Wichita peoples

E174125

The Wichita peoples are a Native American group of the Southern Plains known for their grass house villages, agriculture, and trade networks in what is now Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Wichita people 17
Washita people 1
Wichita peoples canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people of the Great Plains ⓘ
Native American people ⓘ
agriculturalProduct beans ⓘ
maize ⓘ
squash ⓘ
sunflowers ⓘ
archaeologicalCultureAssociated Great Bend aspect ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalArea Southern Plains cultural area ⓘ
linked to: Southern Plains
culturalPractice buffalo hunting ⓘ
village horticulture ⓘ
culturalRegion Plains Indians ⓘ
currentFederallyRecognizedTribe Wichita and Affiliated Tribes ⓘ
encounteredColonialPower France ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
United States ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf United States ⓘ
federallyRecognizedIn United States ⓘ
historicalRegion Kansas ⓘ
Oklahoma ⓘ
Texas ⓘ
languageFamily Caddoan languages ⓘ
linguisticStatus endangered language ⓘ
modernBase Oklahoma ⓘ
nameEtymology European exonym derived from Caddoan terms ⓘ
notableFeature extensive trade networks ⓘ
grass house villages ⓘ
preContactPoliticalOrganization village-based chiefdoms ⓘ
primaryRegion Southern Plains ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Caddo people ⓘ
linked to: Caddo

Kichai people ⓘ
Pawnee people ⓘ
Tawakoni people ⓘ
Waco people ⓘ
religion traditional tribal religion ⓘ
selfDesignation Kitikiti'sh ⓘ
socialOrganization kin-based bands and villages ⓘ
timeDepth pre-Columbian era ⓘ
traditionalCraft basketry ⓘ
hide processing ⓘ
pottery ⓘ
traditionalDwelling grass house ⓘ
traditionalEconomy agriculture ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
trade ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence mixed farming and hunting ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (19)

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

Arkansas River region → historicallyUsedBy → Wichita peoples ⓘ
Wichita, Kansas → namedAfter → Wichita people ⓘ
subject linked to: Wichita, Kansas, United States
linked to: Wichita peoples
Caddoan languages → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Wichita people ⓘ
linked to: Wichita peoples
Wichita, Kansas → namedAfter → Wichita people ⓘ
linked to: Wichita peoples
Wichita County, Kansas → namedAfter → Wichita people ⓘ
linked to: Wichita peoples
Caddo → relatedTo → Wichita people ⓘ
linked to: Wichita peoples
Wichita River → namedAfter → Wichita people ⓘ
linked to: Wichita peoples
Waco people → subgroupOf → Wichita people ⓘ
linked to: Wichita peoples
Waco people → relatedEthnicGroup → Wichita people ⓘ
linked to: Wichita peoples
Ouachita people → hasAlternativeName → Washita people ⓘ
linked to: Wichita peoples
Wichita language → ethnicGroup → Wichita people ⓘ
linked to: Wichita peoples
Kitsai people → culturallyRelatedTo → Wichita people ⓘ
linked to: Wichita peoples
Wichita and Affiliated Tribes → representsEthnicGroup → Wichita people ⓘ
linked to: Wichita peoples
Kitikiti'sh → refersTo → Wichita people ⓘ
linked to: Wichita peoples
Kitikiti'sh → usedBy → Wichita people ⓘ
linked to: Wichita peoples
Pawnee people → relatedEthnicGroup → Wichita people ⓘ
linked to: Wichita peoples
Tawakoni people → relatedEthnicity → Wichita people ⓘ
linked to: Wichita peoples
Kichai people → relatedEthnicGroup → Wichita people ⓘ
linked to: Wichita peoples
Wichita County, Texas → namedAfter → Wichita people ⓘ
linked to: Wichita peoples