September 28, 2019
Houma Nation partners with Southern Law Center to gain federal recognition
By Julia Arenstam / Staff Writer
The United Houma Nation is continuing its mission to become a federally recognized tribe, now with the help of law students at Southern University.
The tribe recently partnered with Southern University Law Center’s Native American Law and Policy Institute. The university system’s Board of Supervisors approved the partnership with the United Houma Nation at its September meeting where the tribe’s Principal Chief August “Cocoa” Creppel and Southern University Chanc