Yuchi people

Also known as Euchee, Uchee

The Yuchi people are a Native American tribe based in Oklahoma, though their original homeland was in the southeastern United States.

Key facts

Ethnic group.group: YuchiTsoyaha
Ethnic group.image: center|250px
Ethnic group.caption: Yuchi people dancingthe Big Turtle dance, 1909
Ethnic group.population: 2010: 623
Ethnic group.popplace: United StatesToday: OklahomaHistorically: Tennessee, later Alabama and Georgia
Ethnic group.rels: Christianity (Methodist), Stomp Dance,Native American Church
Ethnic group.langs: English, Yuchi (L2 only)
Ethnic group.related: Muscogee people

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Name
History
Second Seminole War
Current status
Yuchi language
Notable people
See also
References
Citations
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The Yuchi people are a Native American tribe based in Oklahoma, though their original homeland was in the southeastern United States.

In the 16th century, the Yuchi lived in the eastern Tennessee River valley. By the late 17th century, they had migrated south to Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina, settling near the Muscogee Creek people. Some also migrated to the Florida panhandle. After suffering heavy losses from epidemic diseases and warfare in the 18th century, the remaining Yuchi bands were forcibly relocated to Indian Territory in the 1830s, alongside their allies, the Muscogee Creek.

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