The Atakapa
Atakapa Historical Marker locatedbetween DeRidder and Merryville,Louisiana at intersection ofUS Hwy 190 and LA Hwy 111
Which language?Just a few out of hundreds of possibilities are:Crow.................óotchiaHidatsa..............maku, otsi, oktsiaLakota...............hanhepiPowhatan...........tapacoh, reihcawhDelaware...........pisgeu, tpoquikMahican.............d'bohq, gunayoOjibwe..............dibik, dibikad, dibikak, dibiko,Mohegan............tupkuwShawnee............tepechkieAbenaki..............tebokwMaliseet.............nipayiwBlackfoot............kokoseCheyenne...........taa'e, taa'estseMohawk.............shiyòkarahsCherokee...........sanoyiNavajo...............tł'ééApache...............kleJicarilla...............kliArikara (Sanish)...nItkhaánu', itkAxaánu'Shahaptin (Yakama).......sts'átAztec (Nahuatl)...yohualliYaqui.................tukaaHopi...................tookilaShoshone...........dugaaniChoctaw.............ninak
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Atakapa men wore breechcloths. Atakapa women wore wraparound skirts made of deerskin or woven fiber.
Atakapa is pronounced as AH-tuh-kuh-puh.
Atakapa people speak English. Historically, they spoke the Atakapa language, which went extinct in the early 20th Century.
the atakapa lived near modern-day
An atakapa is a member of an indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands, an area of the southeastern United States and the northeastern border of Mexico.
The Atakapa
Atakapa Historical Marker locatedbetween DeRidder and Merryville,Louisiana at intersection ofUS Hwy 190 and LA Hwy 111
The Atakapa or Attacapa people occupied the coastal and bayou areas of southwestern Louisiana and southeastern Texas until about 1800. Estimates of their numbers are around 3,500 in 1698 and just 175 in 1805. In 1908 there were only 9 Atakapa descendants left. Despite this decline the Atakapa language, which is likely to be unrelated to any other, is very well documented. See link below for an image:
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axe , bow , spear
Texas was not yet named when the Atakapa people lived along the Gulf coast, from the area that became called Galveston Bay as far as Vermilion Bay, Louisiana.
It was the Atakapa Tribe, the original inhabitants before the French.