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The Atakapas Mike Louviere The Orange Leader ORANGE — “All the Atakapans are gone now. They died out or were absorbed into other tribes in the middle 1800s. It is a shame we know so little about them.” R. E. Moore The…

posted from Lubbock Avalanche Journal Edward Chretien Jr., who became the principal chief of the tribe in May, says he has applied for federal acknowledgement of the tribe, which lives in southwest Louisiana and southeast Texas. LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) —…