Kawita (Coweta) people

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The Kawita (Coweta) people were a prominent Muscogee (Creek) town and tribal group in the Southeastern Woodlands, influential in the region that is now western Georgia.

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Kawita (Coweta) people canonical 2
Coweta people 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands
Muscogee (Creek) tribal group
Muscogee tribal town
alliedWith other Muscogee towns
alsoKnownAs Kawita (Coweta) people
surface form: Coweta people
associatedWithRiver Chattahoochee River
ceremonialCenterType square ground
conflictInvolved United States–Native American wars
surface form: Creek–American conflicts

Southeastern colonial-era warfare
countryNow United States of America
culture Creek (Muscogee) Nation
surface form: Muscogee (Creek) culture
descendantCommunity Creek (Muscogee) Nation
surface form: Muscogee (Creek) Nation in Oklahoma

Creek (Muscogee) Nation
surface form: Poarch Band of Creek Indians
economy hunting and fishing
maize agriculture
trade with European colonists
trade with other Native groups
ethnicGroupOf Southeastern Woodlands
forcedMigration 19th-century removal to Indian Territory
Indian Removal policy of the United States
surface form: Indian Removal era
governance council of town leaders
heritageRegion Southeastern Woodlands
surface form: Southeastern Woodlands cultural area

present-day Georgia
interactedWith American settlers
British colonists
Spanish colonists
language Muscogee language
locatedInThePast Lower Creek territory
western Georgia
memberOf Creek (Muscogee) Nation
surface form: Creek Confederacy
partOf Creek (Muscogee) Nation
surface form: Muscogee (Creek) Nation
politicalAffiliation Lower Creeks
politicalRole leading town among the Lower Creeks
politicalStructure town-based polity
region Southern United States
surface form: Southeastern United States
religion Southeastern Native ceremonialism
socialOrganization clan-based society
timePeriod 18th century
colonial era
pre-contact era
traditionalCraft basketry
pottery
woodworking
traditionalFood beans and squash
corn-based dishes
traditionalHousing wattle-and-daub structures

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Coweta County, Georgia namedAfter Kawita (Coweta) people
Kawita (Coweta) people alsoKnownAs Kawita (Coweta) people
subject surface form: Kawita people
this entity surface form: Coweta people
Coweta County namedAfter Kawita (Coweta) people