Jaega

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Native American people indigenous people of Florida

The Jaega were a Native American people who inhabited the southeastern coast of Florida prior to European contact.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Jeaga 1

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American people ⓘ
indigenous people of Florida ⓘ
affectedBy European colonization ⓘ
introduced diseases ⓘ
missionization and displacement ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culture hunter-gatherer-fisher society ⓘ
documentedBy Spanish colonial records ⓘ
economicActivity fishing ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
shellfish gathering ⓘ
wild plant gathering ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf southeastern coast of Florida ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Jega (variant spelling) ⓘ
Xega (historical Spanish spelling) ⓘ
knownFor fishing and marine resource use ⓘ
inhabiting coastal areas of southeastern Florida ⓘ
shell middens and mounds ⓘ
languageFamily Muskogean languages (uncertain attribution) ⓘ
locatedInTime pre-Columbian era ⓘ
pre-contact period ⓘ
neighboringGroup Ais ⓘ
Calusa ⓘ
Tequesta ⓘ
partOf indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands ⓘ
presentIn Atlantic coast of Florida ⓘ
region Florida ⓘ
religion indigenous animistic beliefs ⓘ
status extinct as a distinct ethnic group ⓘ

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Ais → neighboringPeople → Jaega ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jeaga