Chitimacha

E283873
Native American people indigenous people

The Chitimacha are a Native American people indigenous to southern Louisiana, known for their intricate river cane basketry and enduring cultural presence along the Gulf Coast.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Chitimacha canonical 4
Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana 1
Chitimacha people 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American people ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
artForm double-woven baskets ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalRegion Louisiana Gulf Coast ⓘ
surface form: Gulf Coast

Southeastern Woodlands ⓘ
currentReligions Christianity ⓘ
traditional beliefs ⓘ
economicActivity arts and crafts ⓘ
gaming ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
governingBody Chitimacha Indian Reservation ⓘ
surface form: Chitimacha Tribal Council
hasCasino Cypress Bayou Casino Hotel ⓘ
hasCulturalContinuity yes ⓘ
hasLanguageRevitalizationEfforts yes ⓘ
hasReservation Chitimacha Indian Reservation ⓘ
historicalContactWith French colonists ⓘ
Spanish colonists ⓘ
United States government ⓘ
indigenousTo Gulf Coast of the United States ⓘ
surface form: Gulf Coast region

southern Louisiana ⓘ
knownFor intricate basket designs ⓘ
river cane basketry ⓘ
language Chitimacha language ⓘ
languageFamily language isolate ⓘ
materialUsedInBasketry river cane ⓘ
populationRegion Louisiana ⓘ
preserves ceremonial practices ⓘ
oral history ⓘ
traditional stories ⓘ
primaryState Louisiana ⓘ
principalCommunity Charenton, Louisiana ⓘ
recognizedAs federally recognized tribe ⓘ
recognizedBy United States government ⓘ
surface form: United States federal government
reservationLocatedIn St. Mary Parish, Louisiana ⓘ
sufferedFrom epidemic diseases after European contact ⓘ
land loss ⓘ
traditionalCraft basket weaving ⓘ
beadwork ⓘ
wood carving ⓘ
traditionalHousing palisaded villages ⓘ
thatched houses ⓘ
traditionalLanguageStatus moribund ⓘ
traditionalReligion animism ⓘ
ceremonialism tied to seasonal cycles ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
gathering wild plants ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
maize agriculture ⓘ
traditionalTerritoryIncludes Atchafalaya Basin ⓘ
Bayou Teche ⓘ
lower Mississippi River delta ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Southeastern Woodlands → includesPeople → Chitimacha ⓘ
Southeastern Woodlands → includesPeople → Chitimacha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana
Tunica → neighboringGroups → Chitimacha ⓘ
Atakapa → neighboringGroup → Chitimacha ⓘ
Taensa → relatedEthnicGroup → Chitimacha ⓘ
Houma people → relatedGroup → Chitimacha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chitimacha people