Kawita people

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The Kawita people were a Native American group associated with the Lower Creek (Muscogee) confederacy in what is now the southeastern United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Muscogee (Creek) tribal town
Native American people
associatedWith Lower Creek towns along the Chattahoochee River
linked to: Lower Creeks

Muscogee (Creek) migration and town system
culture Muscogee (Creek) culture
linked to: Muscogee people
ethnicGroupOf Lower Creek NERFINISHED
ethnicRelation Lower Towns of the Creek Nation
Muscogee (Creek) people
linked to: Muscogee people
hasAlternativeName Caouita
Cauita
Cawita
Kaouita
Kawita
historicalStatus no longer existing as a distinct political entity
language Muscogee language
locatedInThePast present-day Alabama
present-day Georgia
southeastern United States
partOf Creek Confederacy town network
Lower Creek confederacy
Muscogee (Creek) confederacy
linked to: Muscogee people
presentDayDescendants Muscogee (Creek) Nation (Oklahoma)
Poarch Band of Creek Indians
other Creek-descended communities in the Southeast
region Southeastern Woodlands
religion Southeastern Native ceremonialism
sociopoliticalOrganization matrilineal clans within Creek social structure
town-based chiefdom
timePeriod 17th century
18th century
pre-contact era

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