Tsoyaha

E947469

Tsoyaha is the self-designated name of the Yuchi people, a Native American group historically located in the southeastern United States.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Tsoyaha canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
affectedBy European colonization of North America ⓘ
United States Indian removal ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Yuchi ⓘ
culturalArea Southeastern Woodlands ⓘ
currentRegion Oklahoma ⓘ
engagedIn trade with neighboring Southeastern tribes ⓘ
ethnonymMeaning Children of the Sun ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice Green Corn Ceremony ⓘ
stomp dance ⓘ
hasDistinctIdentity distinct from neighboring Muscogee and Cherokee ⓘ
hasEthnographicStudy documented by anthropologists in 19th and 20th centuries ⓘ
hasLanguageStatus severely endangered language ⓘ
hasOralTradition creation stories ⓘ
migration narratives ⓘ
hasPopulationStatus small population ⓘ
hasRevitalizationEffort cultural preservation initiatives ⓘ
language revitalization programs ⓘ
hasSacredSite Tennessee River region ⓘ
hasSacredSymbol sun ⓘ
hasSelfDesignation Tsoyaha ⓘ
hasTraditionalArt basketry ⓘ
beadwork ⓘ
hasTraditionalMusic ceremonial songs ⓘ
historicalRegion Alabama ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
South Carolina ⓘ
Southeastern United States ⓘ
Tennessee Valley ⓘ
language Yuchi language ⓘ
languageFamily language isolate ⓘ
nativeName Tsoyaha ⓘ
neighboringPeoples Cherokee ⓘ
Muscogee (Creek) ⓘ
linked to: Muscogee people

Shawnee ⓘ
partOf Muscogee (Creek) Nation (federally recognized tribe) ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional Yuchi religion ⓘ
relocatedDueTo Indian Removal policies ⓘ
relocatedWith Muscogee (Creek) Nation ⓘ
traditionalClanSystem matrilineal clans ⓘ
traditionalHousing wood and thatch structures ⓘ
traditionalPoliticalOrganization town-based governance ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
gathering wild plants ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
maize agriculture ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Yuchi → nativeName → Tsoyaha ⓘ
Euchee → ethnonym → Tsoyaha ⓘ
Tsoyaha → nativeName → Tsoyaha ⓘ