Grand Village of the Natchez

Grand Village of the Natchez

Infobox_nrhp | name =Grand Village of the Natchez
nrhp_type =nhl


caption = Main mound at the Grand Village of the Natchez Site in Natchez, Mississippi
nearest_city= 400 Jefferson Davis Boulevard, Natchez, Mississippi
locmapin = Mississippi
area =
built =
architect=
architecture= No Style Listed
designated= July 19, 1964cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=284&ResourceType=Site
title=Grand Village of the Natchez |accessdate=2007-10-20|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = October 15, 1966cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = State
refnum=66000408

Grand Village of the Natchez, also known as Grand Village of the Natchez Indians, was a Natchez Indian village and mounds site. It was visited by French explorers in 1682. It was abandoned by the Natchez Indians in 1730 following a military defeat.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1964.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/66000408.pdf National Register of Historic Places Registration: Grand Village of the Natchez Site / Fatherland Plantation Site (22-Ad-501)] |1.59 MB|date=May 3, 1989 |author=Francine Weiss and Mark R. Barnes |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/66000408.pdf Accompanying 3 photos, from 1989.] |680 KB]

It is located at 400 Jefferson Davis Boulevard in Natchez.

References

ee also

*Natchez people
*Taensa
*Houma Tribe
*Tunica-Biloxi
*Tunica (language)
*Emerald Mound Site
*Mississippian culture
*Southeastern Ceremonial Complex
*platform mound
*ChunkeyGame
*Mound builder (people)

External links

* [http://mdah.state.ms.us/hprop/gvni.html Grand Village of the Natchez Indians, at the Mississippi Department of Archives and History]


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