Tunica-Biloxi

The modern Tunica-Biloxi tribe live in Mississippi and east central Louisiana. The modern tribe is composed of descendants of Tunica, Biloxi (a Siouan-speaking people from the Gulf coast), Ofo (also Siouan), Avoyel (a Natchez people), and Muskogean Choctaw. They speak mostly English and French. Many live on the Tunica-Biloxi Indian Reservation in central Avoyelles Parish, just south of the city of Marksville, Louisiana.

The reservation has a land area of 1.682 kmĀ² (0.6495 sq mi, or 415.68 acres). The Tunica-Biloxi Tribe operates Louisiana's first land-based casino, Paragon Casino Resort. It opened in Marksville in June 1994. The 2000 census lists 648 persons identified as Tunica.

Read more about Tunica-Biloxi:  History, 20th Century To Present, Tunica and Biloxi Languages, Notable Tunica-Biloxi