Natchez people

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The Natchez people are a Native American nation historically known for their complex chiefdom, mound-building culture, and distinctive social hierarchy in the lower Mississippi Valley.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands
Native American people
aftermathOfConflict dispersal of Natchez survivors
enslavement of many Natchez
archaeologicalSite Emerald Mound
Grand Village of the Natchez
burialCustoms mound burials
conflictWith French colonial authorities
culturalContinuity Natchez ceremonial practices among descendant communities
culturalRegion Southeastern Woodlands
descendantsIn Catawba Nation
Cherokee Nation
Chickasaw Nation
Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Seminole people
linked to: Seminole
economy fishing
hunting
maize cultivation
encountered French colonists
ethnicGroupOf United States
governedBy Great Sun
Tattooed Serpent
hasCapital Grand Village of the Natchez
historicalPeriod Mississippian culture
housing thatched houses
knownFor Great Sun leadership
complex chiefdom
distinctive social hierarchy
mound-building culture
languageFamily Natchez language
language isolate
nativeTo Louisiana
Lower Mississippi Valley
Mississippi
notableEvent Natchez War
Natchez revolt of 1729
practiced maize agriculture
platform mound construction
sun worship
recognizedBy United States government (as descendants within other tribes)
religion polytheism
sun cult
ritualPractice human sacrifice at funerals of Great Sun
socialStructure commoner class
nobility class
stinkard class
stratified society

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Quapaw tribe neighboringHistoricGroup Natchez people
Plaquemine culture associatedWith Natchez people
Natchez, Mississippi namedAfter Natchez people
Taensa relatedEthnicGroup Natchez people
Emerald Mound usedBy Natchez people
Natchez language spokenBy Natchez people
Natchez language ethnicGroup Natchez people
Natchez language culturalAssociation Natchez chiefdom
linked to: Natchez people
Creoles of St. Louis ethnicComposition Indigenous peoples of the Mississippi Valley
subject linked to: Creole of St. Louis
linked to: Natchez people
Great Sun hereditary ruler culture Natchez culture
linked to: Natchez people
Great Sun hereditary ruler governs Natchez chiefdom
linked to: Natchez people
Grand Village of the Natchez usedBy Natchez people
Grand Village of the Natchez culture Natchez culture
linked to: Natchez people
Natchez revolt of 1729 hasParticipant Natchez people
Natchez revolt of 1729 relatedTo Natchez people
Great Sun chief positionHeldBy Natchez people
Great Sun chief ethnicGroup Natchez people
Great Sun chief associatedWith Natchez religious system
linked to: Natchez people
Natchez War conflictBetween Natchez people
Natchez War hasMainBelligerent Natchez nation
linked to: Natchez people
Natchez War opponentOf Natchez people
Taensa people ethnoLinguisticRelation Natchez people
Taensa people neighboringGroup Natchez people
Naʼtche associatedWithEthnicGroup Natchez people
Ofo people neighboringGroups Natchez people