The Capinan (also called Capina[2]) were a small tribe of Native American people from Alabama and Mississippi.[1]
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| extinct as a tribe | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| United States (Alabama, Mississippi) | |
| Languages | |
| unattested, possibly a Siouan language[1] | |
| Religion | |
| Indigenous religion | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| possibly Pascagoula and Biloxi[1] |
The Capinan lived along the Gulf Coast region along the Pascagoula River[1] [3] almost north to its headwaters. They appear along the Pascagoula River, directly south of the Chickasaws in maps drawn by French cartographer Guillaume Delisle in 1703 and 1707.[4]
The Capinan may have been the same tribe as the Moctobi[4] and may have been a sub-tribe of the Pascagoula and Biloxi, both historically from Mississippi. The Capinan's language is unattested, but they might have spoken a Siouan language[1] like the Biloxi.
French explorer Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville visited the tribe in 1699, and Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville in 1725.[3][1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f Donald B. Ricky (2000). Encyclopedia of Mississippi Indians: Tribes, Natives, Treaties of the Southeastern Woodlands Area. North American Book Dist LLC. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-403-09778-4. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
- ^ Patricia Roberts Clark (31 July 2009). Tribal Names of the Americas: Spelling Variants and Alternative Forms, Cross-Referenced. McFarland. p. 43. ISBN 978-0-7864-3833-4. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
- ^ a b "Indian Tribes of Mississippi". Mississippi Archeology Trails. Mississippi Department of Archives & History. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
- ^ a b Hodge, p. 203