Biloxi people

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The Biloxi people are a Native American tribe originally from the Gulf Coast region, particularly present-day Mississippi and Louisiana, known for their Siouan language and later relocation to areas such as Oklahoma and Texas.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Biloxi people canonical 8
Biloxi tribe 2
Biloxi Indians 1

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Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American people
indigenous people of the United States
arePartOf Eastern Siouan peoples
surface form: Siouan-speaking peoples
colonialContactWith France
Great Britain
Spain
continent North America
culturalHeritage Gulf Coast indigenous culture
Siouan linguistic traditions
culturalRegion Southeastern Woodlands
currentStatus federally unrecognized tribe
displacementCause European-American expansion
colonial-era conflicts
ethnicGroupOf United States of America
surface form: United States
hasAlternativeName Biloxi people
surface form: Biloxi Indians

Biloxi people
surface form: Biloxi tribe
hasEthnonym Biloxi
historicalPopulationTrend decline after European contact
language Biloxi language
languageFamily Siouan languages
languageStatus extinct or nearly extinct
laterAssociatedWith Oklahoma tribes
Tunica peoples
surface form: Tunica people
linguisticBranch Siouan languages
surface form: Western Siouan
originallyInhabited Gulf Coast of the United States
surface form: Gulf Coast

present-day Louisiana
present-day Mississippi
religion Christianity
traditional indigenous beliefs
relocatedTo Louisiana
Mississippi
Oklahoma
Texas
traditionalSubsistence agriculture
fishing
gathering wild foods
hunting
traditionalTerritory coastal Louisiana
coastal Mississippi
lower Mississippi River region

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Referenced by (12)

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

Southeastern Woodlands includesPeople Biloxi people
Southeastern Woodlands includesPeople Biloxi people
this entity surface form: Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana
Biloxi people hasAlternativeName Biloxi people
this entity surface form: Biloxi tribe
Biloxi people hasAlternativeName Biloxi people
this entity surface form: Biloxi Indians
Pensacola people culturallyRelatedTo Biloxi people
Tunica-Biloxi peopleIncludes Biloxi people
Biloxi language spokenBy Biloxi people
Biloxi language ethnicity Biloxi people
Biloxi language associatedPeople Biloxi people
this entity surface form: Biloxi tribe
Houma people relatedGroup Biloxi people
Tutelo people relatedEthnicGroup Biloxi people