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The Atakapa Ishak Nation, officially named the Atakapa Ishak Tribe of Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana, is a cultural heritage organization of individuals who identify as descendants of the
Atakapa people The Atakapa Sturtevant, 659 or Atacapa were an Indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands, who spoke the Atakapa language and historically lived along the Gulf of Mexico in what is now Texas and Louisiana. They included several distinct ba ...
. The Atakapa Ishak Nation is an unrecognized organization. Despite using the word ''nation'' in its name, the group is neither a
federally recognized tribe A federally recognized tribe is a Native American tribe recognized by the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs as holding a government-to-government relationship with the US federal government. In the United States, the Native American tribe ...
nor a
state-recognized tribe State-recognized tribes in the United States are Native American tribes or heritage groups that do not meet the criteria for federally recognized Indian tribes but have been recognized by state government through laws, governor's executive orders ...
. Louisiana has 11 state-recognized tribes but rejected the Atakapa Ishak Nation's application for state recognition.


Organization

In 2008, the Atakapa Ishak Nation formed the Atakapa Ishak Tribe of Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana, a
501(c)(3) nonprofit organization A 501(c)(3) organization is a United States corporation, trust, unincorporated association or other type of organization exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of Title 26 of the United States Code. It is one of the 29 types of 5 ...
, based in
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. Edward Chretien Jr. is their president and primary contact.


Petition for federal recognition

In 2007, the Atakapas Ishak Nation of Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana sent a letter of intent to petition for federal recognition. They have not followed up with a petition for federal recognition, however. The group has since splintered into three factions.


Members

* Andrew Jolivette, sociologist and author


See also

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List of organizations that self-identify as Native American tribes These organizations, located within the United States, self-identify as Native American tribes, heritage groups, or descendant communities, but they are not federally recognized or state-recognized as Native American tribes. The U.S. Governmental ...
*
Cherokee heritage groups Cherokee heritage groups are associations, societies and other organizations located primarily in the United States. Such groups consist of persons who do not qualify for enrollment in any of the three federally recognized Cherokee tribes (the Cher ...


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Atakapa Ishak Nation Cultural organizations based in Louisiana Non-profit organizations based in Louisiana 2008 establishments in Louisiana Unrecognized tribes in the United States