Tuskaloosa

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Tuskaloosa was a paramount chief of the Mississippian culture in the 16th century, known for leading Native American resistance against Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto in what is now the southeastern United States.

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instanceOf Native American leader
historical figure
paramount chief
approximateDateOfEvents 1540
associatedWith Mabila
countryAtTheTime Spanish Florida
surface form: Spanish Florida (colonial designation)
culture Mississippian culture
deathPlace vicinity of Mabila (disputed)
encountered Hernando de Soto expedition
ethnicGroup Mississippian peoples
historicalSource accounts of the Hernando de Soto expedition
historicity documented in multiple early Spanish chronicles
knownFor confrontation with Spanish conquistadors
leading Native American resistance against Hernando de Soto
languageFamily Muskogean peoples
surface form: Muskogean peoples (attributed, uncertain)
legacy namesake of Tuscaloosa, Alabama
notableEvent Battle of Mabila
opponentOf Hernando de Soto
opposed Spanish colonization efforts
region present-day southeastern United States
southeastern North America
role leader of resistance to Spanish invasion
status indigenous ruler
timePeriod 16th century
title paramount chief

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Tuscaloosa, Alabama namedAfter Tuskaloosa