Wichita peoples

E174125

Indigenous people of the Great Plains Native American people

The Wichita peoples are a Native American group of the Southern Plains known for their grass house villages, agriculture, and trade networks in what is now Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Wichita people	6
Wichita peoples canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indigenous people of the Great Plains ⓘ Native American people ⓘ
agriculturalProduct	beans ⓘ maize ⓘ squash ⓘ sunflowers ⓘ
archaeologicalCultureAssociated	Great Bend aspect ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalArea	Southern Plains ⓘ surface form: Southern Plains cultural area
culturalPractice	buffalo hunting ⓘ village horticulture ⓘ
culturalRegion	Plains Indians ⓘ
currentFederallyRecognizedTribe	Wichita and Affiliated Tribes ⓘ
encounteredColonialPower	France ⓘ Spain ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
ethnicGroupOf	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
federallyRecognizedIn	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
historicalRegion	Kansas ⓘ Oklahoma ⓘ Texas ⓘ
languageFamily	Caddoan languages ⓘ
linguisticStatus	endangered language ⓘ
modernBase	Oklahoma ⓘ
nameEtymology	European exonym derived from Caddoan terms ⓘ
notableFeature	extensive trade networks ⓘ grass house villages ⓘ
preContactPoliticalOrganization	village-based chiefdoms ⓘ
primaryRegion	Southern Plains ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup	Caddo ⓘ surface form: Caddo people Kichai people ⓘ Pawnee people ⓘ Tawakoni people ⓘ Waco people ⓘ
religion	traditional tribal religion ⓘ
selfDesignation	Kitikiti'sh ⓘ
socialOrganization	kin-based bands and villages ⓘ
timeDepth	pre-Columbian era ⓘ
traditionalCraft	basketry ⓘ hide processing ⓘ pottery ⓘ
traditionalDwelling	grass house ⓘ
traditionalEconomy	agriculture ⓘ hunting ⓘ trade ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence	mixed farming and hunting ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Arkansas River region → historicallyUsedBy → Wichita peoples ⓘ

Wichita, Kansas, United States → namedAfter → Wichita peoples ⓘ

subject surface form: Wichita, Kansas