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Coushatta Indians
*Three miles north is tribe that migrated, 1795, to Louisiana from Alabama. Name means White Reedbrake* and Coushatta, town in Red River Parish named for them. Noted for basket handicraft.**
Located in Elton, LA, Dist. 7, Hwy 190, Jefferson Davis Parish. Jefferson Davis Parish.	48

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