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The Natchez language is the ancestral language of the Natchez people who historically inhabited Mississippi and Louisiana, and who now mostly live among the Muscogee and Cherokee peoples in Oklahoma. The language is considered to be either unrelated to other indigenous languages of the Americas or distantly related to the Muskogean languages .
The Natchez revolt expanded into a larger regional conflict with many repercussions. The Yazoo and Koroa Indians allied with the Natchez and suffered the same fate in defeat. The Tunica were initially reluctant to fight on either side. In the summer of 1730, a large group of Natchez asked for refuge with the Tunica, which was given.
Watt Sam (October 6, 1876 – July 1, 1944) [1] was a Natchez storyteller and cultural historian of Braggs, Oklahoma and one of the two last native speakers of the Natchez language. [ 2 ] Around 1907 he worked with anthropologist John R. Swanton who collected information about Natchez religion. [ 3 ]
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... History of the Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Natchez Indians (originally published 1899; ... 8 languages ...
In Natchez, he learned the language of the Natchez people, whose homeland this was, and befriended local native leaders. [ 1 ] When Le Page wrote his memoir more than a decade after returning to France, he used the verbatim words of many of his Native informants, rather than describing the "manners and customs of the Indians" in the detached ...
Mobilian Jargon (also Mobilian trade language, Mobilian Trade Jargon, Chickasaw–Choctaw trade language, Yamá) was a pidgin used as a lingua franca among Native American groups living along the north coast of the Gulf of Mexico around the time of European settlement of the region. It was the main language among Native tribes in this area ...
Naiche, whose name in English means "meddlesome one" or "mischief maker", is alternately spelled Nache, Nachi, or Natchez. [2]He was the youngest son of Cochise and his wife Dos-teh-seh (Dos-tes-ey, - "Something-at-the-campfire-already-cooked", b. 1838), His older brother was Tahzay.
These are the only known recordings of the Natchez language being spoken. [5] Upon retiring in 1971, he dedicated himself to the preservation of his indigenous heritage. [3] [4] He was a practitioner of native Natchez religion (Four Mothers Society), [2] and in 1969 he revived the Medicine Springs ceremonial ground, [6] located near Gore ...