Okelousa
Sign in to saveThe Okelousa were a Native American people in Louisiana, United States. They lived west and north of Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana.
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The Okelousa were a Native American people in Louisiana, United States. They lived west and north of Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana.
18th-century French explorer Jean-Baptiste Bénard de la Harpe and French ethnographer Antoine-Simon Le Page du Pratz wrote about the Okelousa, who were allied with the neighboring Washa and Chawasha peoples. They are distinct from the similarly named Opelousa.
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