Otse

The Otse were an Atakapa people of the coastal prairie and marshes of southwestern Louisiana. Their country included the Mermentau River basin, where bayous such as Nezpique and des Cannes cross the prairie toward broad freshwater lakes. Fish, game and plants of the marshes supported communities in a landscape between the wooded interior and the Gulf. The Atakapa lived along several rivers of the Louisiana coast, each with its own communities and waterways.