Southeastern Woodlands

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The Southeastern Woodlands refers to a cultural and geographic region of what is now the southeastern United States, historically inhabited by diverse Native American societies known for complex chiefdoms, mound-building traditions, and rich agricultural and ceremonial practices.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American cultural area
cultural region
geographic region
agriculturalStaple beans
maize
squash
sunflower
tobacco
economicActivity fishing
gathering wild plants
horticulture
hunting
long-distance trade
hasArchaeologicalSite Angel Mounds
Bottle Creek Mounds
Cahokia
Chucalissa
linked to: Winterville Mounds

Emerald Mound
Etowah Indian Mounds
Hiwassee Island
Kolomoki Mounds
Moundville
Ocmulgee Mounds
Poverty Point
Spiro Mounds
Town Creek Indian Mound
Winterville Mounds
hasClimate humid subtropical climate
hasCulturalTradition Green Corn Ceremony
Southeastern Ceremonial Complex
ball games
clan systems
matrilineal kinship in many groups
mound-building
ritual feasting
hasEconomy deer hide trade
maize-based agriculture
riverine fisheries
hasEnvironment coastal plains
deciduous forests
river valleys
wetlands
historicalInhabitants Caddoan Mississippian culture
linked to: Caddo

Caddoan-speaking peoples
linked to: Caddoan languages

Fort Ancient culture
Hopewell tradition groups
linked to: Hopewell tradition

Iroquoian-speaking peoples
Mississippian culture
Muskogean-speaking peoples
linked to: Muskogean languages

Siouan-speaking peoples
housingPattern dispersed farmsteads
plaza-centered towns
impactedBy British colonization
European colonization
French colonization
Indian Removal policies
Spanish expeditions
Trail of Tears
disease epidemics
includesPeople Alabama people
Apalachee
Atakapa
Biloxi people
Caddo
Catawba
Catawba Indian Nation
Cherokee
Chickasaw
linked to: Chickasaw Nation

Chitimacha
Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana
linked to: Chitimacha

Choctaw
linked to: Choctaw people

Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana
Creek
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
Guale
Hitchiti
linked to: Muscogee language

Houma
Houma people
Koasati
Lumbee
Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians
linked to: Choctaw Nation

Mobile people
Natchez
Ofo
Pensacola people
Poarch Band of Creek Indians
Quapaw
Seminole
Seminole Tribe of Florida
linked to: Seminole

Shawnee
Taensa
Timucua
Tunica
Tunica-Biloxi
Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana
linked to: Biloxi people

Tuscarora
Waccamaw
Weapemeoc
Yamasee
Yuchi
knownFor ceremonial practices
complex chiefdoms
intensive agriculture
long-distance trade networks
mound-building traditions
town-centered settlements
languageFamilies Algonquian languages
Caddoan languages
Iroquoian languages
Muskogean languages
Siouan languages
Timucua language isolate
locatedIn North America
southeastern United States
majorRiver Alabama River
Apalachicola River
Arkansas River
Mississippi River
Ohio River
Red River
Savannah River
Tennessee River
materialCulture ceramic pottery
copper plates
shell gorgets
stone effigy pipes
thatched roofs
wattle-and-daub houses
woven textiles
modernStatesOverlap Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
North Carolina
Ohio
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
West Virginia
partOf Eastern Woodlands
politicalOrganization chiefdoms
confederacies
tribal towns
recognizedBy anthropologists
archaeologists
ethnohistorians
religiousBeliefs ancestor veneration
animism
cosmology with upper, middle, and lower worlds
sacred fire rituals
timeDepth Archaic period
Contact period
Historic period
Mississippian period
Woodland period

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Native Americans historicalRegion Southeastern Woodlands
Cherokee Nation (historical) culturalRegion Southeastern Woodlands
Choctaw Nation culturalRegion Southeastern Woodlands
Mississippian culture flourishedIn Southeastern North America
linked to: Southeastern Woodlands
Creek (Muscogee) Nation hasCulturalRegion Southeastern Woodlands culture area
linked to: Southeastern Woodlands
Kawita people ethnicGroupOf Southeastern Woodlands
subject linked to: Kawita (Coweta) people
Kawita people heritageRegion Southeastern Woodlands cultural area
subject linked to: Kawita (Coweta) people
linked to: Southeastern Woodlands
Northeast Woodlands borderedBy Southeastern Woodlands
Muskogean languages arealGroup Southeastern Woodlands
Eastern Woodlands includesSubregion Southeast Woodlands
linked to: Southeastern Woodlands
Mayami culturalRegion Southeastern Woodlands
Maimies culturalRegion Southeastern Woodlands
Tequesta cultureArea Southeastern Woodlands
Belle Glade culture culturalArea Southeastern Woodlands
Spanish conquest of Florida locatedIn Southeastern North America
linked to: Southeastern Woodlands
Creek (Muscogee) historicalRegion Southeastern Woodlands
Quapaw culturalRegion Southeastern Woodlands
Battle of Fort Frederica region Southeastern North America
linked to: Southeastern Woodlands
Eno people ethnicGroupOf Southeastern Woodlands
Eno people cultureArea Southeastern Woodlands
Occaneechi people culturalRegion Southeastern Woodlands
Quapaw tribe culturalRegion Southeastern Woodlands
Battle of Mabila historicalRegion Southeastern Woodlands
Yamasee culturalArea Southeastern Woodlands
Chota region Southeastern Woodlands
Natchez cultureArea Southeastern Woodlands
Plaquemine culture partOf Southeastern Woodlands
Mikasuki language historicalRegion Southeastern Woodlands
Cherokee culturalRegion Southeastern Woodlands
Chickasaw Wars region Southeastern Woodlands
Earth Lodge culturalContext Southeastern Woodlands
Lower Creek territory partOf Southeastern Woodlands cultural area
linked to: Southeastern Woodlands
Lower Creeks ethnicGroupOf Southeastern Woodlands
Lower Creeks region Southeastern North America
linked to: Southeastern Woodlands
Caddo nativeTo Southeastern Woodlands
Yuchi culturalRegion Southeastern Woodlands
Alabama people culturalArea Southeastern Woodlands
Biloxi people culturalRegion Southeastern Woodlands
Tunica culturalArea Southeastern Woodlands
Atakapa culturalArea Southeastern Woodlands
Tunica-Biloxi region Southeastern Woodlands
Ofo locatedInThePast Southeastern Woodlands
Taensa culturalRegion Southeastern Woodlands
Waccamaw culturalRegion Southeastern Woodlands
Chitimacha culturalRegion Southeastern Woodlands
Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana region Southeastern Woodlands
Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana hasCulturalRegion Southeastern Woodlands culture area
linked to: Southeastern Woodlands
Apalachee people culturalArea Southeastern Woodlands
Bottle Creek Mounds locatedIn Southeastern Woodlands
Neusiok culturalRegion Southeastern Woodlands