Natchez
Americannoun
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Natchez
plural
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a port in SW Mississippi, on the Mississippi River.
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a member of an extinct Muskhogean Indian tribe once living on the lower Mississippi River.
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When his former owner’s nephew tried to claim him, George fled and found temporary safety among the Natchez, who later facilitated a deal with a trader to purchase George.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
By 1860, Mr. Rood writes, “Louisiana’s Natchez District was home to more millionaires per capita than any other region in the nation.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
This stylistic approach allows Herbert to expertly avoid inadvertently selling Natchez itself, instead focusing on how this town’s peculiar relationship to an overwhelming past still lives inside those doing the selling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2026
Theresa Hall, a church administrative assistant, attended Presley’s campaign gathering in Natchez and said she plans to make phone calls for him.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 29, 2023
The people of these “mound builder” civilizations dispersed before the European invasion, but we know their descendants today as the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muscogee Creek, and Natchez Nations of the Southeast.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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