Natchitoches people

The Natchitoches (Caddo: Náshit'ush[1]) are a Native American tribe from Louisiana. They are part of the Caddo Confederacy.

In the early 17th century they were joined by some of the remnants of the Kadohadacho, a tribe with many members who had been killed or enslaved by the Chickasaw. They settled on the Cane River around present day Natchitoches, Louisiana, which is a city named after the tribe.

Many historians have claimed that the name Natchitoches is derived from the native word nashitosh meaning PawPaw People. However Native American linguist John R. Swanton wrote that the word may actually be derived from nacicit meaning "Place where the soil is red". [2] [3]

They are enrolled in the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma.

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Notes

  1. ↑ Edmonds 28
  2. ↑ William A. Read (12 October 2008). Louisiana Place Names of Indian Origin: A Collection of Words. University of Alabama Press. p. 45. ISBN 978-0-8173-5505-0.
  3. ↑ John Reed Swanton (1952). The Indian Tribes of North America. Genealogical Publishing Com. p. 205. ISBN 978-0-8063-1730-4.

References

  • Edmonds, Randlett. Nusht'uhtiʔtiʔ Hasinay: Caddo Phrasebook. Richardson, TX: Various Indian Peoples Publishing, 2003. ISBN 1-884655-00-9.
  • Lauber, Almon Wheeler. Indian Slavery in Colonial Times Within the Present Limits of the United States. (New York: AMS Press, 1969 [originally published by Columbia University Press, 1913]) p. 30.
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