The Taposa were an Indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands from what is now Mississippi in the United States.Taposa Tribe
The Taposa were a small tribe like their neighbors, the Ibitoupa and Chakchiuma, who all lived along the upper Yazoo River between the larger, more powerful Chickasaw and Choctaw.Ricky, Encyclopedia of Mississippi Indians, p. 7The Indian Tribes of North America, by John Reed Swanton
History 17th century The Taposa were first written about by French colonist Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville in 1699.
18th century Baron de Crenay's 1733 map of Louisiana includes a Taposa settlement near the Chakchiuma. Another neighboring tribe, the Ibitoupa may have merged into the Taposa in 1722. The Taposa ultimately allied with the Chickasaw.
Name The original meaning of the name "Taposa" has been lost.
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