HOUMA -- Louis Cyprien Chaisson fought for American Indian civil rights in Terrebonne Parish in the 1960s. Chaisson, a former welder, died on Christmas day at the age of 75. The Houma native tried … ...

A federal judge in New Orleans has scheduled a hearing for May 3 on a lawsuit filed by the United Houma Nation contesting the sale of a historic school building in Houma.

LAFITTE, La. -- Giovanni R. Santini has done just about all he could to prove he's an American Indian over the decades he's lived in his Louisiana bayou town -- even fighting with his fists to defend ...

The Houma Nation, a 17,000-member tribe nestled across coastal Terrebonne, Lafourche, Jefferson, St. Mary, St. Bernard and Plaquemines parishes, relies mainly on the land and sea to provide ...

The center is a hub of Houma Indian life for many in these small, isolated towns arrayed in the deepest of Louisiana bayou country, including Louise Billiot.

The tiny water-bound fishing community in southwestern Louisiana is rich with the culture of the Cajuns that are familiar to so many, but Luster, 62, is 100 percent Houma, an indigenous Indian ...

The best things do in Houma, Louisiana! These are our favorite attractions, museums, swamp tours, and fun things to enjoy for the entire family.Things to do in Houma, LAHouma, Louisiana, is ...

The Houma Indians are a tribe that has been displaced throughout its existence. The Houma have long associated a white face with death and destruction through British slave traders and ...

If you go: The powwow is known for its fry bread and Indian tacos, which are also sold at Jazz Fest. The United Houma Nation runs that booth too. Fry bread is a culturally significant flatbread that's ...

LAFITTE, La. — Giovanni R. Santini has done just about all he could to prove he’s an American Indian over the decades he’s lived in his Louisiana bayou ...

BAYOU DULAC, La. (WVUE) - Decades of hurricanes and land loss have broken apart what was once a close-knit community of Houma Indians along Bayou Dulac in southern Terrebonne Parish.