Welcome to the Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana’s website. We hope that you enjoy learning about our Tribe’s history & culture, Tribal government, attractions & accommodations and Tribal enterprises. We encourage you to come visit our museum, eat and play at our Casino, and stay at our hotel or RV park.

The Chitimacha (/ ˈ tʃ ɪ t ɪ m ə ʃ ɑː / CHIT-i-mə-shah; [1] or / tʃ ɪ t ɪ ˈ m ɑː ʃ ə / chit-i-MAH-shə [2]) are an Indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands in Louisiana. They are a federally recognized tribe, the Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana. The Chitimacha have an Indian reservation in St. Mary Parish near Charenton on ...

The Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana is the only tribe in Louisiana to still occupy a portion of their aboriginal homeland. The Chitimacha, according to oral history, “have always been here.” Unfortunately, over thousands of years the Chitimacha land base has significantly decreased.

2024年9月17日 · The Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw are a people who have a history of resistance and resilience. And their resilience is being tested again as their ancestral homeland is being washed away and a resettlement community is turning out to …

Chitimacha, North American Indian tribe of the Macro-Algonquian linguistic phylum. Their estimated population in 1650 was 3,000; at that time one of the most powerful tribes on the northern Gulf of Mexico coast (west of what is now Florida), they inhabited the area around Grand Lake in what is now

2024年8月5日 · The Chitimacha Tribe is the only federally recognized tribe to retain and occupy part of its ancestral territory within the present state of Louisiana. It was the first Louisiana tribe to gain federal recognition in 1916, with the remaining tract of Chitimacha land in St. Mary Parish placed in trust by the United States in 1919.

2024年12月17日 · Chitimacha is a language isolate once spoken in the bayous of Louisiana west of New Orleans that is now being actively revitalized. Mural depicting part of the Chitimacha origin myth, where an eagle carries the first man across the water, and the Bayou Teche is formed from a great snake. Hieber, Daniel W. 2024. Chitimacha.

We are a sovereign nation governed by our Tribal Council. Our government operates similar to other governments, providing services to enrolled tribal members and infrastructure for our community. The Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana is a federally recognized Tribe.

Chitimacha (/ ˌ tʃ ɪ t ɪ m ə ˈ ʃ ɑː / CHIT-i-mə-SHAH [4] or / tʃ ɪ t ɪ ˈ m ɑː ʃ ə / chit-i-MAH-shə, [5] Sitimaxa [6]) is a language isolate historically spoken by the Chitimacha people of Louisiana, United States. It became extinct in 1940 with the death of …

2022年3月20日 · The Chitimacha Tribe was a Southeast Tribe located in the Mississippi River Delta. They were a numerous people until European disease.