Apalachee people
Sign in to saveThe Apalachee were an Indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands, specifically an Indigenous people of Florida, who lived in the Florida Panhandle until the early 18th century. They lived between the Aucilla River and Ochlockonee River, at the head of Apalachee Bay, an area known as the Apalachee Province. They spoke a Muskogean language called Apalachee, which is now extinct.
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- Ethnic group.group
- Apalachee
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- File:USA Südosten-Apalachee.png
- Ethnic group.caption
- Apalachee territory in the Florida Panhandle
- Ethnic group.population
- extinct as a tribe
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- United States Florida, southwestern Georgia
- Ethnic group.langs
- Apalachee
- Ethnic group.related
- other Muskogean peoples
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Wikidata facts
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- ethnic group
- Demonym
- apalașe
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- Apalachee
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- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Language
- Name
- Culture
- Ball game
- History
- Spanish encounters
- Spanish missions and 18th-century warfare
- Cultural heritage groups
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
The Apalachee were an Indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands, specifically an Indigenous people of Florida, who lived in the Florida Panhandle until the early 18th century. They lived between the Aucilla River and Ochlockonee River, at the head of Apalachee Bay, an area known as the Apalachee Province. They spoke a Muskogean language called Apalachee, which is now extinct.
The Apalachee occupied the site of Velda Mound starting about 1450 CE, but they had mostly abandoned it when Spanish started settlements in the 17th century. They first encountered Spanish explorers in 1528, when the Narváez expedition arrived. Their tribal enemies, European diseases, and European encroachment severely reduced their population.
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