Attakapas Collective is a BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) owned and
managed co-op marketplace which encourages the collaboration of local crafts makers and cultural artisans
of Louisiana. The mission of the collective is to celebrate Louisiana history,
and enhance the quality of life of its people through the preservation, and
presentation of the area's cultural and natural resources. In the spirit of trade
demonstrated by the early native peoples, Atakapas-Ishak tribe this present-day trading post
serves as a meeting place of ideas, creativity, collaboration and commerce; just as the original
Poste des Attakapas Outpost served as a "meeting of minds" for
peoples of all nations.
Attakapas Collective is run by curator Erica Fox and consists of several multi-cultural
artisans’ work including jewelry, art, apparel and more. The gallery-style
showroom is located along the Atakapa-Ishak TRAIL in Downtown Lafayette, 100 E Vermilion Street, Suite 170 Lafayette, LA 70501