- The
Atakapa /əˈtækəpə, -pɑː/ or
Atacapa were an
Indigenous people of the
Southeastern Woodlands, who
spoke the
Atakapa language and
historically lived...
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Atakapa (/əˈtækəpə, -pɑː/,
natively Ishakkoy) is an
extinct language isolate native to
southwestern Louisiana and
nearby coastal eastern Texas. It was...
- The
Atapaka Ishak Nation,
officially named the
Atakapa Ishak Tribe of
Southeast Texas and
Southwest Louisiana, is a
cultural heritage organization of...
- present-day
Greater Houston area. They were a band of the
Atakapa Indians,
closely related to the
Atakapa of Lake Charles, Louisiana. Álvar Núñez
Cabeza de Vaca...
- USS
Atakapa (ATF-149) was an
Achomawi class of
fleet ocean tug. It was
named after the
Atakapa Native American tribe that once
inhabited territory which...
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likely comes through French from the
Atakapa language Katkōsh Yōk ('Crying Eagle'), the name of a
local Atakapa leader. The
Calcasieu rises in Vernon...
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grouped together the Comecrudo, Cotoname, Coa****lteco, Karankawa, Tonkawa,
Atakapa, and
Maratino languages into a Coa****ltecan grouping.
Edward Sapir (1920)...
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misspelling of the word Akokisa. In the
vernacular of
another tribe, the
Atakapa who
settled in the Gulf
Coast woodlands,
Akokisa means “river people.”...
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community in
Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. The
coastal village is home to the
Atakapa Ishak Chawasha tribe and is only
accessible by water. It is
primarily self-sustaining...
- Gulf of
Mexico and
Bayou Nezpique,
occupied by the
Atakapas Indians (Eastern
Atakapa), was
named Atakapas Territory. In 1764,
France established the Opelousas...
