Monacan people

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The Monacan people are a Native American tribe historically based in the Piedmont region of Virginia, known for their Siouan language heritage and long-standing presence in the eastern United States.

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Monacan people canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people of North America ⓘ
Native American tribe ⓘ
archaeologicalCulture Late Woodland period in Virginia ⓘ
archaeologicalSites Piedmont Virginia village sites ⓘ
burial mound sites in Virginia ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalContinuity maintain traditions in contemporary Virginia ⓘ
culturalHeritage Siouan traditions ⓘ
culturalRegion Eastern Woodlands ⓘ
encounteredBy English colonists at Jamestown ⓘ
ethnicGroup Siouan-speaking peoples ⓘ
linked to: Siouan peoples
ethnogenesisRegion eastern United States ⓘ
governedBy tribal council of the Monacan Indian Nation ⓘ
heritagePreservation operate cultural and historical programs ⓘ
historicalEconomy trade with neighboring tribes ⓘ
historicalLanguage Eastern Siouan language ⓘ
linked to: Western Siouan
historicalLifestyle sedentary village life ⓘ
historicalPeriod pre-contact Eastern North America ⓘ
historicalRegion Piedmont region of Virginia ⓘ
languageFamily Siouan languages ⓘ
materialCulture ceramic pottery ⓘ
stone tools ⓘ
woven textiles ⓘ
neighboringPeoples Powhatan peoples ⓘ
Saponi ⓘ
Tutelo ⓘ
populationRegion central Virginia ⓘ
presentDayCommunity Monacan Indian Nation ⓘ
primaryState Virginia ⓘ
recognizedAs state-recognized tribe in Virginia ⓘ
region James River drainage ⓘ
upper James River valley ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Siouan tribes of the Piedmont ⓘ
linked to: Occaneechi people
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional Indigenous beliefs ⓘ
selfIdentification Indigenous people of Virginia ⓘ
socialOrganization village-based communities ⓘ
traditionalBurialPractice earthen burial mounds ⓘ
traditionalCrops beans ⓘ
maize ⓘ
squash ⓘ
traditionalHousing villages with palisades ⓘ
wooden structures ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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

Occaneechi people → relatedEthnicGroup → Monacan people ⓘ
Tutelo people → relatedEthnicGroup → Monacan people ⓘ
Eastern Siouan peoples → hasPart → Monacan people ⓘ
Monacan language → ethnicGroup → Monacan people ⓘ