RJ Molinere
Grand Bois, Louisiana United Houma Nation RJ, along with his son Jay Paul, is featured in the History Channel’s Swamp People, a reality series about alligator hunting. About Swamp People “I have a son that’s been with me fishing alligators since he’s three years old. Because his mama came to this school here, this college […]
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 […]
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 […]
Charlie Duthu
Houma, Louisiana United Houma Nation Favorite Tradition “I like the awareness of the Indians. What’s happening now is the Indian awareness that’s going on, and I think it’s too good because even though I’m a French Indian, I, this is how I live my life. I put God first, then my family, then my heritage.” […]
MorningDove Verret Hopkins
Bayou Blue, Louisiana United Houma Nation Favorite Tradition “Oh my god, I got too many! I have a lot of traditions, one of my favorites is like family gathering. To see my kids, my sisters and brothers, my grandkids, my great grandkids. All of the holidays, I’m the one that does the cooking. Everybody offers, […]