Santee people

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The Santee people are a Native American group, traditionally part of the Eastern Sioux (Dakota) nations, who historically lived along the river and coastal regions of what is now South Carolina.

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Santee people canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American people
Sioux people
indigenous ethnic group
affectedBy European diseases
colonial warfare
displacement
colonialContactPeriod 17th century
colonialContactWith English colonists
continent North America
country United States of America
culturalPractice communal hunting
seasonal migration within territory
cultureArea Southeastern Woodlands
ethnicGroupOf United States
hasEthnonym Santee
Santee Sioux
hasNameOrigin Santee River
historicalStatus distinct tribal group in colonial South Carolina
involvedIn Yamasee War
languageFamily Siouan languages
modernDescendantsIn South Carolina
other parts of the United States
partOf Sioux Nation
linked to: Great Sioux Nation
populationTrend decline after European contact
region Atlantic coastal plain
relatedEthnicGroup Lakota people
linked to: Sioux people

Mdewakanton Dakota
Nakota people
linked to: Nakota Sioux

Sisseton Dakota
Wahpekute Dakota
linked to: Wahpekute

Wahpeton Dakota
subgroupOf Dakota people
linked to: Sioux people

Eastern Sioux
linked to: Santee Sioux
traditionalEconomy riverine trade
traditionalHousing thatched houses
wattle-and-daub structures
traditionalLanguage Dakota language
traditionalReligion Native American spirituality
traditionalSubsistence fishing
gathering wild plants
hunting
maize agriculture
traditionalTerritory Santee River region
South Carolina
coastal South Carolina
treatyPartner Province of South Carolina
usedWaterway Santee River

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Santee River namedAfter Santee people