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Different groups claiming to be descendants of the Atakapa have created several organizations, and some have unsuccessfully petitioned Louisiana, Texas, and the United States for status as a recognized tribe. [33] A member of the "Atakapa Indian de Creole Nation," claiming to be trustee, monarch, and deity, filed a number of lawsuits in federal ...
The Akokisa (also known as the Accokesaws, Arkokisa, or Orcoquiza [1]) were an Indigenous tribe who lived on Galveston Bay and the lower Trinity and Sabine rivers in Texas, primarily in the present-day Greater Houston area. [2] They were a band of the Atakapa Indians, closely related to the Atakapa of Lake Charles, Louisiana. [3]
The coastal village is home to the Atakapa Ishak Chawasha tribe and is only accessible by water. It is primarily self-sustaining and relies heavily on fishing. [3] The village's population was around 1,000 in the 1940s. [1] Since then, coastal erosion and disasters such as Hurricane Katrina have drastically impacted the settlement.
From American State Papers, a member of the Appalousa and Atakapa region in 1814, said that both tribes had villages on the north and south parts of the bayou. [ 1 ] The Appalousa are referred to as also the Lopelousas and Oqué-Loussas by Antoine-Simon Le Page du Pratz , an 18th-century French historian and ethnographer, but it is still ...
Cecilia sits on land that was historically inhabited by the Atakapa Tribe. The Atakapa lived in what is now Southwest Louisiana and Texas, and had a trading post at St. Martinville, before French settlers took over the land. [3] Cecilia was originally known by the Spanish as La Punta.
Mermentau is located at (30.187845, -92.582786 [6]According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 2.3 square miles (6.0 km 2), of which 2.1 square miles (5.5 km 2) is land and 0.15 square miles (0.4 km 2) (7.39%) is water.
Before European colonisation, the Lake Charles area was home to the Native American Atakapa Ishak tribe. [1] The first European colonizers arrived in the 1760s.. The Calcasieu River Bridge as seen from downtown Lake Charles.
State Designated Tribal Statistical Areas are geographical areas the United States Census Bureau uses to track demographic data. These areas have a substantial concentration of members of tribes that are State recognized but not Federally recognized and do not have a reservation or off-reservation trust land. [14]