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Shortly after that a rival Indian tribe, the Opelousa, coming from the area between the Atchafalaya and Sabine rivers, exterminated the Eastern Atakapa. They had occupied the area between Atchafalaya River and Bayou Nezpique (Attakapas Territory). William Byrd Powell (1799–1867), a medical doctor and physiologist, regarded the Atakapan as ...
The Atapaka Ishak Nation, officially named the Atakapa Ishak Tribe of Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana, [1] is a cultural heritage organization of individuals who identify as descendants of the Atakapa people.
Attakapas Parish, a former parish in southern Louisiana, was one of the twelve parishes in the Territory of Orleans, newly defined by the United States federal government following its Louisiana Purchase in 1803. At its core was the Poste des Attakapas trading post, which developed as the current city of St. Martinville. [1] [2]
The area was first settled by the Attakapa Indian tribe but the river was named by French colonists after the Attakapa village along the Bayou Nezpiqué. Later William Wikoff bought property here, some 2,733 acres (11 km 2) on the west bank of the river, from Le Tortue, an Attakapa Indian, and his son Celestine. Le Tortue (tortoise in French ...
The area was first settled by the Attakapa Indian tribe. Bayou Queue de Tortue is believed to have been named for Chief Celestine La Tortue of the Attakapas nation. [ 4 ] This name is used to describe the early village near Rayne called Queue de Tortue . [ 5 ]
By 1812, the Attakapas Country was split into the St. Martin parish and the St. Mary parish. The original village which would become Lafayette, was laid out by Jean Mouton and his surveyor, John Dinsmore, Jr. in 1821 and was given the name "St. Jean du Vermilionville". [3] Later, the name would be shortened to "Vermilionville".
Opelousas (French: Les Opélousas; Spanish: Los Opeluzás) is a small city and the parish seat of St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, United States. [2] Interstate 49 and U.S. Route 190 were constructed with a junction here.
Atakapa (/ ə ˈ t æ k ə p ə,-p ɑː /, [1] [2] natively Ishakkoy [3]) is an extinct language isolate native to southwestern Louisiana and nearby coastal eastern Texas.It was spoken by the Atakapa people (also known as Ishak, after their word for "the people").