Ofos Indians

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Ofos Indians refers to the Ofo people, a historically small Native American tribe of the lower Mississippi Valley who spoke a Siouan language and were eventually absorbed into neighboring groups.

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Ofos Indians canonical 1

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Statements (36)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American tribe ⓘ
extinct ethnic group ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
absorbedInto Biloxi people ⓘ
Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana ⓘ
affectedBy European colonization ⓘ
epidemic diseases ⓘ
colonialContactWith English colonists ⓘ
linked to: British colonists

French colonists ⓘ
Spanish colonists ⓘ
culturallyRelatedTo Biloxi people ⓘ
Siouan-speaking peoples ⓘ
Tunica people ⓘ
linked to: Tunica peoples
descendantsIn Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf United States ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Ofo people ⓘ
Ofogoula ⓘ
Ofos ⓘ
hasEthnonymOrigin possibly from their autonym in the Ofo language ⓘ
historicallyDocumentedInCentury 17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
knownFrom French colonial records ⓘ
linguistic documentation of Ofo language ⓘ
languageFamily Siouan languages ⓘ
locatedInThePast lower Mississippi Valley ⓘ
present-day Louisiana ⓘ
linked to: Louisiana

present-day Mississippi ⓘ
partOf Siouan-speaking tribes of the Southeast ⓘ
region Southeastern Woodlands ⓘ
religion traditional indigenous religion ⓘ
spokeLanguage Ofo language ⓘ
status no longer a distinct tribal entity ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
gathering wild foods ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
maize agriculture ⓘ

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

Ofo → hasAlternativeName → Ofos Indians ⓘ