Eastern Woodlands
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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.
Observed surface forms (9)
| Surface form | As subject | As object |
|---|---|---|
| Northeastern Woodlands | 0 | 8 |
| Eastern Woodlands cultures | 0 | 3 |
| Eastern Woodlands culture area | 0 | 1 |
| Eastern Woodlands of North America | 0 | 1 |
| Eastern Woodlands tribes | 0 | 1 |
| Indigenous peoples of the Eastern Woodlands | 0 | 1 |
| Indigenous peoples of the Southeast | 0 | 1 |
| Southeastern Woodlands culture | 0 | 1 |
| Upper Midwest Indigenous peoples | 0 | 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 (32)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Eastern Woodlands tribes
this entity surface form:
Northeastern Woodlands
this entity surface form:
Northeastern Woodlands
this entity surface form:
Northeastern Woodlands
this entity surface form:
Northeastern Woodlands
subject surface form:
Appamatuck
this entity surface form:
Eastern Woodlands culture area
this entity surface form:
Northeastern Woodlands
this entity surface form:
Upper Midwest Indigenous peoples
subject surface form:
Meskwaki
this entity surface form:
Indigenous peoples of the Eastern Woodlands
this entity surface form:
Indigenous peoples of the Southeast
this entity surface form:
Northeastern Woodlands
this entity surface form:
Northeastern Woodlands
this entity surface form:
Eastern Woodlands of North America
this entity surface form:
Eastern Woodlands cultures
this entity surface form:
Eastern Woodlands cultures
this entity surface form:
Eastern Woodlands cultures
this entity surface form:
Northeastern Woodlands