Where do the Atakapa Indians live?
The Atakapas are original people of southwest Louisiana and southeastern Texas. Most Atakapa-Ishak descendants are still living there today. How is the Atakapa Indian nation organized? The Atakapa tribe is not federally recognized in the United States. That means Atakapa people today do not have a reservation or their own government. But the Atakapas do have tribal communities where they continue to practice their culture. What language do the Atakapas speak? Most Atakapa people speak English today. Some Atakapas, especially older people, speak a Cajun French dialect. In the past, Atakapa Indians spoke their own Atakapa language. The Atakapa Indian language has not been spoken since the early 1900’s, but some Atakapa people are trying to learn their ancestral language again. You can read a Atakapa picture glossary here. How do Atakapa Indian children live, and what did they do in the past? They do the same things all children do–play with each other, go to school and help around the h
