The Taposa were an American Indian tribe located in the south of the

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, originating from the area that is now the state of

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. Their earliest known location was on

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, near the Chakchiuma and Chickasaw tribes. The original meaning of the name "Taposa" has been lost.

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