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Avoyelles Parish, at the crossroads of Central Louisiana, takes its name from Avoyels Indians who inhabited the area. The Avoyels were later absorbed by the Tunica Biloxi tribe. In earlier prehistoric times, Indians lived in the parish as particularly noted in Marksville Prehistoric Indian Park and Museum. In the 1725 - 1770 period under French rule, early pioneers and settlers from Point Coupee and Natchitoches Parishes and surrounding areas began to settle in the area.
