Koasati people

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The Koasati people are a Native American tribe of the southeastern United States, closely related to other Muskogean-speaking groups and today primarily associated with the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana.

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Koasati people canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands
Native American people
affectedBy Indian Removal policies of the United States
alsoKnownAs Coushatta people
associatedTribalEntity Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana
closelyRelatedTo Alabama people
Chickasaw people
Choctaw people
Muscogee (Creek) people
linked to: Muscogee people

Seminole people
linked to: Seminole
continent North America
culturalPractice Green Corn Ceremony
stomp dance
culturalRegion Southeastern Woodlands
currentReservation Coushatta Reservation, Louisiana
endonymLanguage Koasati language
ethnicGroupOf United States
federallyRecognizedTribe Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana
governmentType tribal government
historicalPresenceIn Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Mississippi
historicalRegion Southeastern United States
languageFamily Muskogean languages
languageRevitalizationEfforts yes
languageStatus endangered
matrilinealDescent yes
migration relocation to Louisiana in 18th and 19th centuries
modernPresenceIn Louisiana
Texas
nameVariant Coushatta
Koasati
partOf Southeastern Ceremonial Complex
primaryLanguage Koasati language
religion Christianity
traditional tribal religion
sovereignStatus federally recognized tribe in the United States (via Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana)
subgroupOf Muskogean-speaking peoples
traditionalClanSystem yes
traditionalEconomy agriculture-based economy
traditionalHousing thatched dwellings
traditionalPoliticalStructure village-based leadership
traditionalSubsistence fishing
gathering wild foods
hunting
maize agriculture

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