Biloxi people

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The Biloxi people are a Native American tribe originally from the Gulf Coast region, particularly present-day Mississippi and Louisiana, known for their Siouan language and later relocation to areas such as Oklahoma and Texas.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Biloxi people canonical 15
Biloxi tribe 3
Tunica-Biloxi people 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American people ⓘ
indigenous people of the United States ⓘ
arePartOf Siouan-speaking peoples ⓘ
colonialContactWith France ⓘ
Great Britain ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
culturalHeritage Gulf Coast indigenous culture ⓘ
Siouan linguistic traditions ⓘ
culturalRegion Southeastern Woodlands ⓘ
currentStatus federally unrecognized tribe ⓘ
displacementCause European-American expansion ⓘ
colonial-era conflicts ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf United States ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Biloxi Indians ⓘ
linked to: Biloxi people

Biloxi tribe ⓘ
linked to: Biloxi people
hasEthnonym Biloxi ⓘ
historicalPopulationTrend decline after European contact ⓘ
language Biloxi language ⓘ
languageFamily Siouan languages ⓘ
languageStatus extinct or nearly extinct ⓘ
laterAssociatedWith Oklahoma tribes ⓘ
Tunica people ⓘ
linked to: Tunica peoples
linguisticBranch Western Siouan ⓘ
linked to: Siouan languages
originallyInhabited Gulf Coast ⓘ
present-day Louisiana ⓘ
present-day Mississippi ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional indigenous beliefs ⓘ
relocatedTo Louisiana ⓘ
Mississippi ⓘ
Oklahoma ⓘ
Texas ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
gathering wild foods ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
traditionalTerritory coastal Louisiana ⓘ
coastal Mississippi ⓘ
lower Mississippi River region ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (22)

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

Southeastern Woodlands → includesPeople → Biloxi people ⓘ
Southeastern Woodlands → includesPeople → Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana ⓘ
linked to: Biloxi people
Biloxi people → hasAlternativeName → Biloxi tribe ⓘ
linked to: Biloxi people
Biloxi people → hasAlternativeName → Biloxi Indians ⓘ
linked to: Biloxi people
Pensacola people → culturallyRelatedTo → Biloxi people ⓘ
Tunica-Biloxi → peopleIncludes → Biloxi people ⓘ
Biloxi language → spokenBy → Biloxi people ⓘ
Biloxi language → ethnicity → Biloxi people ⓘ
Biloxi language → associatedPeople → Biloxi tribe ⓘ
linked to: Biloxi people
Houma people → relatedGroup → Biloxi people ⓘ
Tutelo people → relatedEthnicGroup → Biloxi people ⓘ
Ofo people → neighboringGroups → Biloxi people ⓘ
Ofo people → culturalIntegrationWith → Tunica-Biloxi people ⓘ
linked to: Biloxi people
Tunica-Biloxi Cultural and Educational Resources Center → ethnicGroupServed → Tunica-Biloxi people ⓘ
linked to: Biloxi people
Ofos Indians → culturallyRelatedTo → Biloxi people ⓘ
Ofos Indians → absorbedInto → Biloxi people ⓘ
Tanêksąyaa ade → spokenBy → Biloxi people ⓘ
Tanêksąyaa ade → usedByEthnicGroup → Biloxi tribe ⓘ
linked to: Biloxi people