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Environmental Threats
“Our people are having to leave because of land loss. A lot of them are not doing better for it.” – Thomas Dardar
Lucas Gilbert
Cut Off, Louisiana United Houma Nation Favorite Tradition “My favorite tradition would have to be beading, in which my mother, she is a very good beader in which she taught me how to bead. And so she passed down her knowledge to me. In which I have actually, in some part, have taught others to […]
Modern Migration
Many Houma families migrated to northern parishes such as Orleans and Jefferson Parishes in the 1940s-1960s for new educational and job opportunities. As the oil industry became a more valuable career option for them, many of these families migrated back to southern Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes in cities like Isle de Jean Charles and Dulac. […]
Luke Jansen
Cut Off, Louisiana United Houma Nation Favorite Tradition “You’re either trawling, working with family, having fun or you’re somewhere working. It’s just an experience you gotta try it and see what you like. I like the dancing. That’s one thing I like to do. I like the fact that you are able to jump around […]
Evelyn Marie Matherne Jarrell
Golden Meadow, Louisiana United Houma Nation Favorite Tradition “I like to get together at the Indian powwows and we do all kinds of stuff and it’s nice.” Being UHN “Nice… we used to have a lot of fun and do a lot of things.” Growing Up in South Louisiana “My grandma always protected me from […]
Tyler Duplantis
Dularge, Louisianacurrently in Thibodaux, Louisiana United Houma Nation Favorite Tradition “Making Gourds. I like them because you are able to tell a story and its expression that you can express through creation. “I’m also fascinated with drumming. It tells a story that isn’t by word of mouth but rather by sound.” Being UHN “It makes […]
Tomie Davis
Dulac, Louisiana United Houma Nation Favorite Tradition “Some of my favorite traditions are cooking my grandma’s file gumbo recipe that has been passed on in the family. And I recently have been trying to learn Cajun French. I remember growing up and knowing when the adults were talking about something really interesting because they would […]
Louise Billiot
Dulac, Louisiana United Houma Nation Favorite Tradition Dancing Being UHN “I believe that the creator makes us. When we were born he decided I would be in this and he decided that’s what was best for me. “I feel like I have to live and find the purpose for me by making me Indian.” Growing […]
Kacie Fields
Cut Off, Louisiana United Houma Nation Favorite Tradition “Before COVID took over, powwows definitely. Just seeing everyone in traditional clothing and participating in stuff that is special to our culture is really warming. Like it just feels right to be able to celebrate the way that we do everything, and it just be an us […]