test_dataset.csv

Question,GroundTruth
How do indigenous people view land?,"For indigenous people, land means culture, relationships, ecosystems, social systems, spirtuality, and law."
What land is Houston,TX?,"Houston is the ancestral to a number of Indigenous nations, including the Karankawa, Coahuiltecan, Atakapa-Ishak, and the Sana."
What are the Atakapa-Ishak treaties?,"This group is not recognized by state and/or federal authority."
Who are the Atakapa-Ishak people?,"The self-designated name for this group of Indigenous people is “the Ishak,” a name that approximately means “human beings” or “people,” but it may be related etymologically to the concept of birth, as in “those who have been born.” The Ishak are also known by the Choctaw exonym hattak apa—meaning “man eaters”—which was carried over into European languages as “Atakapa” with various spellings. That name has often been used deliberately and incorrectly in centuries past, especially as a slur to dehumanize the Ishak. While the Choctaw’s name refers to cannibalism, evidence of actual cannibalism amongst the Ishak is dubious at best and slanderous at worst. The name “Atakapa” likely didn’t refer to actual cannibalism. Historian Elizabeth Ellis points out that “man eater” was a metaphor for someone who would take another into slavery during the early colonial period in Louisiana. As such, it was likely the specter of being enslaved by the Ishak in battle that caused some tribal neighbors to use the term. It was later picked up by colonists as a justification for cruel treatment toward the Ishak.
During a reorganization of Ishak people in 1996 under the late Chief Hubert Singleton, the name “Atakapa-Ishak” was chosen for what is perhaps the largest current group of Ishak, the Atakapa-Ishak Nation of Southwest Louisiana and Southeast Texas. Other organized groups of Ishak people include the Attakapas Opelousas Prairie Tribe as well as the members of the Grand Bayou Indian Village in Plaquemines Parish, the latter being a geographic outlier. Other historically related peoples include the Opelousas as well as the Akokisas and Bidais of Texas."