Tsoyaha

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Tsoyaha is the self-designated name of the Yuchi people, a Native American group historically located in the southeastern United States.

All labels observed (1)

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Tsoyaha canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American people
ethnic group
affectedBy European colonization of North America
United States Indian removal
alsoKnownAs Yuchi
culturalArea Southeastern Woodlands
currentRegion Oklahoma
engagedIn trade with neighboring Southeastern tribes
ethnonymMeaning Children of the Sun
hasCulturalPractice Green Corn Ceremony
stomp dance
hasDistinctIdentity distinct from neighboring Muscogee and Cherokee
hasEthnographicStudy documented by anthropologists in 19th and 20th centuries
hasLanguageStatus severely endangered language
hasOralTradition creation stories
migration narratives
hasPopulationStatus small population
hasRevitalizationEffort cultural preservation initiatives
language revitalization programs
hasSacredSite Tennessee River region
hasSacredSymbol sun
hasSelfDesignation Tsoyaha
hasTraditionalArt basketry
beadwork
hasTraditionalMusic ceremonial songs
historicalRegion Alabama
Georgia
South Carolina
Southeastern United States
Tennessee Valley
language Yuchi language
languageFamily language isolate
nativeName Tsoyaha
neighboringPeoples Cherokee
Muscogee (Creek)
linked to: Muscogee people

Shawnee
partOf Muscogee (Creek) Nation (federally recognized tribe)
religion Christianity
traditional Yuchi religion
relocatedDueTo Indian Removal policies
relocatedWith Muscogee (Creek) Nation
traditionalClanSystem matrilineal clans
traditionalHousing wood and thatch structures
traditionalPoliticalOrganization town-based governance
traditionalSubsistence fishing
gathering wild plants
hunting
maize agriculture

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

Yuchi nativeName Tsoyaha
Euchee ethnonym Tsoyaha
Tsoyaha nativeName Tsoyaha