Atakapa

[ uh-tak-uh-puh, -pah, -paw ]

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noun

plural Atakapas, (especially collectively) Atakapa.

a member of an American Indian people living along the coast of Louisiana.
the language of the Atakapa Indians.

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Russell Reed, an Atakapa Indian from southern Louisiana, said some visitors have never heard much about the Indian story of Jamestown and have certainly not met a “real, live Indian.”

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Atahualpa Atalanta

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