Cannibalism

I happened to watch quite an interesting documentary on Netflix earlier this morning called  
Eating With Cannibals which followed a British explorer into the remote regions of Papua New Guinea to find a tribe that allegedly ate human beings at one time or another. Eventually he found what he was looking for as the elderly tribe members spoke openly about the times when cannibalism was common practice in their culture. Surprisingly however, the practice of eating human flesh was never about a means of survival for these people but rather a way to seek revenge on neighboring tribes for killing their loved ones. Also, cannibalism was practiced after successfully hunting and killing "magic men" who were accused of practicing witch craft and evil magic. To the tribal elders, once a person was killed, they knew they could not waste the meat as it was very rare to have it in those remote regions and it was an invaluable source of protein.



Now I will explain to you why this information is relevant:

Several hundred years ago between southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana  lived several tribes of native americans known as Ishak however, they are more commonly known as the Atakapa. Atakapa is a Choctaw word meaning "man eater". It is said that these people practiced cannibalism and it is even said that one of the members of a group of men sent to explore the western region of Louisiana by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne's was captured and eaten by these people. It is unclear clear why exactly the man was eaten but that cannibalism but the documentary suggests that such practice largely had to do with seeking revenge on one's enemy.