Eastern Atakapa

E947478

Eastern Atakapa refers to the eastern division of the Atakapa Indigenous people, historically located along the Gulf Coast region of what is now Louisiana.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Western Atakapa 2
Eastern Atakapa canonical 1
Eastern Atakapa-Ishak 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people ⓘ
subgroup of the Atakapa people ⓘ
affectedBy displacement due to European colonization ⓘ
epidemic diseases after European contact ⓘ
colonialContactWith French colonists ⓘ
Spanish colonists ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalRegion Gulf Coast culture area ⓘ
linked to: Gulf Coast regions

Southeastern Woodlands ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Atakapa people ⓘ
linked to: Atakapa
ethnolinguisticGroup Atakapa ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Eastern Atakapa-Ishak ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Atakapa

Eastern division of the Atakapa ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Atakapa
hasDescendantCommunities people identifying as Atakapa-Ishak in Louisiana and Texas ⓘ
hasLanguage Eastern variety of the Atakapa language ⓘ
historicalLanguageStatus language now considered extinct or nearly extinct ⓘ
historicalStatus largely decimated by disease and colonization ⓘ
indigenousTo Gulf Coast of the United States ⓘ
present-day Louisiana ⓘ
languageFamily Atakapa language ⓘ
locatedInThePast eastern Gulf Coast region of present-day Louisiana ⓘ
partOf Atakapa ⓘ
Indigenous peoples of the Gulf Coast ⓘ
Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern United States ⓘ
region Gulf Coast ⓘ
Louisiana ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Caddo ⓘ
Chitimacha ⓘ
Tunica ⓘ
Western Atakapa ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Atakapa
religion traditional Indigenous beliefs ⓘ
timePeriod colonial era in Louisiana ⓘ
pre-contact North America ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
gathering wild plants ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
small-scale agriculture ⓘ
traditionalTerritoryFeature bays and estuaries ⓘ
coastal marshes ⓘ
river mouths along the Gulf Coast ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Atakapa → notableSubgroup → Eastern Atakapa ⓘ
Atakapa → notableSubgroup → Western Atakapa ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Atakapa
Eastern Atakapa → relatedEthnicGroup → Western Atakapa ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Atakapa
Eastern Atakapa → hasAlternativeName → Eastern division of the Atakapa ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Atakapa
Eastern Atakapa → hasAlternativeName → Eastern Atakapa-Ishak ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Atakapa