Shakori people

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The Shakori people were a Native American group of the Southeastern United States, likely Siouan-speaking, who lived in what is now North Carolina during the precolonial and early colonial periods.

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instanceOf Native American people
indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands
affectedBy colonial expansion in the Carolinas
epidemic diseases after European contact
archaeologicalAssociation Late Woodland period cultures of the Carolina Piedmont
associatedWith Eno-Shakori grouping in colonial records
broaderGrouping Siouan-speaking tribes of the Southeast
colonialEraChange consolidation with neighboring Siouan-speaking groups
population decline after European contact
continent North America
country United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalAffiliation Eastern Siouan peoples NERFINISHED
culturalRegion Carolina Piedmont NERFINISHED
cultureArea Southeastern Woodlands NERFINISHED
demography small dispersed settlements
documentedBy early English colonial records of Carolina
encountered English colonists in the 17th century
English colonists in the 18th century
ethnicGroupOf Southeastern United States NERFINISHED
ethnonymLanguage Siouan NERFINISHED
historicalLanguageStatus language unattested or poorly documented
historicalTerritory present-day North Carolina
housingType villages with communal structures
inhabited river valleys of central North Carolina
likelyLanguageFamily Siouan languages NERFINISHED
modernRecognitionStatus not federally recognized as a distinct tribe
not state recognized as a distinct tribe in North Carolina
politicalStatus small autonomous tribal group
preContactLocation interior of present-day North Carolina
probableLanguageType Siouan-speaking
region Piedmont region of present-day North Carolina
relatedEthnicGroup Eno people NERFINISHED
Occaneechi people NERFINISHED
Saponi people NERFINISHED
Tutelo people NERFINISHED
sociopoliticalOrganization village-based leadership
status historically documented but no longer distinct as a tribe
timePeriod early colonial period in North America
precolonial period in North America
traditionalEnvironment forested Piedmont and riverine landscapes
traditionalSubsistence fishing
gathering wild foods
hunting
maize agriculture

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Eno people neighboringGroups Shakori people