Mougoulacha
Historic Native American tribe from Louisiana, U.S. / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Mougoulacha were a Native American tribe that lived near Lake Pontchartrain in Louisiana.
Quick Facts Imongolosha, Total population ...
Imongolosha | |
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Total population | |
extinct as a tribe, merged into the Houma | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Louisiana | |
Languages | |
Southern Muskogean language | |
Religion | |
Indigenous religion | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Acolapissa, Okelousa, Quinapissa, Tangipahoa[1] |
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Some sources indicate that the Mougoulacha may have been the same tribe as the Quinipissa, Acolapissa, and the Tangipahoa.[2] John Reed Swanton suggests that the Quinipissa merged into the surviving Mougoulacha.[3] According to several sources related to the Houma, many tribes in the area of Lake Pontchartrain were called Mougoulacha.[2]