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The Grand Village of the Natchez was active in AD 700-1730.

https://www.mdah.ms.gov/explore-mississippi/grand-village-natchez-indians

Be more explicit in the role disease from Europeans had in the decline of Mound Building and population.https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/mounds/intro.htm

The spread of European diseases such as smallpox, measles, and bubonic plague, the population of the native peoples in Lower Mississippi Valley declined drastically in the century following De Soto’s arrival. https://www.mshistorynow.mdah.ms.gov/issue/the-natchez-indians

"The Mississippian period (1000 to 1700 A.D.) saw a resurgence of mound building across much of the southeastern United States. Most Mississippian mounds are rectangular, flat-topped earthen platforms upon which temples or residences of chiefs were erected. These buildings were constructed of wooden posts covered with mud plaster and had thatched roofs. Mississippian platform mounds range in height from eight to almost 60 feet and are from 60 to as much as 770 feet in width at the base." https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/mounds/builders.htm

The Natchez people were divided into two moieties. For the Natchez (and many other Native American tribes) this means that two moieties provide each side with marriage partners and perform support services for one another. They are highly competitive when it comes to traditional games such as stickball, and many of these games were also used as non-violent methods for settling conflicts. Typically, one moiety was viewed as elder, or of a higher rank, than the other. Moiety membership was matrilineal, as it was determined by one's heredity through the female's bloodline.

https://www.mshistorynow.mdah.ms.gov/issue/the-natchez-indians

Rene-Robert Cavelier came to Natchez in 1682 on the Sieur de La Salle expedition. A French settlement was established, Fort Rosalie, at Natchez in 1716. Over time numerous conflicts between the French colony and Natchez Indians broke out and in 1729 the Natchez Indians rebelled against the French colony. Due to this warfare many Natchez refugees fled their homeland and were forced to join other tribes including the Chickasaws, Creeks, and Cherokees. Today, Natchez Indian descendants live in the southern Appalachian Mountains area and in Oklahoma. https://www.mshistorynow.mdah.ms.gov/issue/the-natchez-indians

Explain the mounds more:

The Mounds are a form of religious expression, as the Natchez people often constructed the Mounds for religious activities.

The mounds were made by packing dirt tightly and constructing it into a mound-like shape. The Natchez people would often have multiple states of construction when creating the mounds, and archaeological evidence suggests that many of the mounds are grouped together in spaces holding up to twenty mounds (though some are more isolated) connected by either a plaza or earthen ridge. The mounds were only permanently lived on by high-ranking officials and were otherwise reserved for religious practices such as burials, temples, symbols of power, and social activities. Publiccorrections234 (talk) 14:00, 17 July 2023 (UTC)