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Another group, the Atakapa Ishak Tribe of Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana, also called the Atakapa Ishak Nation, [35] based in Lake Charles, Louisiana obtained nonprofit status in 2008 as an "ethnic awareness" organization. [36] They also refer to themselves as the Atakapa-Ishak Nation and met en masse on October 28, 2006. [37]
The Atakapa Ishak Nation is an unrecognized organization. Despite using the word nation in its name, the group is neither a federally recognized tribe [ 4 ] nor a state-recognized tribe . [ 5 ] Louisiana has 11 state-recognized tribes [ 5 ] but rejected the Atakapa Ishak Nation's application for state recognition.
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.
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.
The tribe, however, has broken into several factions, some of whom are seeking federal recognition as separate tribes. The three largest and most prominent factions are: Gabrieliño-Tongva Tribe, West Hills, CA, formerly the San Gabriel Band of Mission Indians, led by Charles Alvarez [59]
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").
Adai Caddo Indians of Louisiana; Atakapa Ishak Nation; C. Choctaw-Apache Tribe of Ebarb; P. Pointe-au-Chien Tribe; T. Talimali Band of Apalachee Indians