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7 kwi 2024 · The Natchitoches Tribe today includes over 1600 members residing across the United States and around the world. Our Tribal members maintain strong family ties and many continue to live on our ancestral lands in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, particularly in the communities of Campti and Black Lake.
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The first to leave looked for new homes in Texas. The last...
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Natchitoches territory was along the Red River of the South in northeastern Texas and northwestern Louisiana, they were important allies of the French in the 17th and 18th centuries, played a major role in the subjugation of the Natchez in the Natchez uprising and the so-called Natchez wars.
The first to leave looked for new homes in Texas. The last to leave followed Red River to Washita River in Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) without entering Texas. All were virtually homeless for the next twenty years. Today the Natchitoches Tribe is a vibrant community.
The City of Natchitoches was incorporated on February 5, 1819, after Louisiana had become a state in 1812. It is the oldest permanent settlement in the land acquired by the Louisiana Purchase. Natchitoches is home to Northwestern State University. Its sister city is Nacogdoches, Texas.
The City of Natchitoches is the heart of Natchitoches Parish. Founded in 1714 the site was established near a village of Natchitoches Indians. As the oldest permanent settlement in the Louisiana Purchase territory, its history is also a story of the development of our nation.
Founded in 1714 – four years before New Orleans – the city of Natchitoches, Louisiana is the oldest permanent European settlement located within the area covered by the 1803 Louisiana Purchase. The settlement was named after a local Native American tribe that is part of the Caddo Confederacy.
1 wrz 2023 · Along the Red River surrounding Natchitoches, French men and women traversed the swampy hinterlands of northern Louisiana to build cotton and tobacco plantations, manned by slaves from the Caribbean.
