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Atakapa

American  
[uh-tak-uh-puh, -pah, -paw] / əˈtæk ə pə, -ˌpɑ, -ˌpɔ /

noun

PLURAL

Atakapas

PLURAL

Atakapa
  1. a member of an American Indian people living along the coast of Louisiana.

  2. the language of the Atakapa Indians.


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Russell Reed, an Atakapa Indian from southern Louisiana, said some visitors have never heard much about the Indian story of Jamestown and have certainly not met a “real, live Indian.”

From Washington Post