Houma

Documenting the lives of people living in Houma, Louisiana- most of whom are Ojibwe indians- after hurricanes Katrina and Rita

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[dereksbuds4u]

Okay, wow. So listen people, I'm not sure where you live, but I can assure you that all this footage was shot in and around Houma- some of the footage is from the DuLac area- as the areas closer to the Bayou were the ones most affected by the storms. The driving shot, I believe, was off of Rt 57 (though that was almost 4 years ago).

[dereksbuds4u]

Owning a shrimp boat used to be a major money maker for this region, and still is embedded within the culture.

The pictures were pulled from the home page of the United Houma Nation, so I suggest you take it up with them.

[venushaircare4u]

I stay up here, so there is a safe place for my people to come up to. I get so home sick at times it hurts.

[htrrz]

I knew Houma in the past as a 8,9 year old boy in 1964, my family moved there from Colo., and thank god left there. I recall the swamp was all around the city, the city was spilt by whites only signs, two Mormon missioniers were found dead in the swamp behind our house in chains, the klan came to vist at night to see what we were doing there, a sniper fired at my school, I heard the prinicple of the school say about intergration "I don't mind the niggers, but I can't stand the dirty indians".

[dexterowns]

I'm not a damn Ojibwe indian.

[samsnames]

dereksbuds4u, where on earth did u learn that the Houma people r Ojibwe? Exactly how much destruction did Houma communities endure during the hurricanes? And, most importantly, if you were living in southeastern Louisiana in December of 2004, did anything out of the normal occur? How is the state of the present day Houma communities?

[tillynnicky]

wow, thats wild, im from here, and aint none of yall know that most of the damn down the bayou people are native americam? o.O

[vistaddict]

I live in Montegut & Im a "Houma's" Indian, & We dont live on stilts , our home's are on "pilings" , & as far as the 8ft of water , yeah , down the bayou where i live , not in houma

[jiroubu]

"Documenting the lives of people living in Houma, Louisiana- most of whom are Ojibwe indians- after hurricanes Katrina and Rita."

I've lived in Houma for 15 years and I've only known 15 or so Native Americans.

[junedad09]

Does anyone here work for the Terrebonne Sheriff's Office or Houma Police?

[dabeshu]

This is so sad