Chakchiuma

Chakchiuma
Total population
extinct as a tribe
merged into the Chickasaw[1]
Regions with significant populations
formerly United States
(Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee)
Languages
Chakchiuma
Religion
Indigenous religion
Related ethnic groups
Chickasaw, Choctaw[1]

The Chakchiuma were a Native American tribe of the upper Yazoo River region of what is today the state of Mississippi.[2]

In the late 17th century, French explorers identified the Chakchiuma as "a Chicacha nation," indicating that they were related to the Chickasaw and similar Western Muskogean speaking–tribes.[3] They likely shared a common origin as the Chickasaw and Choctaw people and merged into the Chickasaw Nation in the mid-18th century.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d Galloway, "Chakchiuma," 496.
  2. ^ Gibson, Arrell M. "The Indians of Mississippi" in McLemore, Richard Audrey, ed. A History of Mississippi (Hattiesburg: University and College Press of Mississippi, 1973) p. 69
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