Atakapa
Americannoun
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a member of an American Indian people living along the coast of Louisiana.
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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 • Aug. 3, 2019
Eastern Atakapa, from Louisiana’s Gulf Coast, is known from a list of only 287, gathered in 1802.
From The Guardian • Jul. 27, 2018
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