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Painting of a Choctaw woman by George Catlin. Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands, Southeastern cultures, or Southeast Indians are an ethnographic classification for Native Americans who have traditionally inhabited the area now part of the Southeastern United States and the northeastern border of Mexico, that share common cultural traits.
Pages in category "Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands" The following 71 pages are in this category, out of 71 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Cheraw people, also known as the Saraw or Saura, [2] were a Siouan-speaking tribe of Indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands, [3] [2] in the Piedmont area of North Carolina near the Sauratown Mountains, east of Pilot Mountain and north of the Yadkin River. They lived in villages near the Catawba River. [4]
Native American cuisine of the Southeastern Woodlands (12 P) Pages in category "Indigenous culture of the Southeastern Woodlands" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
The Chickasaw (/ ˈ tʃ ɪ k ə s ɔː / CHIK-ə-saw) are an Indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands, United States. Their traditional territory was in northern Mississippi, northwestern and northern Alabama, western Tennessee and southwestern Kentucky. [2] Their language is classified as a member of the Muskogean language family.
In the southeast, longleaf pine dominated the grassy woodlands and open-floored forests which once covered 92,000,000 acres (370,000 km 2) from Virginia to Texas. These covered 36% of the region's land and 52% of the upland areas. Of this, less than 1% of the unaltered forest still stands. [9]
Muscogee Creek land cessions 1733–1832 Ceded area as deemed by the Treaty of Fort Jackson in 1814. Land was the most valuable asset, which the Native Americans held in collective stewardship. The southern English colonies, US government and settlers systematically obtained Muscogee land through treaties, legislation, and warfare.
The Shakori were an Indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands. They were thought to be a Siouan people, closely allied with other nearby tribes such as the Eno and the Sissipahaw. As their name is also recorded as Shaccoree, they may be the same as the Sugaree, as both are Catawba people.