Hasinai

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Hasinai were a major division of the Caddo people, historically inhabiting parts of what is now eastern Texas and known for their complex village societies and regional influence.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Hasinai canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Caddo subgroup
Native American people
affectedBy epidemic diseases after European contact
contactPeriod 17th century
18th century
contactWith French colonizers
Spanish colonizers
continent North America
country United States
culturalRegion Southeastern Woodlands
Southern Plains
descendantCommunity Caddo Nation of Oklahoma
economy bean cultivation
gathering wild plants
hunting
maize agriculture
squash cultivation
engagedIn intertribal trade
trade with Europeans
ethnicGroupOf Caddo people
linked to: Caddo
hadPoliticalStructure centralized leadership
paramount chief
historicalRegion East Texas
housing thatched beehive-shaped houses
knownFor agricultural economy
complex village societies
regional political influence
languageFamily Caddoan languages
modernLocationOfDescendants Oklahoma
neighboringGroup Kadohadacho
Nacogdoche
linked to: Nacogdoches, Texas

Natchitoches
partOf Caddo Confederacy
linked to: Caddo
practiced ceremonial mound rituals
communal ceremonies
region Eastern Texas
linked to: East Texas
religion Caddo traditional religion
religiousCenter Nacogdoches area
linked to: Nacogdoches, Texas
settlementPattern permanent villages
socialOrganization confederated communities
village-based chiefdoms
spokeLanguage Caddo language
Hasinai dialect of Caddo
linked to: Caddo language
subgroupOf Caddo
traditionalTerritory Angelina River basin
Neches River basin
Trinity River vicinity

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

Caddo subgroup Hasinai