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Apalachee (Amerind tribe)
The Apalachee are a Native American tribe that historically lived in the Florida Panhandle, and now live primarily in the U.S. state of Louisiana.
Their historical territory is known to the Spanish colonists as the Apalachee Province.
The Apalachee occupy the site of Velda Mound starting about 1450 CE, but had mostly abandoned it before the Spanish start settlements in the 17th century.
They first encounter Spanish explorers in the 16th century, when the Hernando de Soto expedition arrives.
They live between the Aucilla River and Ochlockonee River, at the head of Apalachee Bay.
The Apalachee speak a Muskogean language, now extinct.Traditional tribal enemies, European diseases, and European encroachment severely reduce their population and ultimately leda to survivors' migrating to Mobile and then Louisiana by the late 18th century.
They settle in present-day Rapides Parish, and most Apalachee now live in Louisiana.
About three hundred descendants in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, assert an Apalachee identity today.
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