Atakapa (/əˈtækəpə, -pɑː/, natively Yukhiti) is an extinct language isolate native to southwestern Louisiana and nearby coastal eastern Texas. It was...

The Atakapa /əˈtækəpə, -pɑː/ or Atacapa were an Indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands, who spoke the Atakapa language and historically lived...

of Mexico. The name "Calcasieu" comes (via French) from the Indian Atakapa language katkosh, for "eagle", and yok, "to cry". The Calcasieu rises in Vernon...

The Atapaka Ishak Nation, officially named the Atakapa Ishak Tribe of Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana, is a cultural heritage organization of...

coming from the Atakapa language via French, which recorded the name of the Calcasieu River as "Quelqueshue" after the local Atakapa leader Katkōsh Yōk...

present-day Greater Houston area. They were a band of the Atakapa Indians, closely related to the Atakapa of Lake Charles, Louisiana. Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca...

Landry Parish. After the French form of the Atakapa name Katkōsh Yōk, meaning 'Crying Eagle', an Atakapa Native American leader 203,761 1,094 sq mi (2...

the Comecrudo, Cotoname, Coahuilteco, Karankawa, Tonkawa, Atakapa, and Maratino languages into a Coahuiltecan grouping. Edward Sapir (1920) accepted...

Consciously devised language Endangered language – Language that is at risk of going extinct Ethnologue#Language families Extinct language – Language that no longer...

in the 18th century. At various times, they allied with the neighboring Atakapa and Chitimacha peoples. Michel De Birotte, who lived in Louisiana from...