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Regular Session, 2013 ENROLLED
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 98
BY SENATOR LONG
A RESOLUTION
To commend the Adai Caddo Indian tribe for its cultural contributions to the state of
Louisiana.
WHEREAS, the Adai Caddo Indian nation is an independent tribe, one of
approximately twenty-five different tribes with separate Caddeon names, who occupied a
territory of four hundred miles and covered portions of present day states of western
Louisiana, eastern Texas, western Arkansas, and north through Oklahoma up to the Canadian
border; and
WHEREAS, the Adai Indian nation was first part of the nomadic territory of the
Pawnee and Wichita territory, and considered one of the largest North American Indian
tribes with first European contact; and
WHEREAS, as traders situated in an ideal geographical area, the Adai became a
resourceful and productive conduit of trade between the Plains Indians west of the Sabine
River, and the tribes of the southeast; and
WHEREAS, when horses and cattle were introduced by the Spanish, the Adai
became excellent horsemen and some of the region's first cowboys, rounding up Mustangs
and wild cattle for trade and enhancing their commerce; and
WHEREAS, the Adai resided near a principal village, now known as Robeline,
Louisiana, in the western part of Natchitoches Parish, formerly part of the Texas territory
in 1818, and through Indian trades with the American and Spanish governments, their
boundary lines were extended west to the Sabine River, formerly called Rio de Los Adais
by the Spaniards and then became part of Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, the Adai tribe reservation, a land grant community and on the National
Registry of Historic Places, has become a favored and ever-popular tourist spot of visitors
from around the world, and a travel attraction by elementary school children, high school
and college students, while generating several million dollars in development for the Adai,
neighboring parishes, and the entire state of Louisiana; and SR NO. 98 ENROLLED
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WHEREAS, founded respectively in 1717 and 1721, the Adai has two national
landmarks bearing their tribal name, Presidio de Los Adais, and the Catholic Indian Mission
Church St. Michael of the Adais.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby commend the Adai Caddo Indian tribe for their rich cultural contributions to
Louisiana.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to Chief
Rufus Davis, Jr.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE