| Ais |
A small tribe on the east coast of south Florida - now extinct. |
Alabama |
Their language is close to Muskogean & Koasati.They blended with the Seminoles, Creeks and Koasatis. |
| Apalachee |
Speakers of a Muskogean language, missionized by the Spanish. |
Alakapa |
The population was about 1,000 in the early 18th century, and the group was extinct by 1900. |
| Biloxi |
They spoke a language belonging to the Siouan family. |
Caddo |
This term includes several tribes, mostly in three confederacies. |
| Calusa |
This was an non-agricultural chiefdom in south Florida |
Chakchiuma |
A small tribe, now extinct. |
| Chatot |
A small tribe driven by the Creeks to Mobile then Louisiana |
Cherokee |
The largest Southeastern tribe from the 18th century until present. |
| Chickasaw |
They were removed to Okalahoma where they live today. |
Chitimacha |
The population may have been 4,000 in 1700, and less than 100 in 1930. |
| Choctaw |
Speakers of a Muskogean language located mostly in Okalahoma but originally from Mississippi and Louisiana |
Creek |
This is the English name for the political Confederacy cerntered on the Muskogee and including the Hitchiti and others. |
| Cusabo |
A small tribe totalling 535 in a 1715 census and now extinct. |
Hitchiti |
A Muskogean language, spoken by seven or so large towns incorporated into the Creek Confederacy. |
| Houma |
A small tribe in Louisiana. |
Keys |
The inhabitants of the Florida Keys |
| Koasati |
A
Muskogean tribe numbering about 250 in 1750. In 1910 there
were about 100 in Texas and one town among the Creeks in Oklahoma. |
Lumbee |
Now
one of the largest Southeastern tribes, numbering about 30,000 in 1900's.
They are descended from the Cheraw as well as Black and White refugees
from the European frontiers. |
| Mikasuki |
About 2/3 of the Seminoles |
Muskogee |
This is the dominant element in the Creek Confederacy. |
| Natchez |
The survivors eventually intergrated with the Creeks and Cherokees |
Oto |
Speakers of a Siouan language. |
| Seminole |
This tribe originated in the 18th century when settlers of the Creek Confederacy moved into Florida. |
Tekesta |
A small, non-agricultural tribe inhabiting the Miami region. |
| Timucuna |
A large group of northern Florida tribes - now extinct. |
Tocobaga |
A small tribe, nearly totally unknown, of the Tampa Bay region in Florida |
Tohome &
Mobile |
Two groups that evidently spoke a variety of Choctaw |
Tunica |
Numbering perhaps 2,500 in 1650, less than 50 survived in 1910. |
| Tutelo |
Speaking a Siouan language, they numbered around 2,700 in 1600, but by 1800 the descendants had joined the Iroquois in Canada |
Yamasee |
Perhaps
speakers of a Muskagean language they numbered about 1,200 in 1715, but
soon fled to Spanish Florida where they had disappeared by 1763. |
| Yuchi |
A
tribe originally in the Appalachian highlands, they numbered about
1,500 in 1650, and by 1930 only about 200 among the Creeks in Oklahoma. |
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