The Times-Picayune is marking the tricentennial of New Orleans with its ongoing 300 for 300 project, running through 2018 and highlighting the moments and people that connect and inspire us. Today, ...

"Friendships that Christine Paul (1874-1946) sustained with Mary Bradford (1869-1954) and Caroline Dormon (1888-1971) at different times in her life offer an all too scarce vantage point from which ...

You know how you can walk into a mainstream clothing or household store, like Urban Outfitters, H&M, Pier One, and find indigenous designs printed across anything from a rug to a tank top? Well this ...

NEW ORLEANS, La. (WVUE) - The cane baskets created by Louisiana’s Chitimacha tribe are considered some of the finest examples of Native American basket weaving, but they also played a surprising role ...

The ancient language of the Chitimacha Tribe is spoken by a people some believe date back some 6,000 years. The language was all but lost for a time. With a little help from technology, Rosetta Stone ...

ST. MARY PARISH, LA (WVUE) - The cane baskets that are created by Louisiana's Chitimacha tribe are considered some of the finest examples of Native American basket weaving. But the baskets also played ...

Rachel Patin did not want to get any of the three available COVID-19 vaccines. They were all produced too quickly for her comfort. “[There’s] just not enough history, enough testing,” the Iberia ...

BELLE ROSE — YouTube videos about the indigenous people of south Louisiana piqued Jamie Ponville's interest in Native American culture last year. Three days into his binge-watching, he came across a ...

Chitimacha Tribal School contains 1 schools and 114 students. The district’s minority enrollment is 100%. Also, 97.4% of students are economically disadvantaged. The student body at the schools served ...

Cypress Bayou Casino is set to host the 6th Annual Chitimacha Powwow & Inaugural American Indian Art Market this weekend in Charenton. The Sovereign Nation of the Chitimacha and Chitimacha Powwow ...

Residents of the tiny Terrebonne Parish community of Isle de Jean Charles face a real dilemma. Coastal erosion already threatens to swallow what's left of their island home, and a massive hurricane ...

A Charenton man was sentenced Tuesday in federal court for assaulting a Chitimacha tribal woman. Dugan Joseph Burleigh, 34, of Charenton, was sentenced to 12 months in prison by U.S. Magistrate Judge ...