Total population | |
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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 (also called Capina [2]) were a small tribe of Native American people from Alabama and Mississippi. [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]
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 (also called Capina [2]) were a small tribe of Native American people from Alabama and Mississippi. [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]