The Avoyel or Avoyelles was a small Natchez-speaking tribe who inhabited land near the mouth of the Red River at its confluence with the Atchafalaya River, in the area of present-day  Marksville, Louisiana. The indigenous name for this tribe is Tamoucougoula. The word Avoyel is of French derivation and means either "Flint People" or "the people of the rocks."

The Avoyel or Avoyelles was a small Natchez-speaking tribe who inhabited land near the mouth of the Red River at its confluence with the Atchafalaya River, in the area of present-day  Marksville, Louisiana. The indigenous name for this tribe is Tamoucougoula. The word Avoyel is of French derivation and means either "Flint People" or "the people of the rocks."