The historic tribes are believed to have formed in the 14th and 15th centuries.

Later historic tribes in the area included the Choctaw and Chickasaw.

Gradually the Narragansett and other historic tribes developed societies as descendants of earlier cultures.

Their descendants were ancestors to the historic tribes.

The river is named for the Ouachita tribe, one of several historic tribes who lived along it.

Before the rise of the historic tribes, their indigenous ancestors lived along the river for thousands of years.

They preceded the historic tribes of the Ohio River area.

The historic Indian tribes of Louisiana: from 1542 to the present.

Archaeologists and anthropologists have sketched a fairly complete picture of what they believe happened before the historic tribes appeared.

Such objects have traditionally been created by women in historic tribes.