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Bayougoula Indian Language (Bayou Goula)
The Bayougoula Indians were a small Muskogean tribe of Louisiana,
relatives of the Choctaw Indians.
The Bayougoula language was never properly recorded, but was probably a Choctaw dialect or a closely related language.
The name Bayougoula, pronounced bye-oo-goo-lah, resembles words meaning "river people" in Choctaw.
It has often been spelled Bayou Goula, Bayagoula, or Bayogoula as well.
The Bayougoula tribe does not exist as a distinct tribal entity today. The Bayougoulas were devastated by disease and warfare
in the early 1700's, and the survivors were said to be absorbed into the Choctaw tribe, where their descendents live today.
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Historical Names of the Southwest Bayous:
Map showing the location of Bayou Goula and other historic Indian villages in southern Louisiana.
Bayougoula Tribe:
Bayougoula tribal history.
Bayougoula Tribe History:
Article on the Bayougou
la tribe from the Handbook of American Indians.
American Anthropologist: The Bayou Goula Site:
Discussion about the Bayou Goula archaeological site, and who its original occupants were.
Bayou Goula Projectile Points:
Arrowhead pictures and artifact information from the Bayou Goula archaeological site.
Choctaw Chukka: 
Houma Palmetto Hut:
Images of southeast Native American style houses like those used by the Bayougoula tribe.
Bayou Goula:
Wikipedia article on the Bayou Goula Indians.
Four Directions: Bayougoula:
Timeline and links about Bayougoula history.
Books for sale on the Bayougoula Indians
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Indian Tribes of the Lower Mississippi Valley:
Book on the history of the Gulf and Mississippian tribes, including a chapter on the Bayogoulas.
Mississippi's American Indians:
History of the Bayou Goulas and other Native Americans of the Southeast.
Links, References, and Additional Information
Los Bayougoula y Mugulasha:
Information about the Bayougoulas and their language in Spanish.
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