Atakapa people
Also known as Atakapa, Atakápas
The Atakapa or Atacapa were an Indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands, who spoke the Atakapa language and historically lived along the Gulf of Mexico in what is now Texas and Louisiana.
Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Atakapa
- Ethnic group.image
- 200px
- Ethnic group.caption
- An Attakapas, by Alexandre de Batz, 1735
- Ethnic group.regions
- United States(Louisiana, Texas)
- Ethnic group.religions
- Christianity, Indigenous religion
- Ethnic group.languages
- English, French, Spanish, Atakapa
- Ethnic group.related
- isolate language group, intermarried with Caddo, Koasati, and Houma
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
16 sectionsContents
- Name
- Atakapa language
- History
- 18th century
- 19th century
- 20th century
- Culture
- Subdivisions or bands
- Eastern Atakapa
- Western Atakapa
- Cultural heritage groups
- Legacy
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
The Atakapa or Atacapa were an Indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands, who spoke the Atakapa language and historically lived along the Gulf of Mexico in what is now Texas and Louisiana.
They included several distinct bands. They spoke the Atakapa language, which was a linguistic isolate.