Ais
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Civilizations, Cultures
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians
- Curriculum: American Indian History
- Geographical Location: Florida
The Ais were a Muskogean-speaking tribe who occupied the area along the Indian River on the east coast of Florida. Their principal village was located near Indian River Inlet.
They were primarily fishers and gatherers who traveled the adjacent waterways in dugout canoes. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries the Ais apparently dominated neighboring tribes to the north and south, while they were dominated by the Calusa to the west.
A shipwrecked Basque sailor seems to have been the first Spaniard to live with them and learn their language. In 1565, the Spanish...
[The entire page is 211 words long]