Natchitoches people
Náshit'ush | |
|---|---|
| Total population | |
| Estimated 1600 members | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| United States (formerly Louisiana and Texas, today Oklahoma) | |
| Languages | |
| Natchitoches language, Caddo language, English | |
| Religion | |
| Indigenous religion | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| other members of the Caddo Confederacy, especially the Kadohadacho and Hainai confederacies |
The Natchitoches (/ˈnækətɪʃ/ NAK-ə-tish; Caddo: Náshit'ush) are a Native American tribe from northwestern Louisiana and Texas. They organized themselves in one of the three Caddo-speaking confederacies along with the Hasinai (between the Sabine and Trinity rivers in eastern Texas), and Kadohadacho (at the borders of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana).