Southeastern Indigenous nations

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The Southeastern Indigenous nations are Native American peoples from the southeastern region of what is now the United States, known for their complex societies, agricultural economies, and pivotal roles in colonial-era conflicts and later U.S. expansion.

All labels observed (11)

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Statements (72)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American group ⓘ
cultural-geographic group of Indigenous peoples ⓘ
affectedBy Indian Removal Act of 1830 ⓘ
allotment and assimilation policies of the United States ⓘ
expansion of plantation slavery in the American South ⓘ
missionary activity and Christianization efforts ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Trail of Tears ⓘ
culturalRegionOverlap American Southeast cultural area ⓘ
Mississippian cultural tradition ⓘ
hasCharacteristic agricultural economies based on maize, beans, and squash ⓘ
complex chiefdom-level societies in many groups ⓘ
long-distance trade networks ⓘ
matrilineal kinship in many societies ⓘ
mound-building traditions inherited from Mississippian cultures ⓘ
sophisticated diplomatic practices ⓘ
syncretic religious practices blending Indigenous and Christian elements in some communities ⓘ
town-based political organization ⓘ
use of ball games and stickball as important cultural practices ⓘ
hasLanguageFamily Atakapa language isolate ⓘ
Catawban (Siouan) languages ⓘ
linked to: Southeastern Siouan

Iroquoian languages ⓘ
Muskogean languages ⓘ
Timucua language isolate ⓘ
linked to: Timucua language

Tunica language isolate ⓘ
hasMember Apalachee people ⓘ
Atakapa people ⓘ
linked to: Atakapa

Biloxi people ⓘ
Catawba Nation ⓘ
linked to: Catawba people

Cherokee Nation ⓘ
Chickasaw Nation ⓘ
Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana ⓘ
linked to: Chitimacha

Choctaw Nation ⓘ
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians ⓘ
Guale people ⓘ
Houma people ⓘ
Lumbee people ⓘ
linked to: Lumbee

Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida ⓘ
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians ⓘ
Mobile people ⓘ
Muscogee (Creek) Nation ⓘ
Natchez people ⓘ
Poarch Band of Creek Indians ⓘ
Seminole Nation ⓘ
Seminole Tribe of Florida ⓘ
Timucua people ⓘ
linked to: Timucua

Tuscarora people ⓘ
linked to: Tuscarora

Yuchi people ⓘ
historicalPeriod British colonial era ⓘ
French colonial era ⓘ
Spanish colonial era ⓘ
early United States expansion era ⓘ
pre-contact era ⓘ
locatedIn Southeastern region of what is now the United States ⓘ
modernPresence Alabama ⓘ
Arkansas ⓘ
Florida ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
Louisiana ⓘ
Mississippi ⓘ
North Carolina ⓘ
Oklahoma ⓘ
South Carolina ⓘ
Texas ⓘ
playedRoleIn American Revolutionary War alliances and conflicts ⓘ
Seven Years' War in North America ⓘ
U.S. Indian Removal policies ⓘ
War of 1812 in the southeastern United States ⓘ
colonial-era conflicts among European empires in North America ⓘ
traditionalEconomy craft production such as pottery and basketry ⓘ
gathering of wild plants ⓘ
hunting and fishing ⓘ
maize agriculture ⓘ

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Referenced by (15)

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

Anglo-Spanish conflicts in North America → involves → Southeastern Indigenous nations ⓘ
Creek War (1813–1814) → opponentOf → United States and allied Native American groups ⓘ
linked to: Southeastern Indigenous nations
Alabama people → partOfBroaderGroup → Southeastern Native American tribes ⓘ
linked to: Southeastern Indigenous nations
Weapemeoc → partOf → Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern United States ⓘ
linked to: Southeastern Indigenous nations
John R. Swanton → studied → Southeastern United States tribes ⓘ
linked to: Southeastern Indigenous nations
Legend of Noccalula → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Native Americans in the Southeastern Woodlands ⓘ
linked to: Southeastern Indigenous nations
Jena Band of Choctaw Indians → isDescendedFrom → Southeastern Woodlands tribes ⓘ
linked to: Southeastern Indigenous nations
First Creek War → hasCulturalContext → Southeastern Woodlands tribes ⓘ
linked to: Southeastern Indigenous nations
Spanish missions in North America → targetedPopulation → Southeastern Indigenous peoples ⓘ
linked to: Southeastern Indigenous nations
Pushmataha → culturalContext → Southeastern Woodlands tribes ⓘ
linked to: Southeastern Indigenous nations
Eastern Muskogean → usedBy → Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands ⓘ
linked to: Southeastern Indigenous nations
Apalachee community in Louisiana → ethnicOrigin → Southeastern Woodlands Indigenous peoples ⓘ
linked to: Southeastern Indigenous nations
Eastern Atakapa → partOf → Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern United States ⓘ
linked to: Southeastern Indigenous nations
Hiwassee Island: An Archaeological Account of Four Tennessee Indian Peoples → aboutEthnicGroup → Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern United States ⓘ
linked to: Southeastern Indigenous nations
Hitchitee → spokenInPastBy → Indigenous peoples of the southeastern United States ⓘ
linked to: Southeastern Indigenous nations