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The Natchez were the last Mississippian mound building culture, surviving into the historical period, when they were found settled mainly in southwestern Mississippi. A two-level, quadripartite-ranked society of nobles and commoners with class exogamy and generational rank demotion was headed from Grand Village by the co-chiefs called the Great Sun and the Tattooed Serpent. The Natchez sustained themselves by growing maize and vegetables, and by hunting and fishing. Conflict with French colonists resulted in their disappearance as an independent polity by 1735.

The Natchez Indians

Natchez and neighboring groups

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The Natchez of southwest Mississippi

A re-examination of Natchez sociopolitical complexity

Natchez political evolution

The end of the Natchez

The Natchez group

Natchez class and rank reconsidered

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Author	Title	Publication Date
Barnett, James F.	The Natchez Indians	2007
Galloway, Patricia Kay	Natchez and neighboring groups	2004
Lorenz, Karl G. (Karl Gregory)	Culture Summary	2020
Lorenz, Karl G. (Karl Gregory)	The Natchez of southwest Mississippi	2000
Lorenz, Karl G. (Karl Gregory)	A re-examination of Natchez sociopolitical complexity	1997
Macleod, William Christie	Natchez political evolution	1962
Mooney, James	The end of the Natchez	1899
Swanton, John Reed	The Natchez group	1911
White, Douglas	Natchez class and rank reconsidered	1971

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