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The Washita River, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, and Washita County, Oklahoma, were also named for the tribe, [6] as well as the town of Washita, Oklahoma. According to the Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture , the name comes from the French transliteration of the Caddo word washita , meaning "good hunting grounds". [ 7 ]
The Black River is a tributary of the White River, about 300 miles (480 km) long, [2] in southeastern Missouri and northeastern Arkansas in the United States. [3] Via the White River, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed. Black River Technical College is named for the river. The river was so named on account of the black tint of its ...
The Ouachita River (/ ˈ w ɑː ʃ ɪ t ɑː / WAH-shi-tah) is a 605-mile-long (974 km) [2] river that runs south and east through the U.S. states of Arkansas and Louisiana, joining the Tensas River to form the Black River near Jonesville, Louisiana. It is the 25th-longest river in the United States (by main stem).
Sibley, John. (1806). Historical sketches of the several Indian tribes in Louisiana, south of the Arkansas River, and between the Mississippi and River Grand [5 April 1805]. In T. Jefferson (Ed.), Message from the President of the United States communicating the discoveries made in exploring the Missouri, Red River, and Washita (p. 48–62 ...
J. Leitch Wright (1999), The Only Land They Knew: American Indians in the Old South. ISBN 0-8032-9805-6; Patrick Minges (2004), Black Indians Slave Narratives. ISBN 0-89587-298-6; Jack D. Forbes (1993), Africans and Native Americans: The Language of Race and the Evolution of Red-Black Peoples. ISBN 0-252-06321-X
Canadian River Band of the Southern Cherokee Nation [25] Cataba Tribal Association [30] [31] [32] Chickamauga Cherokee Nation White River Band (II). [46] There is also a Chickamauga Cherokee Nation White River Band (I) in Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. Northern Cherokee Nation of the Old Louisiana Territory, [25] also in Arkansas and Missouri
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They settled along the southern bank of the Ouachita River. [1] By 1763, they moved to the upper Arkansas River. In 1771, the Cahinnio and several neighboring tribes signed a peace treaty with the French. [9] Ultimately, they assimilated into other Kadohadacho tribes by the 19th century. They are enrolled in the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma today.