Atakapa
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Civilizations, Cultures
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians
- Curriculum: American Indian History
- Geographical Location: Texas, Louisiana
The Atakapa lived in small groups scattered across southwest Louisiana and southeast Texas. Most of the Texas Atakapa were called Akokisa or Deadose by the Spanish.
According to Atakapa oral tradition, their ancestors were stranded in Texas after a great flood, and they later spread eastward. At the time of European contact, Atakapa subsistence depended on collecting wild plants and hunting (buffalo and deer) across the grasslands and swamps of southeast Texas and southwestern Louisiana. Unlike their neighbors to the east, such as the Chitimacha, the Atakapa did not depend on...
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