Yuchi

The Yuchi, also spelled Euchee and Uchee, are people of a Native American tribe who traditionally lived in the eastern Tennessee River valley in Tennessee in the 16th century. The Yuchi were well known mound builders. During the 17th century, they moved south to Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina. After suffering many fatalities due to epidemic disease and warfare in the 18th century, several surviving Yuchi were removed to Indian Territory in the 1830s, together with their allies the Muscogee Creek. (Some who remained in the South were classified as "free persons of color"; others were enslaved.) Some remnant groups migrated to Florida, where they became part of the recently formed Seminole Tribe of Florida.

Today the Yuchi live primarily in the northeastern Oklahoma area, where many are enrolled as citizens in the federally recognized Muscogee Creek Nation. Some Yuchi are enrolled as members of other federally recognized tribes, such as the Absentee Shawnee Tribe and the Cherokee Nation.

Yuchi (disambiguation)

The Yuchi are a Native American tribe.

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Yuchi (surname)

Yuchi(simplified Chinese: 尉迟; traditional Chinese: 尉遲; pinyin: Yùchí) is a Chinese compound surname which originated from a Xianbei tribal people. The Imperial family of Kingdom of Khotan(于阗) was named Yuchi. The well known military general Yuchi Gong also was descented from this family.

Yuchi is the 419th surname in Hundred Family Surnames. Since compound surname is not common in China, some descendants of Yuchi changed their name to single surname Chi(迟).

Notable people named Yuchi