Eastern Woodlands

E75310

cultural region geographic region

Eastern Woodlands is a broad cultural and geographic region of North America characterized by its dense forests, river systems, and the diverse Indigenous peoples who traditionally inhabited these lands.

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All labels observed (19)

Label	Occurrences
Eastern Woodlands canonical	47
Northeastern Woodlands	15
Eastern Woodlands cultural area	11
Eastern Woodlands culture area	4
Eastern Woodlands cultures	4
Eastern Woodlands of North America	4
Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands	4
Northeastern Woodlands cultural area	4
Eastern Woodlands tribes	3
Indigenous peoples of the Eastern Woodlands	2
Southeastern Woodlands culture	2
Southeastern Woodlands tribes	2
Algonquian cultural sphere	1
Eastern Woodland cultures	1
Eastern Woodlands Indians	1
Eastern Woodlands culture	1
Indigenous peoples of the Southeast	1
Northeastern Woodlands (broad cultural area)	1
Upper Midwest Indigenous peoples	1

Statements (63)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural region ⓘ geographic region ⓘ
archaeologicalTradition	Adena culture ⓘ Hopewell tradition ⓘ Mississippian culture ⓘ Woodland period ⓘ
associatedWith	mixed coniferous-deciduous forests ⓘ temperate deciduous forests ⓘ woodland ecosystems ⓘ
characterizedBy	dense forests ⓘ diverse Indigenous peoples ⓘ extensive river systems ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
culturalFeature	clan-based social organization ⓘ complex trade networks ⓘ longhouse dwellings in some nations ⓘ mound-building in some societies ⓘ seasonal mobility patterns ⓘ use of wampum in diplomacy and record-keeping ⓘ wigwam dwellings in some nations ⓘ
extendsFrom	Atlantic coast ⓘ subarctic regions of Canada ⓘ
extendsTo	Mississippi River valley ⓘ Southern United States ⓘ surface form: southeastern United States
impactedBy	European colonization ⓘ epidemic diseases after contact ⓘ fur trade ⓘ
includesSubregion	Northeast Woodlands ⓘ Southeastern Woodlands ⓘ surface form: Southeast Woodlands
locatedIn	eastern North America ⓘ
timeDepth	pre-contact Indigenous occupation spanning thousands of years ⓘ
traditionalInhabitants	Algonquian peoples ⓘ surface form: Algonquian-speaking peoples Anishinabek ⓘ surface form: Anishinaabe peoples Catawba ⓘ Cherokee ⓘ Choctaw people ⓘ surface form: Choctaw Creek (Muscogee) ⓘ Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ surface form: Fox (Meskwaki) Haudenosaunee ⓘ surface form: Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confederacy) Wyandot ⓘ surface form: Huron-Wendat Illinois Confederation ⓘ Iroquoian-speaking peoples ⓘ Lenape ⓘ surface form: Lenape (Delaware) Mi’kmaq ⓘ surface form: Mi'kmaq Miami people ⓘ Muskogean languages ⓘ surface form: Muskogean-speaking peoples Natchez people ⓘ Ojibwe ⓘ Pequot people ⓘ surface form: Pequot Potawatomi ⓘ Powhatan peoples ⓘ Seminole ⓘ Shawnee ⓘ Siouan languages ⓘ surface form: Siouan-speaking peoples Timucua ⓘ Tuscarora ⓘ Wampanoag people ⓘ surface form: Wampanoag Yuchi ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence	beans and squash agriculture ⓘ fishing ⓘ gathering wild plants ⓘ hunting ⓘ maize agriculture ⓘ

Referenced by (109)

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

Lenape → culturalRegion → Eastern Woodlands ⓘ

Ho-Chunk → culturalRegion → Eastern Woodlands ⓘ

Sauk people → culturalRegion → Eastern Woodlands ⓘ

Narragansett people → culturalRegion → Eastern Woodlands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northeastern Woodlands

Indigenous peoples of North America → hasSubgroup → Eastern Woodlands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indigenous peoples of the Eastern Woodlands

Indigenous peoples of North America → hasSubgroup → Eastern Woodlands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indigenous peoples of the Southeast

Massachusett people → cultureArea → Eastern Woodlands ⓘ

Nauset people → partOf → Eastern Woodlands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Woodlands cultures

Mohegan tribe → historicalRegion → Eastern Woodlands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northeastern Woodlands

Mohegan tribe → culturalRegion → Eastern Woodlands ⓘ

Meskwaki (Fox) → ethnographicRegion → Eastern Woodlands ⓘ

subject surface form: Meskwaki

Metacom → historicalRegion → Eastern Woodlands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northeastern Woodlands

Herring Pond Wampanoag → culturalRegion → Eastern Woodlands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northeastern Woodlands

Abenaki → ethnicGroupOf → Eastern Woodlands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northeastern Woodlands

Abenaki → culturalRegion → Eastern Woodlands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northeastern Woodlands

Kickapoo people → culturalRegion → Eastern Woodlands ⓘ

Narragansett → culturalRegion → Eastern Woodlands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northeastern Woodlands

Mississippian culture → flourishedIn → Eastern Woodlands ⓘ

Seminole → culture → Eastern Woodlands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southeastern Woodlands culture

Hopewell tradition → partOf → Eastern Woodlands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Woodlands cultures

Hopewell tradition → locatedIn → Eastern Woodlands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Woodlands of North America

Southeastern Woodlands → partOf → Eastern Woodlands ⓘ

Shawnee → culturalArea → Eastern Woodlands ⓘ

Appamatuck (Appomattox) Native American people → culture → Eastern Woodlands ⓘ

subject surface form: Appamatuck

this entity surface form: Eastern Woodlands culture area

Miami tribe → culturalRegion → Eastern Woodlands ⓘ

Western Abenaki language → region → Eastern Woodlands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northeastern Woodlands

Winnebago → culturalRegion → Eastern Woodlands ⓘ

Muh-he-con-neok → cultureArea → Eastern Woodlands ⓘ

Seneca → culturalGroup → Eastern Woodlands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Woodlands tribes

Delaware people → partOf → Eastern Woodlands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Woodlands cultures

Unami → region → Eastern Woodlands ⓘ

Water Spirit clan → ethnographicContext → Eastern Woodlands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Midwest Indigenous peoples

Mohegan → region → Eastern Woodlands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northeastern Woodlands cultural area

Miami people → culturalRegion → Eastern Woodlands ⓘ

Nanticoke → culturalRegion → Eastern Woodlands ⓘ

Niantic people → traditionalRegion → Eastern Woodlands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northeastern Woodlands

Eno people → cultureArea → Eastern Woodlands ⓘ

Occaneechi people → culturalRegion → Eastern Woodlands ⓘ

Tuscarora language → historicalRegion → Eastern Woodlands ⓘ

Wappinger → partOf → Eastern Woodlands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Woodlands cultural area

Mi’kmaq → region → Eastern Woodlands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northeastern Woodlands

Mi’kmaq → culturalArea → Eastern Woodlands ⓘ

pipe tomahawk → associatedWith → Eastern Woodlands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Woodlands tribes

Pocumtuck homeland → locatedIn → Eastern Woodlands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northeastern Woodlands cultural area

Shawnee Nation → culturalRegion → Eastern Woodlands ⓘ

Wappinger people → partOf → Eastern Woodlands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Woodlands cultural area

Second Anglo-Powhatan War → opponent → Eastern Woodlands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indigenous peoples of the Eastern Woodlands

Nacotchtank people → cultureArea → Eastern Woodlands ⓘ

Fort Ancient culture → partOf → Eastern Woodlands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Woodlands cultural area

Early Mississippian → locatedIn → Eastern Woodlands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Woodlands of North America