Calusa

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Indigenous people Native American tribe pre-Columbian culture

The Calusa were a powerful Indigenous people of southwest Florida known for their complex chiefdom, maritime culture, and resistance to European colonization.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Calusa canonical 12
Calusa people 6
Calusa culture 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people ⓘ
Native American tribe ⓘ
pre-Columbian culture ⓘ
agricultureUse minimal agriculture ⓘ
burialPractice mound burials ⓘ
capital Calos ⓘ
Mound Key ⓘ
centeredAround Estero Bay ⓘ
cultureType complex chiefdom ⓘ
maritime culture ⓘ
declineCausedBy European diseases ⓘ
slave raids ⓘ
warfare ⓘ
encountered Spanish explorers ⓘ
engagedIn trade with other Florida tribes ⓘ
warfare with Spanish colonizers ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Southwest Florida ⓘ
surface form: southwest Florida
firstContactWith Juan Ponce de León ⓘ
firstContactYear 1513 ⓘ
influencedRegion South Florida ⓘ
surface form: south Florida
knownFor canal systems ⓘ
large shell mounds ⓘ
politically centralized chiefdom ⓘ
resistance to European colonization ⓘ
wooden architecture ⓘ
languageFamily Calusa language ⓘ
locatedInThePast Florida ⓘ
Gulf Coast of the United States ⓘ
surface form: Gulf Coast of Florida
mainSubsistence fishing ⓘ
hunting of marine animals ⓘ
shellfish gathering ⓘ
materialCulture dugout canoes ⓘ
shell ornaments ⓘ
shell tools ⓘ
wooden carvings ⓘ
politicalOrganization paramount chief ruling subordinate towns ⓘ
populationEstimatePreContact several thousand to tens of thousands ⓘ
regionNow Charlotte Harbor ⓘ
surface form: Charlotte Harbor area

Collier County ⓘ
surface form: Collier County, Florida

Lee County, Florida ⓘ
religion complex belief system with powerful spirits ⓘ
socialStructure commoners ⓘ
hereditary chiefs ⓘ
nobility class ⓘ
specialized priests ⓘ
someMembersRelocatedTo Cuba ⓘ
timePeriod early colonial period ⓘ
late pre-Columbian era ⓘ
usedEnvironment estuaries and coastal waters ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

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

Mayaimi people → neighboringGroup → Calusa ⓘ
Ais → neighboringPeople → Calusa ⓘ
Tequesta → neighboringPeople → Calusa ⓘ
Tocobaga → neighboringGroup → Calusa ⓘ
Belle Glade culture → relatedTo → Calusa ⓘ
Spanish conquest of Florida → opponent → Calusa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Calusa people
Jaega → neighboringGroup → Calusa ⓘ
Mayaimi culture → adjacentTo → Calusa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Calusa culture area
Calos → politicalCenterOf → Calusa ⓘ
Calos → principalTownOf → Calusa ⓘ
Calos → culture → Calusa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Calusa culture
Calos → ethnicGroup → Calusa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Calusa people
Calos → inhabitedBy → Calusa ⓘ
Mound Key → associatedWithCulture → Calusa ⓘ
Mound Key → associatedPeople → Calusa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Calusa people
Estero Bay → historicHomelandOf → Calusa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Calusa people
Estero Bay → associatedWithIndigenousPeople → Calusa ⓘ
Estero Bay → historicallyInhabitedBy → Calusa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Calusa chiefdom
Indigenous peoples of Florida → hasHistoricTribe → Calusa ⓘ
Glades culture → influenced → Calusa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Calusa culture
Glades culture → sharesBorderWith → Calusa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Calusa cultural area
Ponce de León expedition of 1513 → encountered → Calusa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Calusa people
Ponce de León expedition of 1513 → conflictWith → Calusa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Calusa people