Taensa

E280860

Indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands Native American people

The Taensa are a Native American people historically associated with the lower Mississippi Valley region of what is now the southeastern United States.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Taensa canonical	1
Taensas	1

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands ⓘ Native American people ⓘ
affectedBy	European colonization ⓘ displacement ⓘ epidemic diseases ⓘ
associatedWithRiver	Mississippi River ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalPractice	ceremonial rituals ⓘ communal feasting ⓘ
culturalRegion	Southeastern Woodlands ⓘ
encounteredBy	French colonists ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
governedBy	chiefs ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Taensa ⓘ surface form: Taensas
hasEthnonym	Taensa people ⓘ
historicalRegion	Lower Mississippi River basin ⓘ surface form: Lower Mississippi Valley Southern United States ⓘ surface form: Southeastern United States
historicalStatus	largely dispersed as a distinct tribal entity ⓘ
languageFamily	Natchez language ⓘ surface form: Natchez language family
partOf	Native Americans ⓘ surface form: Indigenous peoples of the United States
regionToday	Louisiana ⓘ Mississippi ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup	Chitimacha ⓘ Natchez people ⓘ Tunica ⓘ
religion	traditional Indigenous religion ⓘ
scholarlyTopic	Southeastern archaeology ⓘ ethnohistory of the Lower Mississippi Valley ⓘ
socialOrganization	village-based society ⓘ
timePeriod	17th century ⓘ 18th century ⓘ
traditionalEconomy	horticulture ⓘ trade ⓘ
traditionalHousing	thatched structures ⓘ wooden structures ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence	fishing ⓘ gathering ⓘ hunting ⓘ maize agriculture ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Southeastern Woodlands → includesPeople → Taensa ⓘ

Taensa → hasAlternativeName → Taensa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taensas