Natchez people

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Indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands Native American people

The Natchez people are a Native American nation historically known for their complex chiefdom, mound-building culture, and distinctive social hierarchy in the lower Mississippi Valley.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Natchez people canonical	8
Natchez chiefdom	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands ⓘ Native American people ⓘ
aftermathOfConflict	dispersal of Natchez survivors ⓘ enslavement of many Natchez ⓘ
archaeologicalSite	Emerald Mound ⓘ Grand Village of the Natchez ⓘ
burialCustoms	mound burials ⓘ
conflictWith	French colonial authorities ⓘ
culturalContinuity	Natchez ceremonial practices among descendant communities ⓘ
culturalRegion	Southeastern Woodlands ⓘ
descendantsIn	Catawba Indian Nation ⓘ surface form: Catawba Nation Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma ⓘ surface form: Cherokee Nation Chickasaw Nation ⓘ Creek (Muscogee) Nation ⓘ surface form: Muscogee (Creek) Nation Seminole ⓘ surface form: Seminole people
economy	fishing ⓘ hunting ⓘ maize cultivation ⓘ
encountered	French colonists ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
governedBy	Great Sun ⓘ Tattooed Serpent ⓘ
hasCapital	Grand Village of the Natchez ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Mississippian culture ⓘ
housing	thatched houses ⓘ
knownFor	Great Sun leadership ⓘ complex chiefdom ⓘ distinctive social hierarchy ⓘ mound-building culture ⓘ
languageFamily	Natchez language ⓘ language isolate ⓘ
nativeTo	Louisiana ⓘ Lower Mississippi River basin ⓘ surface form: Lower Mississippi Valley Mississippi ⓘ
notableEvent	Natchez War ⓘ Natchez revolt of 1729 ⓘ
practiced	maize agriculture ⓘ platform mound construction ⓘ sun worship ⓘ
recognizedBy	United States federal Indian law and policy ⓘ surface form: United States government (as descendants within other tribes)
religion	polytheism ⓘ sun cult ⓘ
ritualPractice	human sacrifice at funerals of Great Sun ⓘ
socialStructure	commoner class ⓘ nobility class ⓘ stinkard class ⓘ stratified society ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Eastern Woodlands → traditionalInhabitants → Natchez people ⓘ

Quapaw tribe → neighboringHistoricGroup → Natchez people ⓘ

Plaquemine culture → associatedWith → Natchez people ⓘ

Natchez, Mississippi → namedAfter → Natchez people ⓘ

Taensa → relatedEthnicGroup → Natchez people ⓘ

Emerald Mound → usedBy → Natchez people ⓘ

Natchez language → spokenBy → Natchez people ⓘ

Natchez language → ethnicGroup → Natchez people ⓘ

Natchez language → culturalAssociation → Natchez people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Natchez chiefdom