been the same tribe as the Quinipissa or the Tangipahoa. According to several sources related to the Houma, several tribes in the area of Lake Pontchartrain were called Mougoulacha. Language The Acolapissa language was one of the Muskogean languages and was closely related to the Choctaw and Chickasaw. Today The tribe is classified as extinct. Their descendants now live in and around Houma, Louisiana. Estimates put the population of the Houma tribe at around 11,000 people. In 1994, the U.S. government denied their petition for federal recognition as a tribe. References Further reading Bushnell, David I., Jr. Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 48: The Choctaw of Bayou Lacomb, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1909. Swanton, John Reed. The Indian Tribes of North America. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1959. External links Shovel, Dick. Acolaphissa History. Acolapissa, Access Genealogy Extinct Native American peoples Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands Native American tribes in Louisiana Native American tribes in Mississippi Muskogean languages