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Zydeco

I think the Atakapa contributed heavily to the modern foundation of Zydeco music, I'll put this information in when I confirm it.--68.14.108.243 21:34, 25 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Attacapa Survival

Gatschet and Swanton documented people in Southeastern Texas and Southwestern Louisiana in the 1880s through the first decade or so of the twentieth century who could speak the Atakapa language. So is it appropriate to say that they were "decimated" in the 1850s?

Correct. They weren't decimated in the 1850s. There is no citation to that either. Apparently, their descendants still exist. An entire article in the The Times of Acadiana (July 25, 2007 Vol 27 No 48) approaches this topic in depth and this is why the tribe is still fighting for recognition. Falcanary 23:26, 9 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Incorrect. Documenting some survivors doesn't imply they were numerous, and fighting for recognition (and now rather than earlier) suggests the opposite, that they were decimated into insignificance or at least obscurity. It doesn't necessarily mean that the article is correct, but those two arguments alone are poor. -LlywelynII (talk) 19:01, 15 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Source for further improvement

Interesting link which might be useful for future expansion [1]. Heironymous Rowe (talk) 03:46, 6 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Cabeza de Vaca

Article is sourced but contradicts TSHA Handbook of Texas article, which suggests it was the Karankawa on Galveston Island who succored and enslaved the Spaniard. I'm thinking the HoT is better researched, documented, and sourced here, but perhaps they are wrong: any more sources to corroborate that it was the Attacapa? -LlywelynII (talk) 19:01, 15 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hm... well, the TSHA article on Attacapas contradicts the one on Karankawas: I guess it's just unclear who the "Han" where (although presumably not Chinese) and academic partisans are backing whomever they're studying. (Too cynical?) Regardless, article does say the Attacapans were down to 9 people by 1908. -LlywelynII (talk) 19:18, 15 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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