The Acolapissa were a small tribe of native Americans, said to originate from the shores of the Pearl River, between Louisiana and Mississippi before 1702. After that time, they moved further west, into what is now the area around New Orleans. Pressured by European settlement of the area and disease, the small tribe eventually was absorbed into the Houma, which now live in and around Houma, Louisiana. Current population of the Houma tribe is said to be around 11,000 persons. A petition for federal status for the Houma was denied by the U.S. government in 1994.^[1] The are two Pearl Rivers: The Pearl River (China) (See also the Pearl River Delta) The Pearl River in the U.S. states of Mississippi and Louisiana Pearl River is also the name of some places in the United States of America: Pearl River, Louisiana Pearl River, Mississippi Pearl River... Official language(s) de jure: none de facto: English & French Capital Baton Rouge Largest city New Orleans [1] Area  Ranked 31st  - Total 51,885 sq mi (134,382 km²)  - Width 130 miles (210 km)  - Length 379 miles (610 km)  - % water 16  - Latitude 29°N to 33°N  - Longitude 89°W... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... New Orleans is the largest city in the state of Louisiana, United States of America. ... Houma can refer to: Houma, Louisiana, in the United States Houma, Shanxi, in China Houma Tribe - A Native American group This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The city of Houma (pronounced ) is the parish seat of Terrebonne Parish, in the U.S. state of Louisiana. ...

Miscellaneous

The name Acolapissa means "those who listen and see" in Choctaw. For other uses, see Choctaw (disambiguation). ...

Other names for the tribe were: Aqueloupissa, Cenepisa, Colapissa, Coulapissa, Equinipicha, Kinipissa, Kolapissa, and Mouisa.

The Acolapissa are of Muskogean stock and closely related to Choctaw and Chickasaw. The Chickasaws are a Native American people of the United States, originally from present-day Mississippi, now mostly living in Oklahoma. ...

The Acolapissa adorned their bodies with tattoos, since they wore little clothing due to their location. A tattoo is a mark made by inserting pigment into the skin; in technical terms, tattooing is dermal pigmentation. ...

Some sources indicate that the Acolapissa may have been the same tribe as the Quinipissa or the Tangipahoa. According to several sources related to the Houma, tribes in the area of Lake Ponchartrain called them Mugulashai. The Quinipissa were an indigenous group living on the lower Mississippi River as reported by René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle in 1682. ...

The tribe is considered "extinct" by European sources, even though most historic writings indicate the Acolapissa joined with the Houma in the era following European entrance into their lands.

References

Bushnell, David I., Jr. Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 48: The Choctaw of Bayou Lacomb, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1909.

Shovel, Dick. Acolaphissa History. http://www.dickshovel.com/acol.html

Swanton, John Reed. The Indian Tribes of North America. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1959.

Access Genealogy: http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/choctaw/acolapissahist.htm

Russian (?) Wiki page on the Acolapissa: http://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acolapissa