7 Interesting Facts About Mississippi

Тhere were many Native American tribes in Mississippi when Europeans arrived

By the time Europeans reached the Americas, many different cultures were thriving throughout the land. In Mississippi, there were at least seven unique tribes within the region when Europeans first made contact, including the Taensa, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Yazoo, Natchez, Biloxi, and Pascagoula.

A number of these tribes came from the Mississippian culture, a civilization of mound-building people who rose to power and were the predominant culture in the region between 800 to 1600 AD.

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