Koasati people

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The Koasati people are a Native American tribe of the southeastern United States, closely related to other Muskogean-speaking groups and today primarily associated with the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana.

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Koasati people canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands
Native American people
affectedBy Indian Removal policy of the United States
surface form: Indian Removal policies of the United States
alsoKnownAs Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana
surface form: Coushatta people
associatedTribalEntity Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana
closelyRelatedTo Alabama people
Chickasaw people
Choctaw people
Muscogee people
surface form: Muscogee (Creek) people

Seminole
surface form: Seminole people
continent North America
culturalPractice Green Corn Ceremony
stomp dance
culturalRegion Southeastern Woodlands
currentReservation Coushatta Reservation
surface form: Coushatta Reservation, Louisiana
endonymLanguage Koasati language
ethnicGroupOf United States of America
surface form: United States
federallyRecognizedTribe Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana
governmentType tribal government
historicalPresenceIn Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Mississippi
historicalRegion Southern United States
surface form: Southeastern United States
languageFamily Muskogean languages
languageRevitalizationEfforts yes
languageStatus endangered
matrilinealDescent yes
migration relocation to Louisiana in 18th and 19th centuries
modernPresenceIn Louisiana
Texas
nameVariant Coushatta Reservation
surface form: Coushatta

Koasati
partOf southeastern ceremonial complex
surface form: Southeastern Ceremonial Complex
primaryLanguage Koasati language
religion Christianity
traditional tribal religion
sovereignStatus federally recognized tribe in the United States (via Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana)
subgroupOf Muskogean-speaking peoples
traditionalClanSystem yes
traditionalEconomy agriculture-based economy
traditionalHousing thatched dwellings
traditionalPoliticalStructure village-based leadership
traditionalSubsistence fishing
gathering wild foods
hunting
maize agriculture

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