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The Mentawai tribe is documented to have migrated from Nias – a northern island – to the Mentawai islands, living in an isolated life for centuries until they encountered the Dutch in 1621. The ancestors of the indigenous Mentawai people are believed to have first migrated to the region somewhere between 2000 and 500 BCE. [1]
Pages in category "Native American tribes in Georgia (U.S. state)" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Oconee was a tribal town of Hitchiti-speaking Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands during the 17th and 18th centuries.. First mentioned by the Spanish as part of the Apalachicola Province on the Chattahoochee River, Oconee moved with other towns of the province to central Georgia between 1690 and 1692.
Because of continuing conflicts with European colonists and other Muscogee groups, many Ochese Creek migrated from Georgia to Spanish Florida in the later 18th century. There they joined with earlier refugees of the Yamasee War, remnants of Mission Indians, and fugitive slaves, to form a new tribe which became known as the Seminole. They spoke ...
The Kenimer site is located on an erosional remnant hill just to the north of and overlooking the Nacoochee Valley.It overlooks the junction of the Chattahoochee River and Sautee Creek, which is about 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) to the southeast.
Putnam County is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia.As of the 2020 census, the population was 22,047. [1] The county seat is Eatonton. [2]Since the early 21st century, the county has had a housing boom.
Henry County, Georgia, was created by the Georgia State Legislature in 1821 from land acquired from the Creek Indian Nation by the First Treaty of Indian Springs.Henry's original land area was much larger than it is today, stretching from near Indian Springs (present-day Indian Springs State Park) in the south to the Chattahoochee River near Sandy Springs in the north; encompassing most of ...
The history of Georgia in the United States of America spans pre-Columbian time to the present-day U.S. state of Georgia. The area was inhabited by Native American tribes for thousands of years. A modest Spanish presence was established in the late 16th century, mostly centered on Catholic missions. The Spanish had largely withdrawn from the ...