Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana
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Koasati people |
The Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana (
Reservation
The Coushatta Indian Reservation is located on 154-acres in Allen Parish, Louisiana. Approximately 400 people lived on the reservation in the 1990s.[2] The reservation has a tribal police department, fire department, and court house. There is also a tribal medical facility, fitness center, and event center.
Language
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In 2007, along with McNeese State University, the tribe received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant for documenting endangered language (DEL); this provided necessary resources to document and preserve the Koasati language.[6]
Government
The Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana is headquartered in Elton, Louisiana. The tribe is a sovereign nation and is governed by a democratically elected five-member council. The current administration is as follows:
- Chairman: Jonathan Cernek
- Vice–Chair: Crystal Williams
- Secretary-Treasurer: Kristian Poncho
- Council Member: Kevin Sickey
- Council Member: Loretta Williams.[7]
Economic development
The tribe owns and operates the Coushatta Casino Resort in Kinder, Louisiana. The casino is home to the Koasati Pines golf course. The casino operates 8 restaurants and 4 hotels, and is the largest casino in the state. The casino employs over 2500 local residents, and it is one of the top five largest private employer in Southwest Louisiana.[9][2][10]
Notable tribal members
- Santiago X, multidisplinary artist, architect
Notes
- ^ "Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana." Archived 24 March 2005 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 27 May 2013.
- ^ a b c Pritzker 364
- ^ Coushatta Powwow.. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
- ^ "Koasati." Ethnologue. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
- ^ ""The Koasati Indians of Southwest Louisiana."".
- ^ "Koasati Language Project". koasatiheritage.org. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
- ^ "Tribal Government: Tribal Council and Services".
- ^ "F. A. Little, Jr. (Ret.)". Federal Arbitration. Archived from the original on 14 April 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
- ^ ""Major employers of Southwest Louisiana."" (PDF).
- ^ "Coushatta Casino Resort." 500 Nations. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
References
- McCrocklin, Claude (1990). "The Red River Coushatta Indian Villages of Northwest Louisiana, 1790-1835". Louisiana Archaeology (12).
- Pritzker, Barry M. A Native American Encyclopedia: History, Culture, and Peoples. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. ISBN 978-0-19-513877-1
External links
- Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana, official website