Mayaimi people

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The Mayaimi people were a Native American tribe who historically lived around Lake Okeechobee in what is now southern Florida, known for their distinctive lake-centered culture and for giving their name to the city of Miami.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Mayaimi people canonical 10
Miami Indigenous peoples 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American people
indigenous people of Florida
affectedBy European contact
epidemic diseases
slave raids
archaeologicalCultureAssociated Belle Glade culture
continent North America
country United States of America
surface form: United States
culture lake-centered culture
distinctFrom Miami tribe
surface form: Miami people (Algonquian-speaking tribe of the Midwest)
documentedBy French cartographers
Spanish explorers
economy fishing
gathering wild plants
hunting
environment large shallow lake
marshes
wetlands
ethnicGroupOf area around Lake Okeechobee
historicalTerritory Greater Everglades ecosystem
surface form: Everglades region

Lake Mayaimi (historical name of Lake Okeechobee)
surface form: Lake Okeechobee basin
housingType thatched structures on raised ground
knownFor canal systems
large earthwork mounds
villages on tree islands and lake shores
languageFamily uncertain
locatedInThePresentDay South Florida
surface form: southern Florida
nameEtymology often interpreted as meaning "big water" or "large lake"
nameGaveRiseTo Lake Mayaimi (historical name of Lake Okeechobee)
Miami
Miami River
surface form: Miami River (Florida)
nameVariant Miami
surface form: Maimi

Maimies
Mayami
neighboringGroup Ais
Calusa
Jaega
Tequesta
Tocobaga
possibleDescendants Seminole
surface form: Seminole people (partly, through incorporation of survivors)
region Okeechobee Plain
South Florida
surface form: South Florida interior
religion indigenous religion of South Florida
status extinct as a distinct tribe
timePeriod early colonial period
pre-Columbian era
transport dugout canoes

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

Miami namedAfter Mayaimi people
Lake Mayaimi (historical name of Lake Okeechobee) namedAfter Mayaimi people
subject surface form: Lake Mayaimi
Lake Mayaimi (historical name of Lake Okeechobee) shoreInhabitedHistoricallyBy Mayaimi people
subject surface form: Lake Mayaimi
Lake Mayaimi (historical name of Lake Okeechobee) relatedEthnicGroup Mayaimi people
subject surface form: Lake Mayaimi
Maimies alternateNameOf Mayaimi people
Louis Jolliet metWith Mayaimi people
this entity surface form: Miami Indigenous peoples
Belle Glade culture associatedWith Mayaimi people
Mayaimi culture ethnicGroup Mayaimi people
Mayaimi culture namedAfter Mayaimi people
Glades culture influenced Mayaimi people