TheNanatsoho were aNative American tribe that lived at the border ofArkansas,Oklahoma, andTexas.^[1]

The Nanatsoho were part of theKadohadacho branch of theCaddo Confederacy. During the late 17th and early 18th centuries, they settled along the Great Bend of theRed River, in present dayBowie andRed River Counties.^[2]

Henri Joutel, a French adventurer, was the first known European to contact the Nanatsoho in 1687.^[3]

In 1719 French explorerJean-Baptiste Bénard de la Harpe met Nanatsoho chiefs at a Nasoni village. On 7 April 1719, La Harpe arrived at their settlement on the north bank of the Red River in present day Oklahoma.^[4] They lived between theNasoni andKadohadacho.^[5] Their settlement near a ford, and Nanatsoho hunters have excellent access to buffalo, beaver, and black bear, near tributaries to the Red River.^[6]

Ultimately, they assimilated into other Kadohadacho tribes in the 19th century.^[2] They are enrolled in theCaddo Nation of Oklahoma today.

The tribe is also known as the Natsoho, Natsoo, Natsoto,^[7] Nadsoo, Natsvto,^[2] and Nathosos.^[8]

Nanatsoho Springs in Texas was named for this tribe.

• Carter, Cecile Elkins.Caddo Indians: Where We Come From. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2001.ISBN 0-8061-3318-X
• Sturtevant, William C., general editor and Raymond D. Fogelson, volume editor.Handbook of North American Indians: Southeast. Volume 14. Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution, 2004.ISBN 0-16-072300-0.
• Swanton, John Reed.Source material on the history and ethnology of the Caddo Indians. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1996.ISBN 978-0-8061-2856-6.

• Nanatsoho Indians, from Handbook of Texas Online

• Caddoan peoples
• Native American tribes in Texas
• Native American history of Arkansas
• Native American history of Texas

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