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  2. Atakapa - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Akokisa - Wikipedia

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    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]

  4. Opelousa - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Mermentau, Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. History of Lake Charles, Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. History of Lafayette, Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    Lafayette Gazette 4 Oct 1894. Lafayette, Louisiana, and the surrounding area is a mix of American Indian, African American, English, French and Spanish culture.The area is situated in the region known as South Central Louisiana.

  8. Atakapa Ishak Nation - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. List of Indian reservations in the United States - Wikipedia

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    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]