PRESS COVERAGE
PRESS COVERAGE
Vermilionville Native American Culture Day
Cultural conversation series in honor of Indigenous People’s Day
BY SARAH RAVITS, GAMBIT
November 18, 2023
Tribes from across Louisiana will gathered together to showcase crafts, traditional music, dancing and native drumming skills.
BY KATC 3
October 5, 2023
Our Voice / Nuestra Voz kicked off a new conversation series on Oct. 5, to bring together community members. Council members of the Atakapa-Ishak Nation, an organization of descendants of Indigenous tribes from Texas and Louisiana will participate. Community organizer Maaliyah Papillion and tribal historian Jeffery Darensbourg are facilitating the event.
Ishak Indigenous People
August 15th, 2022
The Ishak are an Indigenous people who have lived in southwest Louisiana and southeastern Texas since pre-colonial times. Read more in this 64 Parishes article.
BY JEFFERY DARENSBOURG
Native American Cultural Day
November 20, 2021
Native American Cultural Day was held on the grounds of the Atakapa-Ishak of Vermilionville. The Vermilion Living Museum & Folk Life held their annual event to invite tribes from all parts of Louisiana to educate the public on their way of life.
BY KATC NEWS
Indigenous Communities Making the Climate Connection
November 21, 2018
In light of this Thanksgiving holiday, DeSmog examines a tiny handful of front-line organizations and efforts — by no means a comprehensive or complete list — connecting climate change and Indigenous communities.
BY ERIC BESSON
History on Hand at Atakapa’s Trading Day
November 5, 2017
The annual event celebrates the history of the early interactions between the first arriving Acadians — who would become known as the Cajuns — and the region’s indigenous Native Americans.
BY DANNY FENSTER, THE DAILY IBERIAN