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  2. Tunica people - Wikipedia

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    The modern "Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe" live in Mississippi and east central Louisiana. The modern tribe is composed of Tunica, Biloxi (a Siouan speaking people from the Gulf coast), Ofo (also a Siouan people), Avoyel (a Natchezan people), Mississippi Choctaw (formerly Muskogean speaking), [2] European and African ancestry. [2]

  3. Tunica-Biloxi - Wikipedia

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    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]

  4. Tunica treasure - Wikipedia

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    Location of Tunica-Biloxi Indian Reservation in Louisiana. The Tunica treasure is a group of artifacts from the Tunica-Biloxi tribe discovered in the 1960s. Their discovery led to a protracted legal battle over their ownership, and the eventual passage of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.

  5. Does your town's name have Native American roots? The ... - AOL

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    The Tunica Biloxi Tribe is one of four federally recognized Native American tribes in Louisiana. Blackfoot, Idaho. The city gets its name from the Blackfoot Tribe who lived in the area when ...

  6. Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    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. The tribe has a land-based gambling casino on their ...

  7. Tunica language - Wikipedia

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    That was followed by Tunica Texts in 1950 and Tunica Dictionary in 1953. By the 17th century, the people had suffered a high rate of fatalities from Eurasian infectious diseases, warfare, and social disruption. The reduced Tunica tribe lived close to the Ofo and Avoyelles tribes, in present-day Louisiana.

  8. Indigenous peoples of Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    The state of Louisiana is home to four federally recognized Native American tribes, the Chitimacha, the Coushatta, the Jena Band of Choctaw Indians, and the Tunica-Biloxi. [ 1 ] References

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