.LAFAYETTE, La.– At Vermilionville’s Native American Culture Day festivity, Louisiana Native American people came together to spread out recognition of the presence as well as practices of their people.” During these Bayou Teches, Ishaks along these waters,” stated Edward Chretien, Jr., Leader Main of the Atakapa-Ishak Nation, some of many tribes to participate in on Native United States Society Day.Members of the Atakapa-Ishak Country waited a dining table filled with artifacts of their past history, being actually used to teach site visitors on their practices and culture.Pointing to the alligator head, Chief Chretien stated “We utilized to use the alligator fat, in those days, to massage your physical body for the mosquitoes in the swamps of Louisiana … to repulse the bugs. You may think of exactly how they scented, however that’s what they performed.
It protected all of them,.” Along with individuals of every ages arriving by means of the historic village, finding out about Louisiana’s native groups, Chief Chretien stated this activity provided him the possibility to set up the identity of the Atakapa-Ishak Country.” It is actually opportunity for the state of Louisiana to acknowledge my people,” Main Chretien said. “That’s the only reason I am actually doing this, and also I’m visiting continue doing this. It’s not concerning me.
It’s about my Ishak blood.” Indigenous United States Lifestyle Day is one of many annual celebrations at Vermilionville that celebrate the societies that create South Louisiana what it is. To view what other occasions and festivities Vermilionville possesses appearing, see their website below.