Everything about The Tunica-biloxi totally explained
The
Tunica-Biloxi is a tribe of
native Americans living in
Mississippi and east central
Louisiana. They got their food by hunting, farming, and fishing. This tribe was very important to the making of Louisiana's history. Nowadays, they provide and operate a fully functional casino-resort in
Marksville, Louisiana. The Casino is known for their contributions back to its members and fighting for Native American Rights. The
Tunica-Biloxi Indian Reservation lies in central
Avoyelles Parish, just south of the city of Marksville, with a part of the city actually extending onto reservation land. It has a land area of 1.682 km² (0.6495 sq mi, or 415.68
acres), and a
2000 census resident population of 89 persons.
The French established a mission among the Tunica around the year
1700, on the
Yazoo River near the
Mississippi River in the present-day state of
Mississippi. Archaeological evidence suggests that they'd recently migrated to the region from eastern
Arkansas, in the late 17th century.
Father Antoine Davion was assigned as the missionary for the Tunica as well as the smaller tribes of the Yazoo, Courouias, and Couspe (or Houspe) Indians. Unlike the northern Indians that the French were familiar with, the Tunica (and the nearby
Taensa and
Natchez) had complex
religion, with
temples,
idols, and a
priest class. The Tunica, Taensa, and Natchez retained
chiefdom characteristics, such as a complex religion, after they'd disappeared elsewhere.
During the Natchez War of
1729, the Tunica were forced to migrate south into present-day
Louisiana. The Tunica, along with other tribes along the lower Mississippi River, were subjected to
Chickasaw slave raids, for the
South Carolina slave trade. An estimated 1,000 to 2,000 slaves were captured from the Tunica, Taensa, and Arkansas Indians by
1715 (Gallay, 2002).
The Tunica Biloxi were also hunters and gatherers, but most of all traders. They mostly traded salt from the many salt domes found in Louisiana.
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