Caddo
Americannoun
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a member of any of several North American Indian tribes formerly located in Arkansas, Louisiana, and eastern Texas, and now living in Oklahoma.
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the Caddoan language of the Caddo.
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Etymology
Origin of Caddo
From the Caddo word kaduhdá·čuʔ the name of a band
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The Caddo Parish district attorney in Louisiana ultimately dropped those charges in 2020 after a second grand jury declined to bring an indictment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
They ranged in age from 3 to 11, according to the Caddo Parish coroner's office.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026
Carewe’s scenarios often were written by older brother Finis Fox, who was born in 1881 in Caddo, another small town in the territory that would become Oklahoma.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2024
The bureau said it would not have additional comment on the case due to a gag order filed in Caddo County District Court.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 26, 2023
After De Soto’s army left the Caddo stopped erecting community centers and began digging community cemeteries.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
A large archaeology site was discovered about eight miles away, which is believed to have been occupied by Caddos around 1100 A.D.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 1, 2017
Is now chief of the Caddos, and considered in advance of most of his people.
From Descriptive Catalogue of Photographs of North American Indians by Jackson, W. H.
The Comanches call the Wichitas "Painted Faces"; Caddos call them "Tattooed Faces," both tribes using the same sign.
There was, in the land of the Caddos, a good and devout hunter and fisherman, named Sakechak, or "he that tricks the otter."
From Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 by Jones, James Athearn
He easily recognized in the band several Blackfeet, six or seven Crows, some Sioux, who had come far north, and to his astonishment a few Southern Indians, such as Caddos, Cheyennes, and Comanches.
From Ted Strong in Montana With Lariat and Spur by Taylor, Edward C.
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