| Total population | |
|---|---|
| extinct as a tribe | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| United States (Alabama, Mississippi) | |
| Languages | |
| unattested, possibly a Siouan language1 | |
| Religion | |
| Indigenous religion | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| possibly Pascagoula and Biloxi1 |
The Capinan (also called Capina2) were a small tribe of Native American people from Alabama and Mississippi.1
The Capinan lived along the Gulf Coast region along the Pascagoula River13 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 Moctobi4 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 language1 like the Biloxi.
French explorer Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville visited the tribe in 1699, and Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville in 1725.31
References
References
- 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.
- "Indian Tribes of Mississippi". Mississippi Archeology Trails. Mississippi Department of Archives & History. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
- Hodge, p. 203