Tunica people
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The Tunica people are a group of linguistically and culturally related Native American tribes in the Mississippi River Valley, which include the Tunica ; the Yazoo; the Koroa ; and possibly the Tioux. They first encountered Europeans in 1541 – members of the Hernando de Soto expedition.
Tunica chief, Brides les Boefs (translated as Buffalo Tamer), holding a staff with three Natchez scalps, their enemies and the son and wife of the slain chief Cahura-Joligo, 1732
The Parkin site, circa 1539. Illustration by Herb Roe
Illustration of the Nodena site
Choctaw village in Louisiana similar to Tunica villages of the time (François Bernard, 1869)
Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana
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Avoyelles is a parish located in central eastern Louisiana on the
Red River where it effectively becomes the Atchafalaya River and meets the Mississippi River. As of the 2020 census, the population was 39,693. The parish seat is Marksville. The parish was created in 1807, with the name deriving from the French name for the historic Avoyel people, one of the local Indian tribes at the time of European encounter.
Texas and Pacific Railroad Depot (Bunkie, Louisiana)
Formation of the Atchafalaya River and construction of the Old River Control Structure.