Tangipahoa
The Tangipahoa were a Muskogean speaking tribe. Originally located along the Pearl River, they were forced by more powerful oppressors including Indians, French, and English to move farther west. One group settled on the west-bank of the Mississippi where they lived until being defeated by the Houma and Okelousas, They then retreated to the Pearl River area. Over the years their tribe rapidly lost numbers, merged with other tribes, and finally disappeared.
The name Tangipahoa is Choctaw and is believed to mean "cornstalk" or "corncob". The Choctaw themselves translated it to mean "corncob", however, the Choctaw Dictionary fails to record the word "pahpha."