Natchez

E219766

The Natchez were a Native American people of the Lower Mississippi Valley known for their complex chiefdom, mound-building traditions, and resistance to French colonial expansion.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Natchez canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands
Native American people
archaeologicalCulture Plaquemine culture
associatedSite Emerald Mound
Grand Village of the Natchez
surface form: Grand Village of the Natchez National Historic Landmark
contactWith English colonists
French colonists
Spanish colonists
cultureArea Southeastern Woodlands
ethnicGroupOf Lower Mississippi River basin
surface form: Lower Mississippi Valley
governedBy Great Sun chief
lesser Suns
hadCapitalAt Grand Village of the Natchez
inConflictWith French colonial authorities
French settlers at Fort Rosalie
knownFor Great Sun hereditary ruler
complex chiefdom organization
large ceremonial centers
mound-building traditions
resistance to French colonial expansion
social stratification into nobles and commoners
languageFamily language isolate
locatedInThePast Lower Mississippi River basin
surface form: Lower Mississippi Valley

lower Mississippi River region
present-day Mississippi
migratedTo Cherokee
Chickasaw Nation
surface form: Chickasaw

Creek
other Southeastern tribes
notableEvent Natchez revolt of 1729
occupied Grand Village of the Natchez
practiced horticulture
hunting and gathering
maize agriculture
platform mound construction
religion sun-centered religion
resultOfConflict dispersal of Natchez people
enslavement of many Natchez
migration to other Native groups
revoltAgainst French at Fort Rosalie in 1729
socialStructure commoner class
hereditary nobility
spoke Natchez language
suffered French retaliation after 1729 revolt
timePeriod early colonial period
late precontact period
used burial mounds
temple mounds
worshiped Sun

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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