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Tanekshaya

"Tanekshaya" is an alternate name for the Biloxi tribe of Mississippi and Louisiana. It comes from the tribe's own name for themselves in their ancestral Siouan language, meaning "first people."

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Biloxi language
Biloxi Indian tribe history
Biloxi
Biloxi pronunciation
Biloxi animals
Mississippi reservations
Siouan language family

Here are a few good books about the Tanekshaya:
Dictionary of the Biloxi and Ofo Languages
Nations Within
The Tunica-Biloxi

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