Koasati

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Koasati are a Native American people of the Southeastern United States, closely related to the Alabama tribe and known for their Muskogean language and cultural traditions.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Koasati canonical 6
Koasati nations 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands
Native American people
associatedWith Alabama-Coushatta Reservation in Texas
Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana
surface form: Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana reservation near Elton, Louisiana
continent North America
culturalPractice basketry
storytelling
traditional dance
traditional music
culturalRegion Lower South
culture Eastern Woodlands
surface form: Southeastern Woodlands culture
currentPopulationRegion Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
other parts of the United States
ethnicGroupOf United States of America
surface form: United States
federallyRecognizedTribe Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas
Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana
governmentType tribal government
hasClanSystem yes
hasTraditionalCraft rivercane basketry
historicalEvent displacement from original homelands in the Southeast
historicalLanguageStatus endangered language community
language Koasati language
languageFamily Muskogean languages
languageRevitalizationEffort Koasati language classes
Koasati language documentation
languageStatus threatened
nativeTo Southern United States
surface form: Southeastern United States
oralTradition strong
partOf Native American tribes in the United States
primaryReligion Christianity
traditional tribal religion
recognizedBy United States government
surface form: United States federal government
relatedEthnicGroup Alabama people
selfDesignation Coushatta, Louisiana
surface form: Coushatta
traditionalAffiliation Muskogean languages
surface form: Muskogean-speaking peoples
traditionalHousing thatched dwellings
traditionalRegion present-day Alabama
present-day Florida
present-day Georgia
Louisiana
surface form: present-day Louisiana
traditionalSubsistence fishing
gathering wild foods
hunting
maize agriculture
usesWritingSystemForLanguage Latin script

Referenced by (7)

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

Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana isPartOf Koasati
this entity surface form: Koasati nations
Koasati people nameVariant Koasati
Mary Haas languagesStudied Koasati