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  2. Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands - Wikipedia

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    Many southeastern peoples engaged in mound building to create sacred or acknowledged ritual sites. Many of the religious beliefs of the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex or the Southern Cult, were also shared by the Northeastern Woodlands tribes, probably spread through the dominance of the Mississippian culture in the 10th century.

  3. Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands - Wikipedia

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    Joseph Brant, a Mohawk, depicted in a portrait by Charles Bird King, circa 1835 Three Lenape people, depicted in a painting by George Catlin in the 1860s. Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands include Native American tribes and First Nation bands residing in or originating from a cultural area encompassing the northeastern and Midwest United States and southeastern Canada. [1]

  4. Choctaw - Wikipedia

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    After the United States was formed and its settlers began to move into the Southeast, the Choctaw were among the Five Civilized Tribes, who adopted many of their ways. Many Choctaw transitioned to yeoman farming methods and incorporated European Americans and African Americans (as tribal members, prisoners, and slaves) into their society.

  5. Category : Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands

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    Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (6 C, 13 P) H. Hopewellian peoples (7 C, 34 P) L. Lumbee (4 C, 17 P) M. ... Pages in category "Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern ...

  6. Mound Builders - Wikipedia

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    The discovery of metal artifacts further convinced people that the Mound Builders were not identical to the Southeast Woodland Native Americans of the 18th century. [ 26 ] It is now thought that the most likely bearers of the Plaquemine culture , a late variant of the Mississippian culture, were ancestral to the related Natchez and Taensa ...

  7. Chickasaw - Wikipedia

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    The United States considered the Chickasaw one of the Five Civilized Tribes of the Southeast, as they adopted numerous practices of European Americans. Resisting European-American settlers encroaching on their territory, they were forced by the U.S. government to sell their traditional lands in the 1832 Treaty of Pontotoc Creek and move to ...

  8. Indigenous peoples of the Eastern Woodlands - Wikipedia

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    The Eastern Woodlands tribes located further north (Algonquian-speaking people) relied heavily on hunting to acquire food. [4] These tribes did not plant many crops, however, some tribes, such as the historic Ojibwe , grew wild rice and relied on it as one of their major food sources. [ 2 ]

  9. Muscogee - Wikipedia

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    The Muscogee, also known as the Mvskoke, Muscogee Creek or just Creek, and the Muscogee Creek Confederacy (pronounced [məskóɡəlɡi] in the Muscogee language; English: / m ə s ˈ k oʊ ɡ iː / məss-KOH-ghee), are a group of related Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands [2] in the United States.