The Yazoo were a tribe of the Native American Tunica people historically located along the lower course of the Yazoo River in an area now known as the Mississippi Delta. They were closely related to other Tunica language–speaking peoples, …

The Yazoo Indians were a small tribe of Mississippi, relatives of the Tunica and Koroa Indians. Their language was never well recorded, but appears to have been a Gulf language, either a dialect of Tunica or a closely related language. The Yazoo no longer exist as a distinct tribe.

An extinct tribe and village formerly on lower Yazoo river, Mississippi, Like all the other tribes on this stream, the Yazoo were small in number. The people were always closely associated with the Koroa, whom they resembled in employing an r in speaking, unlike most of the neighboring tribes.

Along the Yazoo river existed a series of towns which seem to have been independent at the time of their discovery, but at a late period, about 1836, were incorporated into the Chicasa people. Some were inhabited by powerful and influential tribes, but it is uncertain whether any of them were of Maskoki lineage and language or not.

In the vast expanse of North America, before the sails of Europeans billowed on the horizon, there thrived an intricate tapestry of indigenous peoples. Each thread in this fabric-a society, a tribe-was unique, woven with its own patterns of culture and tradition. From Yazoo City, Mississippi to either coast there was indigenous culture.

The Yazoo appear to have been the first of the tribes living on the lower part of the Yazco River to have established themselves there, and hence it was from them that the stream received its name. They are mentioned by La Salle and his companions in connection with their voyage to the mouth of the Mississippi in 1682.

2024年11月24日 · The Yazoo Indian Tribe, also known as the Yazoo Nation, holds an important place in the tapestry of American history. Their name, “Yazoo,” meaning “water” or “river” in the Choctaw language, reflects their close connection to the land and the Mississippi River, which played a vital role in their lives.

A small tribe formerly living on the lower course of Yazoo River, Mississippi, in close connection with several other tribes, the most important of which was the Tonica. Nothing is definitely known concerning their language, but it seems to have been akin …

The journey of Moncacht-Apé : an Indian of the Yazoo tribe, across the continent, about the year 1700 by Davis, Andrew McFarland, 1833-1920; American Antiquarian Society; Le Page du Pratz, d. 1775