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Unit VIII Outline:

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Lesson 1: On the Job

Lesson 2: Home Work

Lesson 3: Grown-ups at Play

Resources

 

 

Native American Organizations in Louisiana

Mona Kogel
Intertribal Council of LA
5723 Superior, Suite B-1
Baton Rouge, LA 70816
225/292-2474
itclamak@aol.com
* booklet on prehistoric Indians available

Col. Joey Strickland
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Governor's Office
P. O. Box 94004
Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9004
225/342-7015

Cheryl Smith
Jena Band of Choctaws, Inc.
P. O. Box 14
Jena, LA 71342
318/992-2717
* summary of Jena Band history available

Earl Barbry
Tunica-Biloxi Tribe
P.O. Box 1589
Marksville, LA 71351
318/253-9767
pat_foster@tunica.org

Alton Leblanc
Chitimacha Tribal Center
P. O. Box 661
Charenton, LA 70523
337/923-9923

Lovelin Poncho
Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana
P.O. Box 818
Elton, LA 70523
337/584-2261
* booklet available

Laura Billiot
United Houma Nation
20986 Hwy 1
Golden Meadow, LA 70357-9998
504/475-6640
or Brenda Dardar
at 504/475-7176
* booklet available

Tommy W. Bolton
Choctaw-Apache Indian Tribe
PO Box 1428
Zwolle, LA 71486
318/645-2744 (home)
318/645-2588 (office)
cate@cp_tel.net
* short history of the tribe available

Alice Tyler or Teresa Sarpy
Clifton Choctaws
1146 Clifton Road
Clifton, LA 71447-4015
318/793-4253
* brief history available along with some books

Rufus Davis
Caddo-Adais Tribe
4500 Highway 485
Robeline, LA 71469
318/472-9779
* brief history of the tribe available

Francis Johnson
Houma and Cajun Connection Museum
6484 Highway 22
Sorrento, LA 70778
225/675-6184
* information available on
day camps, pow wows, and tours

Gilmer Bennett
Talimali Band of Apalachee
P.O. Box 84
Libuse, LA 71348
318/473-4412
* history of the band available

 

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