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The Avoyel language may have [7] been related to the Natchez language. [8]Described by some historians as being a Caddoan group, [9] and by others as a Natchez-speaking group of Mary Haas' Gulf hypothesis [3] [10] along with the Natchez and Taensa; their true linguistic and ethnic affiliation is somewhat uncertain because no written or spoken version of their language has survived.
The parish was created in 1807, with the name deriving from the French name for the historic Avoyel people, one of the local Indian tribes at the time of European encounter. [ 3 ] Today the parish is the base of the federally recognized Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe, who have a reservation there.
Also known as Texas Cherokees and Associate Bands-Mount Tabor Indian Community. Nato Indian Nation (Native American Tribal Organization), Grand Prairie, TX, [ 183 ] also in Utah Pamaque Clan of Coahuila y Tejas Spanish Indian Colonial Missions Inc. [ 46 ] Letter of Intent to Petition 04/23/2002; [ 27 ] Receipt of Petition 04/23/2002. [ 36 ]
The Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe, [2] (Tunica: Yoroniku-Halayihku) [3] formerly known as the Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe of Louisiana, is a federally recognized tribe of primarily Tunica and Biloxi people, located in east central Louisiana. Descendants of Ofo (Siouan-speakers), Avoyel, and Choctaw are also enrolled in the tribe. [4]
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The only U.S. Government mention of the Tunica from 1803 to 1938 was made in 1806 by an Indian Commissioner for Louisiana, who remarked that the Tunica numbered only about 25 men, lived in Avoyelles Parish and made their livings by occasionally hiring out as boatmen. [2]