[9][4] The first documented contact with the Adai people happened in 1529 near the Gulf of Mexico by Spanish Explorer, Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca.
This not only influenced their culture, but unfortunately led to the near extermination of the tribe as they had to deal with multiple diseases and violent encounters with Spanish, French and other settlers.
Caddo Adais Indians, Inc., organized as a nonprofit corporation in Robeline, Louisiana, in May 1991[12] and in Houston, Texas, in October 1993.
[21] The US Census Bureau established a State Designated Tribal Statistical Area for the Adai Caddo SDTSA, which includes Natchitoches Parish.
[26] The center is about five miles north of Los Adaes State Historic Site,[27] an early 18th-century Spanish mission and ancestral village of the Adai Indians.
Prehistoric cooking utensils, baby rattles and toys, war breastplates and traditional cradle boards are also on display.
[31][9] Each spring, the tribe participates in the El Camino Real de los Tejas "SALE ON THE TRAIL".
The tribe is located in Robeline near the El Camino Real and hosts seminars on the historic route connecting the Spanish and French colonies from Mexico to Louisiana.
[32][33] Each Mother's Day, the tribe hosts a ceremony to honor their ancestors at St. Anne's Catholic Church and cemetery in Robeline.
On March 11, 1856, the mission of St. Augustine at Isle Brevelle was decreed by Bishop Auguste Martin to be a parish in its own right and assigned Fr.