Description
The Tlacopsel (Acopsel, Lacopsel, Tlascopsel) Indians were an Atakapan group of southeastern Texas. The location of their settlements remains unknown, but it is believed that they lived in the same general area as the Bidai and Deadose Indians. They are known only during the eighteenth century, mainly in connection with Indian requests for missions in east central Texas.
Language
Atakapa
Culture
The houses were made by weaving river cane and wood into a frame. The roofs were made of grass and bark. Southeast Native Americans were hunters and gathers for small animals like rabbits and turkeys. They also farmed a lot. Some of the farming methods they used were irrigation and crop rotation. They farmed crops like tomatoes, sweet potatoes, cotton, tobacco, and grits. In the Southeast region, people wore lighter clothing than the Northeast region because of the warmer temperature. Tribes dressed in bright colors and in the summer and many Native Americans did not wear clothes from the waist up. In the winter, many Native Americans wore clothing made out of moss and wool.