Celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day with SANS and the United Houma Nation

UPDATE 10/8/2020: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO HURRICANE DELTA - NEW DATE WILL BE SCHEDULED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

Join Sharing A New Song and friends from the United Houma Nation of Southeastern Louisiana to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day as we rekindle friendships from our travels and learn about the history, culture, arts & crafts, music, and current day life of a small but mighty Native American tribe from the Louisiana bayou.

Suggested donation: $10
Currently registered SANS singers - free
Click here to donate. Your contributions will contribute to a stipend for our presenters, thank you.

We’ll visit with Houma Sitting Principal Chief August “Coco” Creppel, Tribal Elder and Ambassador Morning Dove, representatives of the Houma Youth Council, and others, who will share stories and reflections on the history, current struggles, and uncertain future of the United Houma Nation.

We’ll also meet Baley Champagne, the young woman who successfully petitioned Governor John Bel Edwards to declare Indigenous Peoples Day an official holiday in Louisiana.  

There will be singing and drumming, too.  The only thing missing is the warm hugs and the crawfish boil!

SANS and the Houma community have an enduring connection that began with a first trip just before Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and has been deepened through many travels back and forth between Boston and Louisiana over the last 15 years.

Please join us for this one-time event and special way to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day!  If you’ve met Janie or Corrine or Kirby or any of our Houma friends, come join us to rekindle your connection!  And if you’ve never had the chance to meet these special folks, you are in for a treat and a unique view into the contemporary life, hopes and challenges of this special community of Native Americans.

Learn More:

Visit the United Houma Nation Website

Read “We Are Here: Local Tribes Celebrate First Indigenous Peoples Day”