Indigenous Peoples of Louisiana

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The following list of tribes is compiled from:

Hodge, Frederick Webb.Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico. Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of Ethnology, Bulletin #30 1907 LINK to online source!!!!!

Swanaton, John W. The Indian Tribes of North America. Smithsonian Institution Bureau of Ethnology, Bulletin #145 LINK to online source!!!!

Tribes and Bands of Louisiana
Acolapissa, Adai, Alabama, Atakapa, Avoyel, Bayogoula, Biloxi, Caddo, Chatot, Chawasha, Chitimacha, Choctaw, Coushatta, Doustioni, Houma, Kadohadacho, Koasati, Koroa, Mugulasha, Muskogee, Natchez, Natchitoches Confederacy, Ofo, Okelousa, Opelousa, Ouachita, Pascagoula, Quapaw, Quinipissa, Souchitioni, Taensa, Tangipahoa, Tawasa, Tensas, Tunica, Tunica-Biloxi, Washa, Yatasi

Reservations
Reservations were established by treaty, with westward expansion and settlement occured. Tribes ceded land and were removed to restricted and reserved land.

Chitimacha Reservation

Coushatta reservation

Penobscot Reservation

Pleasant Point and Indian Towship Reservation

Tunica-Biiloxi Reservation

Agencies
Chactaw Agency



SEE ALSO:

Louisiana- History LINK

Louisiana - Military LINK