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Regular Session, 2013
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 98
BY SENATOR LONG
COMMENDATIONS. Commends the Adai Caddo Indian tribe for their cultural
contributions to the state of Louisiana.
A RESOLUTION1
To commend the Adai Caddo Indian tribe for their cultural contributions to the state of2
Louisiana.3
WHEREAS, the Adai Caddo Indian nation is an independent tribe, one of4
approximately twenty-five different tribes with separate Caddeon names, who occupied a5
territory of four hundred miles and covered portions of present day states of western6
Louisiana, eastern Texas, western Arkansas, and north through Oklahoma up to the Canadian7
border; and8
WHEREAS, the Adai Indian nation was first part of the nomadic territory of the9
Pawnee and Wichita territory, and considered one of the largest North American Indian10
tribes with first European contact; and11
WHEREAS, as traders and situated in an ideal geographical area, the Adai became12
a resourceful and productive conduit of trade between the Plains Indians west of the Sabine13
River, and the tribes of the southeast; and14
WHEREAS, when horses and cattle were introduced by the Spanish, the Adai15
became excellent horsemen and some of the region's first cowboys, rounding up Mustangs16
and wild cattle for trade and enhancing their commerce; and17
WHEREAS, the Adai resided near a principal village, now known as Robeline,18 SR NO. 98
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Louisiana in the western part of Natchitoches Parish, formerly part of the Texas territory in1
1818, and through Indian trades with the American and Spanish governments, their boundary2
lines were extended west to the Sabine River, formerly called Rio de Los Adais by the3
Spaniards and then became part of Louisiana; and4
WHEREAS, the Adai tribe reservation, a land grant community and on the National5
Registry of Historic Places, has become a favored and ever-popular tourist spot of visitors6
from around the world, and a travel attraction by elementary school children, high school7
and college students, while generating several million dollars in development for the Adai,8
neighboring parishes, and the entire state of Louisiana; and9
WHEREAS, founded respectively in 1717 and 1721, the Adai has two national10
landmarks bearing their tribal name, Presidio de Los Adais, and the Catholic Indian Mission11
Church St. Michael of the Adais.12
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana13
does hereby commend the Adai Caddo Indian tribe for their rich cultural contributions to14
Louisiana.15
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to Chief16
Rufus Davis, Jr.17
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Michelle Broussard-Johnson.
DIGEST
Long SR No. 98
Commends the Adai Caddo Indian tribe for their cultural contributions to Louisiana.