The Okelousa are Native American people originally from the Southern United States (

Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde ...

and

Mississippi Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...

). The name is taken from the Chocktaw word for "black water"

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Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands Native American tribes in Louisiana Native American tribes in Mississippi {{NorthAm-native-stub