Woodland Indians

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Woodland Indians refers to the diverse Native American cultures that traditionally inhabited the forested regions of eastern North America, known for their woodland-adapted lifestyles, agriculture, and complex social and spiritual practices.

All labels observed (3)

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Statements (79)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American cultural region ⓘ
cultural grouping ⓘ
indigenous peoples of North America ⓘ
affectedBy European colonization ⓘ
epidemic diseases after contact ⓘ
fur trade ⓘ
agriculturalPractice Three Sisters agriculture ⓘ
bean cultivation ⓘ
maize cultivation ⓘ
squash cultivation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Eastern Woodland cultures ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Woodlands

Eastern Woodlands Indians ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Woodlands
burialPractice grave goods interment ⓘ
mound building in some cultures ⓘ
culturalRegion distinct from Northwest Coast Indians ⓘ
distinct from Plains Indians ⓘ
distinct from Southwest Indians ⓘ
diet corn-based agriculture supplemented by hunting and fishing ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
gathering wild plants ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
environmentAdaptation mixed forest and riverine environments ⓘ
woodland-adapted lifestyle ⓘ
housingPattern seasonal movement between camps ⓘ
semi-sedentary villages ⓘ
includedPeople Algonquian-speaking peoples ⓘ
linked to: Algonquian peoples

Cherokee ⓘ
Creek (Muscogee) ⓘ
Delaware (Lenape) ⓘ
Fox ⓘ
Huron ⓘ
Iroquois ⓘ
linked to: Haudenosaunee

Kickapoo ⓘ
Menominee ⓘ
Miami ⓘ
Ojibwe ⓘ
Pequot ⓘ
linked to: Pequot people

Powhatan ⓘ
Shawnee ⓘ
Wampanoag ⓘ
linked to: Wampanoag people
inhabitedRegion Appalachian region ⓘ
Atlantic coastal forests ⓘ
Great Lakes region ⓘ
area east of the Mississippi River ⓘ
eastern North America ⓘ
forest regions of North America ⓘ
linguisticDiversity Algonquian languages ⓘ
Iroquoian languages ⓘ
Siouan languages in some areas ⓘ
materialCulture bark-covered houses ⓘ
birchbark canoes ⓘ
bone tools ⓘ
dugout canoes ⓘ
longhouses ⓘ
pottery ⓘ
stone tools ⓘ
wigwams ⓘ
woven mats ⓘ
modernStatus descendant communities in Canada ⓘ
descendant communities in the United States ⓘ
socialOrganization clan systems ⓘ
tribal confederacies ⓘ
village-based communities ⓘ
spiritualPractice ancestor veneration ⓘ
animism ⓘ
ritual ceremonies tied to seasons ⓘ
shamanism ⓘ
technology bow and arrow ⓘ
fish weirs ⓘ
slash-and-burn agriculture ⓘ
snowshoes in northern areas ⓘ
timePeriod historic period after European contact ⓘ
pre-Columbian era ⓘ
tradeActivity long-distance trade networks ⓘ
tradeGoods copper ⓘ
furs ⓘ
shell beads ⓘ
stone tools ⓘ

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Referenced by (22)

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

Dakota → culturalArea → Woodland Indians ⓘ
Province of Maine → ethnicGroup → Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands ⓘ
linked to: Woodland Indians
Naumkeag → culturalContext → Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands ⓘ
linked to: Woodland Indians
Narragansett Indian Tribe → isPartOf → Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands ⓘ
linked to: Woodland Indians
Wigwam → usedBy → Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands ⓘ
linked to: Woodland Indians
Iowa people → culturalRegion → Woodland Indians ⓘ
Eastern Dakota → culturalRegion → Woodland Indians ⓘ
Pαnawάhpskewi → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands ⓘ
linked to: Woodland Indians
Missouria → culturalRegion → Woodland Indians ⓘ
Gordon M. Day → researchFocus → Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands ⓘ
subject linked to: linguist Gordon M. Day
linked to: Woodland Indians
Joseph Orono → hasHeritage → Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands ⓘ
linked to: Woodland Indians
La Longue Carabine → usedBy → Native Americans (in the Leatherstocking Tales) ⓘ
linked to: Woodland Indians
Sisseton → culturalRegion → Woodland Indians ⓘ
Albany–Hudson–Catskill region → hasCulturalInfluenceFrom → Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands ⓘ
linked to: Woodland Indians
Western Niantic → hasEthnicOrigin → Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands ⓘ
linked to: Woodland Indians
Southern New England Algonquian → spokenBy → Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands ⓘ
linked to: Woodland Indians
Pocumtuck Mountain → hasCulturalSignificanceFor → Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands ⓘ
linked to: Woodland Indians
Ioway people → culturalRegion → Woodland Indians ⓘ
Indian Township Reservation → hasCategory → Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands ⓘ
linked to: Woodland Indians
Alnôbak → partOf → Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands ⓘ
linked to: Woodland Indians
Katonah → heritage → Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands ⓘ
subject linked to: Wappinger chief Katonah
linked to: Woodland Indians