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Calusa.
- Source :
- Salem Press Encyclopedia, 2024. 1p.
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- The Calusa were a sedentary people who inhabited permanent settlements on the south Florida peninsula from the Tampa Bay area to Lake Okeechobee, including the Florida Keys. They may have been related to the Muskogee family in North America. Stories of their cannibalism, human sacrifice, and piracy suggest a possible connection to the South American or Caribbean Indigenous peoples, although their unique culture developed largely in response to the environment of their South Florida home.
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- Database :
- Research Starters
- Journal :
- Salem Press Encyclopedia
- Publication Type :
- Reference
- Accession number :
- 99109542