Yuchi

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The Yuchi are a Native American people historically from the Southeastern United States, known for their distinct language and cultural traditions separate from neighboring tribes.

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Label Occurrences
Yuchi canonical 9

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
language ⓘ
ceremonialPractice Green Corn Ceremony ⓘ
stomp dance ⓘ
clanSystem matrilineal clans ⓘ
colonialContactWith British colonists ⓘ
French colonists ⓘ
Spanish colonists ⓘ
culturalContinuity maintained separate identity despite incorporation into Muscogee Nation ⓘ
culturalRegion Southeastern Woodlands ⓘ
culturalRevitalizationEffort maintenance of stomp grounds ⓘ
traditional song and dance preservation ⓘ
currentPrimaryLocation Oklahoma ⓘ
distinctFrom Cherokee ⓘ
Muscogee (Creek) ⓘ
linked to: Muscogee people

Shawnee ⓘ
ethnonym Euchee ⓘ
forcedRemoval 19th century ⓘ
forcedRemovalDestination Indian Territory ⓘ
present-day Oklahoma ⓘ
historicalAllies Cherokee ⓘ
Muscogee (Creek) ⓘ
linked to: Muscogee people
historicalEnemies some neighboring tribes and European colonists ⓘ
historicalPresence Alabama ⓘ
Florida ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
South Carolina ⓘ
Tennessee ⓘ
historicalRegion Southeastern United States ⓘ
language Yuchi language ⓘ
languageFamily language isolate ⓘ
languageRevitalizationEffort Yuchi language immersion programs ⓘ
languageStatus severely endangered ⓘ
meaningOfName Children of the Sun ⓘ
nativeName Tsoyaha ⓘ
notFederallyRecognizedAsSeparateTribe true ⓘ
politicalAffiliation Muscogee (Creek) Nation ⓘ
populationTrend decline after European contact ⓘ
recognizedBy United States federal government (as part of the Muscogee Nation) ⓘ
socialOrganization town-based communities ⓘ
traditionalEconomy trade with neighboring tribes ⓘ
traditionalHousing wood and thatch structures ⓘ
traditionalReligion traditional Yuchi religion ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
gathering wild plants ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
maize agriculture ⓘ

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