Adai people

Adai (also Adaizan, Adaizi, Adaise, Adahi, Adaes, Adees, Atayos) is the name of a Native American people of northwestern Louisiana and northeastern Texas with a Southeastern culture. The name Adai is derived from the Caddo word hadai meaning 'brushwood'.^[1]

The Adai were among the first peoples in North America to experience European contact and were profoundly affected. In 1530, Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca wrote of them using the name Atayos. The Adai subsequently moved away from their homeland. By 1820, there were only 30 persons remaining. Their extinct language was possibly Caddoan, but Adai remains unclassified because of a lack of attestation.

References[]

^ Thomas N. Campbell, "HAQUI INDIANS," Handbook of Texas Online [1], accessed July 12, 2012. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.

v t Caddo Confederacy
Hasinai	Hainai Nabedache Nabiti Nacogdoche Nacono Nadaco Nasoni (Lower) Nechaui Neche
Kadohadacho	Kadohadacho Nanatsoho Nasoni (Upper) Natchitoches (Upper)
Natchitoches	Doustioni Natchitoches (Lower)
Other groups	Adai Cahinnio Eyeish Ouachita Tula Yatasi
Related topics Caddo language Caddoan Mississippian culture Caddoan village bundle Dush-toh Spiro Mounds Turkey dance

v t Native American peoples in Texas
Federally recognized tribes	Alabama–Coushatta Kickapoo Traditional Tribe Ysleta del Sur Pueblo
State-recognized tribes	Lipan Apache Mount Tabor Indian Community Yaqui
Indigenous languages	Araname^† Atacapan^† Borrado^† Caddoan Coahuilteco Comecrudan^† Cotoname^† Garzan^† Pakawan Solano^† Tiwan Tamaulipecan Tanpachoan^† Tonkawan^† Wichita
List of Native American peoples of Texas	Adai^≠ ^≠ ^≠ Apache (Querecho^><) Aranama^≠ Atakapa^≠ (Akokisa, Bidai, Deadose) Caddo (Eyeish, Hasinai, Hainai, Kadohadacho, Nabedache, Nabiti, Nacogdoche, Nacono, Nadaco, Nanatsoho, Lower Nasoni, Neche, Nechaui) Cherokees, Texas^° Coahuiltecan Comanche ^≠ ^≠ Hierbipiame^≠ Jumanos^≠ Karankawas^≠ ^≠ ^≠ ^≠ ^≠ ^≠ Pajalat^≠ ^≠ ^≠ Pastia^≠ ^≠ Patiri^≠ Payaya^≠ ^≠ ^≠ Teyas^° Tonkawa ^≠ ^≠ ^≠ ^≠ Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Kichai, Taovaya, Tawakoni, Waco, Wichita proper) Xarames^≠
Related topics	Sam Houston and Native American relations
^† extinct language / ^≠ extinct tribe / ^>< early, obsolete name of indigenous tribe(s) / ^° people absorbed into other tribe(s)

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