Biloxi people

The Biloxi ( proper name Taneks haya: " The first people " ) are a Native American tribe whose tribal area was located in what is now the state of Mississippi in the southeastern United States on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. Your extinct in modern times Biloxi language was an indigenous language from the family of the Sioux language, which was closely related to the dialects of the Ofo and Tutelo. While their numbers in the 17th century still was about 1,000, their number was estimated at 105 in 1829, only 1908 of 6 to 8

Their language, ade Tanêksąyaa is extinct since the 1930s, when the last known spokeswoman Emma Jackson died. Today the Biloxi usually speak American English or French.

1981 their descendants were recognized along with those of the Tunica Tunica -Biloxi Tribe as of Louisiana by the U.S. government in 1985 and again 105 members. Today the vast majority of the united tribe lives on a reservation in Marksville, Louisiana.