FDI - Acolapissa

The Acolapissa were a hunter/farmer nation of the lower Mississippi River in Louisiana. They absorbed the Natchitoches for some time having a battle upon their separation. The tribe allied with the French having suffered a slaving raid by the British and Chickasaw. They ultimately confederated into the Houma and followed their fortunes.

Aboriginal Locations (# of Villages)

LA (6)

Year	*History*
1697	Smallpox epidemic
1698	Encountered d'Bienville, Acolapissa had just been in battle with British and Chickasaw (slaving raid)
1701	Acolapissa sold by Virginians as slaves for the Carribbean Islands
1702	Had suffered population losses due to previous epidemic, removed from Pearl River to Lake Ponchartrain, joined by Natchitoches
1714	Battle with Natchitoches causing separation
1718	Moved across Mississippi River to near New Orleans
1739	Joined Houma and followed their fortunes

Year	Total LA Population	Source
Arrival	1,500	Manataka AIC
1698	1,050	LaHarpe estimate
1700	1,050	NAHDB calculation
1722	600	Charlevoix estimate
1800	-	NAHDB calculation
1900	-	NAHDB calculation
2000	-	NAHDB calculation

Other speakers of the same language:

Bayougoula, Chakchiuma, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Houma, Mobile, Napochi, Okelusa, Pascagoula, Pensacola, Tohome

Acolapissa Sites:

Acolapissa http://www.angelfire.com/realm/shades/nativeamericans/acolapissa.htm

Acolapissa http://www.american-native-art.com/publication/acolapissa/acolapissa.html

Acolapissa Indian History http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/choctaw/acolapissahist.htm

Acolapissa History http://www.dickshovel.com/acol.html

Acolapissa History http://www.manataka.org/page40.html

Choctaw Language http://www.louisianafolklife.org/LT/Virtual_Books/Keeping_It/creole_book_keep_choc.html

Choctaw Language http://www.native-languages.org/choctaw.htm

Choctaw Language http://www.ethnologue.com/14/show_language.asp?code=CCT

Lost Island People's Found ... http://www.uctp.org/LostPeoples.html

Louisiana's Living Traditions http://www.louisianafolklife.org/lt/virtual_books/fla_parishes/book_florida_northshore.html

Mississipians http://www.interlog.com/~gilgames/natciv.htm

Northlake Nature Center http://www.northlakenature.org/BirdFest2005/NNC.html

Southeastern Woodlands Culture and Ethnobotany http://www.fourdir.com/southeastern_woodlands_culture.htm

Tangipahoa Parish History http://www.tangi-cvb.org/about.htm

*Ethnie:*	ACOLAPISSA
*Language Group:*	Choctaw
*Family:*	Choctaw
*Stock:*	Western Muskhogean
*Phylum:*	Muskhogean
*Macro-Culture:*	Eastern Woodlands
Speakers	None among Acolapissa