Tuscarora territory in present-day North Carolina

E493140

Tuscarora territory in present-day North Carolina was the traditional homeland of the Tuscarora people before their displacement in the early 18th century.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Statements Referenced by

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous homeland
historic region
associatedWithEthnicGroup Tuscarora NERFINISHED
associatedWithLanguageFamily Iroquoian languages NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalAssociation Tuscarora social and political structures
Tuscarora traditions and customs
displacementCause conflict with European colonists and their Indigenous allies
displacementOccurred early 18th century
followedBy Tuscarora diaspora NERFINISHED
Tuscarora migration to New York
historicalStatus lost homeland for the Tuscarora
inhabitedBy Tuscarora people NERFINISHED
locatedIn Southeastern Woodlands cultural area NERFINISHED
present-day North Carolina
memoryStatus remembered as ancestral land by Tuscarora descendants
partOf traditional homelands of the Iroquoian-speaking peoples
precededBy uncontested Tuscarora occupation
presentDayJurisdiction State of North Carolina NERFINISHED
regionType Indigenous territory
relatedEvent Tuscarora War NERFINISHED
relatedTo European colonization of North Carolina
significance core area of Tuscarora cultural and political life before displacement
timePeriod early colonial era
pre-colonial era
traditionalHomelandOf Tuscarora people NERFINISHED
usedFor agriculture
ceremonial activities
hunting and gathering
settlement

Referenced by (1)

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

Chief Tom Blount historicalRegion Tuscarora territory in present-day North Carolina