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Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana
Kowassaatiha
Koasati people
Location of the Coushatta Tribe in Louisiana

The Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana (

pow wow during the second weekend in June.[3]

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

The

Apalachee-Alabama-Koasati branch of the Muskogean languages. An estimated 200 people spoke the language in 2000, most of whom lived in Louisiana.[4] Historically, the language was spoken exclusively among tribal members and was never written down.[5]

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.[8][2][9]

Notable tribal members

Notes

  1. ^ "Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana." Archived 24 March 2005 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  2. ^ a b c Pritzker 364
  3. ^ Coushatta Powwow.. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  4. ^ "Koasati." Ethnologue. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  5. ^ ""The Koasati Indians of Southwest Louisiana."".
  6. ^ "Koasati Language Project". koasatiheritage.org. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  7. ^ "Tribal Government: Tribal Council and Services".
  8. ^ ""Major employers of Southwest Louisiana."" (PDF).
  9. ^ "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

  • [1], Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana official website
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