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.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Occaneechi people canonical 4
Neuse Indians 1
Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

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

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