Adai Caddo Indian Nation

Official channel of the Adai Caddo Indian Nation. 

The Adai Caddo are an Indigenous tribe of Louisiana and Texas and among the earliest Native peoples of the continental U.S. documented by European explorers. Conquistador Cabeza de Vaca encountered the Adai Caddo during his 16th century journey. De Soto, La Salle, de Tonti, Bienville, St. Denis, La Harpe, and all of the famous explorers of Louisiana have documented the Adai Caddo. 

The tribe is the host and eponym of the first capital of Texas (Los Adaes) and the first and second Catholic missions in Louisiana (San Miguel de Linares de los Adaes and San Miguel de Cuellar de los Adaes). The Adai Caddo helped establish and defend the oldest towns in Louisiana and Texas (Natchitoches and Nacogdoches).

The Adai Caddo never abandoned their homeland. The tribe is one of the few in the U.S. who never sold, left, or were driven from their lands. Their descendants continue to live upon, own, and work their ancestral lands.