoples of the Southeast ⓘ
languageFamily Siouan languages ⓘ
modernLocation Alamance County, North Carolina ⓘ
Orange County, North Carolina ⓘ
notableEvent Bacon's Rebellion ⓘ
partOf Eastern Siouan peoples ⓘ
recognizedBy State of North Carolina ⓘ
linked to: North Carolina
region Piedmont ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Catawba people ⓘ
Monacan people ⓘ
Saponi people ⓘ
Tutelo people ⓘ
religion traditional Indigenous religions ⓘ
role cultural intermediaries ⓘ
traders ⓘ
timeOfNotableEvent 1676 ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence bean cultivation ⓘ
maize cultivation ⓘ
squash cultivation ⓘ

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Eno River → historicallyInhabitedBy → Occaneechi people ⓘ
Eno people → neighboringGroups → Occaneechi people ⓘ
Eno people → relatedEthnicGroup → Occaneechi people ⓘ
Occaneechi people → descendantCommunity → Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation ⓘ
linked to: Occaneechi people
Haw River → namedAfter → Sissipahaw people ⓘ
linked to: Occaneechi people
Oconee River → namedAfter → Oconee people ⓘ
linked to: Occaneechi people
Neusiok → hasNameVariant → Neuse Indians ⓘ
linked to: Occaneechi people
Tutelo people → relatedEthnicGroup → Occaneechi people ⓘ
Eastern Siouan peoples → hasPart → Occaneechi people ⓘ
Eastern Siouan peoples → hasPart → Manahoac people ⓘ
linked to: Occaneechi people
Monacan people → relatedEthnicGroup → Siouan tribes of the Piedmont ⓘ
linked to: Occaneechi people
Shakori people → relatedEthnicGroup → Occaneechi people ⓘ
Saponi people → ethnicGroup → Occaneechi (closely related group) ⓘ
linked to: Occaneechi people