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Grand Village of the Natchez

Also known as Fatherland Site

The Grand Village of the Natchez is an archaeological site on St Catherine Creek in Natchez, Mississippi, the main ceremonial centre of the Natchez people in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. It holds platform mounds on which stood the house of the Great Sun, the sacred ruler, and a temple with a perpetual fire. French writers described it before the Natchez were destroyed by France in 1729–1731.

Grand Village of the Natchez
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Natchez chiefdom

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Grand Village of the Natchez. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/grand-village-of-the-natchez
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“Grand Village of the Natchez.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/grand-village-of-the-natchez. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Grand Village of the Natchez.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/grand-village-of-the-natchez.
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The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Grand Village of the Natchez’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/grand-village-of-the-natchez (Accessed: ).

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