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.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Miami Indigenous peoples | 1 |
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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Miami Indigenous peoples
subject surface form:
Lake Mayaimi
subject surface form:
Lake Mayaimi
subject surface form:
Lake Mayaimi