Guale people
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The Guale people were a Native American group who inhabited the coastal regions of what is now Georgia and northern Florida, known for their complex chiefdoms and early, often resistant, interactions with Spanish colonizers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Guale people canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Native American people
ⓘ
indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Gualé ⓘ |
| archaeologicalCulture | Mississippian tradition ⓘ |
| archaeologicalSitesInclude |
Sapelo Island sites
ⓘ
St. Catherines Island sites ⓘ |
| culturalRegion | Southeastern Woodlands ⓘ |
| descendantsPartlyMergedInto |
Yamasee people
ⓘ
other southeastern Native groups ⓘ |
| encountered |
Spanish explorers
ⓘ
Spanish missionaries ⓘ |
| engagedIn |
fishing
ⓘ
hunting ⓘ maize agriculture ⓘ shellfish gathering ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupOf | southeastern North America ⓘ |
| experienced | population decline after European contact ⓘ |
| hadContactWith | Spanish Florida ⓘ |
| hadEconomyBasedOn | agriculture and estuarine resources ⓘ |
| hadLeadershipStructure | paramount chiefdoms ⓘ |
| hadLeadershipTitle | chief ⓘ |
| hadMissionProvinceName | Provincia de Guale ⓘ |
| hadSettlementType |
mound centers
ⓘ
towns with central plazas ⓘ |
| hadSocialOrganization |
chiefdoms
ⓘ
ranked society ⓘ |
| inhabitedRegion |
Sea Islands
ⓘ
surface form:
Sea Islands of Georgia
coastal Georgia ⓘ northern Florida ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Muskogean languages ⓘ |
| modernLocation |
Florida
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. state of Florida
U.S. state of Georgia ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Guale Rebellion of 1597 ⓘ |
| practiced | maize-beans-squash agriculture ⓘ |
| religion | southeastern Native ceremonialism ⓘ |
| resisted | Spanish colonization ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
16th century
ⓘ
17th century ⓘ pre-Columbian era ⓘ |
| traditionalTerritory | Atlantic coast between Savannah River and St. Johns River ⓘ |
| used | dugout canoes ⓘ |
| usedMaterial | shell for tools and ornaments ⓘ |
| wereAffectedBy |
epidemic diseases
ⓘ
slave raids ⓘ |
| wereDisplacedBy |
English colonial expansion
ⓘ
Westo raids ⓘ |
| wereIncorporatedInto |
Spanish missions in North America
ⓘ
surface form:
Spanish mission system
|
| wereSubjectOf | Spanish colonial records ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.