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Regular Session, 2012
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 132
BY SENATOR LONG
TRANSPORTATION/DEV DEPT. Requests DOTD to designate the area along La.
Highway 485 near St. Anne's Church as the Adai Indian Community in Natchitoches Parish
and to erect appropriate signs to denote the area as the Adai Indian Community.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON1
To urge and request the Department of Transportation and Development to designate the2
area along Louisiana Highway 485 approximately two miles north and one and one-3
half mile south of St. Anne's Church as the Adai Indian Community in Natchitoches4
Parish and to erect the appropriate signs to denote the area as the Adai Indian5
Community.6
WHEREAS, the Adai people have a long history that extends far beyond the earliest7
European settlers when the area around present-day Robeline, Louisiana, was recorded as8
the Adai Indian Nation, and the Presidio de Los Adais served as what was then the capitol9
of the Texas territory; and10
WHEREAS, the Adai Indian Nation and all of the tribal families eventually settled11
on a six-hundred acre land grant given by the United States in 1825 to their tribal leader,12
Chief Ca Ba Con Ma ("One Who Speaks"), also known as Manuel Flores; and13
WHEREAS, this land grant was within their original homeland and bordered Laguna14
de Los Adaes ("Lake of the Adais") so named by the Spaniards because the Adais had lived15
in the area from time immemorial, and where they currently reside today; and16
WHEREAS, the lake was later called the Old Spanish Lake by the European settlers17
and ultimately the Adai Community was later referred to as Spanish Lake Community; and18 SCR NO. 132
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WHEREAS, after the Adai Indian people were recognized by the legislature as an1
Indian tribe in 1993 in Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 16, its members formally changed2
the name of the community to the Adai Indian Community; and3
WHEREAS, this designated land on each side of St. Anne Catholic Indian Mission4
Church, the third building rebuilt by the Adai Indian people as their community relocated5
through time, was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994 by the state of6
Louisiana and a bronze plaque commemorating its special place in history was erected by7
the Natchitoches Parish Tourist Commission; and8
WHEREAS, Louisiana Highway 485, St. Anne Indian Mission Church, and the Adai9
Indian Community have recently been included in the Historic District of the Cane River10
National Heritage Park.11
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby12
urge and request the Department of Transportation and Development to designate the area13
approximately two miles north and one and one-half mile south of St. Anne Catholic Indian14
Mission Church along Louisiana Highway 485 as the Adai Indian Community.15
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby urge16
and request the Department of Transportation and Development to erect the appropriate17
signs to denote the area as the Adai Indian Community.18
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the19
secretary of the Department of Transportation and Development and to Chief Davis of the20
Adai Indian Community.21
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by McHenry Lee.
DIGEST
Long SCR No.
Requests the DOTD to designate the area along La. Highway 485 approximately two miles
north and one and one-half mile south of St. Anne's Church as the Adai Indian Community
in Natchitoches Parish and to erect the appropriate signs to denote the area as the Adai
Indian Community.