Atakapa

E280857

The Atakapa were an Indigenous people of the Gulf Coast region, primarily in what is now southwestern Louisiana and southeastern Texas, known for their distinct language and coastal hunter-gatherer lifestyle.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Atakapa canonical 6
Atakapa people 2
Attakapa 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people ⓘ
Native American tribe ⓘ
affectedBy European colonization ⓘ
epidemic diseases ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Attakapa ⓘ
linked to: Atakapa

Attakapas ⓘ
linked to: Atakapa
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
culturalArea Gulf Coast culture area ⓘ
linked to: Gulf Coast regions

Southeastern Woodlands ⓘ
culturalPractice seasonal mobility ⓘ
small band organization ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf United States ⓘ
hasDistinctLanguage true ⓘ
historicalEra colonial period in North America ⓘ
pre-Columbian era ⓘ
housingType temporary shelters ⓘ
thatched structures ⓘ
language Atakapa language ⓘ
languageFamily Atakapan languages ⓘ
languageStatus extinct language ⓘ
materialCulture bone tools ⓘ
dugout canoes ⓘ
shell tools ⓘ
woven baskets ⓘ
neighboringGroup Caddo ⓘ
Chitimacha ⓘ
Karankawa ⓘ
Tunica ⓘ
notableSubgroup Eastern Atakapa ⓘ
Western Atakapa ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Atakapa
peopleStatus culturally surviving descendants ⓘ
populationTrend decline after European contact ⓘ
primaryRegion Gulf Coast ⓘ
Southeastern Texas ⓘ
linked to: Southeast Texas

Southwestern Louisiana ⓘ
recognizedAs historic tribe ⓘ
regionToday Louisiana ⓘ
Texas ⓘ
religionType traditional tribal religion ⓘ
socialOrganization bands ⓘ
subsistence use of coastal wetlands resources ⓘ
use of estuaries and bays ⓘ
traditionalEconomy fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
traditionalLifestyle coastal hunter-gatherer ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Atakapa → alsoKnownAs → Attakapa ⓘ
linked to: Atakapa
Atakapa → alsoKnownAs → Attakapas ⓘ
linked to: Atakapa
Southeastern Indigenous nations → hasMember → Atakapa people ⓘ
linked to: Atakapa
Karankawa → neighboringGroup → Atakapa ⓘ
Eastern Atakapa → ethnicGroupOf → Atakapa people ⓘ
linked to: Atakapa
Eastern Atakapa → partOf → Atakapa ⓘ