USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Mississippian Indians inhabited Georgia from about 800 AD to 1600 AD. They lived in large towns governed by chiefs, who lived in religious centers on top of large earthen mounds. Mississippian settlements contained thousands of families. Villages were protected by palisades, guard towers and moats.

Detailed explanation-2: -Different indigenous groups settled in the present day Mississippi area. The largest settlers were the Natchez, the Chickasaw, and the Choctaw. They spoke different languages and had different cultures.

Detailed explanation-3: -As one of the United States’ original first nations, the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians is the only Federally-recognized American Indian tribe living within the State of Mississippi.

Detailed explanation-4: -Up into the 1700s, local tribes included the Acolapissa, Biloxi and Pascagoula tribes on the Gulf Coast; the Bayougoula, Houma and Natchez tribes on the lower Mississippi; and the Chakchiuma, lbitoupa, Koroa, Ofogoula, Taposa, Tiou, Tunica and Yazoo tribes on the Yazoo River in the Mississippi Delta.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Natchez Indians were among the last American Indian groups to inhabit the area now known as southwestern Mississippi. Archaeological evidence indicates that the Natchez Indian culture began as early as A.D. 700 and lasted until the 1730s when the tribe was dispersed in a war with the French.