Atakapa

Rosina Philippe, a member of the Atakapa Tribe said:

Peter Lehner: Approaching the BP Spill's One Year Anniversary: The Disaster in the Gulf Lives On Peter Lehner 2011

Rosina Philippe, a member of the Atakapa Tribe said:

Peter Lehner: Approaching the BP Spill's One Year Anniversary: The Disaster in the Gulf Lives On Peter Lehner 2011

Just months before Katrina, Allison “Tootie” Montana, the eighty-three-year-old leader of the Yellow Pocahontas “tribe,” the Big Chief of all Big Chiefs, appeared at the New Orleans City Council to decry what he called the NOPD campaign to “wipe out” the Indians, just as the real Native Americans of the area—the Chitimacha, the Acolapissa, and the Atakapa—had been wiped out.

The Lampshade Mark Jacobson 2010

The Atakapa-Ishak are literally under siege from the massive river of oil that is spewing from the BP wellhead disaster.

Georgianne Nienaber: Winona LaDuke Pledges Help for Native Tribes Facing BP Oil 2010

As one of the unofficial spokespersons of the remnants of the Atakapa-Ishak, Philippe travels continuously to tell the story of an ancient Louisiana bayou culture that now numbers 200 in the Grand Bayou Village. 200 more scattered when the winds of Katrina blew through in August 2005.

Georgianne Nienaber: Facing the Oil: Women of the Louisiana Delta Nourish Hearts and Souls 2010

(Soundbite of laughter) BURNETT: Shes going to Washington because she believes the Atakapa-Ishak have to find a way to survive this latest calamity.

Oil Imperils Native American Town, And Way Of Life 2010

I will never forget the moment when Sister showed me a simple gift that the Atakapa gave to her.

Georgianne Nienaber: Facing the Oil: Women of the Louisiana Delta Nourish Hearts and Souls 2010

Today, several hundred people claim to be descendants of the Atakapa, though the federal government has so far failed to extend official recognition to the tribe.

Nikolas Kozloff: Oil and Cultural Genocide: From the Amazon to the Gulf 2010

Rosina Philippe is the spokesperson for the Atakapa-Ishak, a small group of native fi sher people who live on the water in Plaquemines Parish in a small village known as Grand Bayou.

Georgianne Nienaber: Facing the Oil: Women of the Louisiana Delta Nourish Hearts and Souls 2010

In Mark's list, I think Atakapa and Massachusett are the only languages that are unequivocally extinct.

languagehat.com: LISTING LANGUAGES. 2005