FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICANS
|
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
|
|
Choctaw
|
|
|
Chickasaw
|
|
|
Natchez
|
|
|
None of the above
|
Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -The paramount chief of the Natchez, called the Great Sun, lived at the Grand Village. The French accounts describe both the Great Sun’s house, which stood on Mound B at the center of the site, and a ceremonial temple, which stood on Mound C, the southernmost mound of the group.
Detailed explanation-3: -Natchez, Mississippi may be best known for its antebellum mansions, but the human history of the area goes back thousands of years. The story ofNatchezbegins with the indigenous mound-building cultures, known since French occupation as the Nachee, or Natchez Indians.
Detailed explanation-4: -Natchez, North American Indian tribe of the Macro-Algonquian linguistic phylum that inhabited the east side of the lower Mississippi River.