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September 27, 1980. The Houmas, also known as Burnside Plantation and currently known as Houmas House Plantation and Gardens, is a historic plantation complex and house museum in Burnside, Louisiana. The plantation was established in the late 1700s, with the current main house completed in 1840. It was named after the native Houma people, who ...
The United Houma Nation, who identify as descendants of the Houma people, have been recognized by the state as a tribe since 1972, but are not recognized by the federal government. [ 1 ] According to the tribe, as of 2023 [update] they have more than 17,000 enrolled tribal citizens [ 2 ] residing within a six- parish area that encompasses 4,750 ...
70360, 70363-64. Area code. 985. FIPS code. 22-36255. Website. www.tpcg.org. Houma (/ ˈhoʊmə / HOH-mə) [2] is the largest city in and the parish seat of [3] Terrebonne Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is also the largest principal city of the Houma– Bayou Cane – Thibodaux metropolitan statistical area.
Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. Terrebonne Parish (/ ˌtɛrəˈboʊn / TERR-ə-BOHN; French: Paroisse de Terrebonne) is a parish located in the southern part of the U.S. state of Louisiana. At the 2020 census, the population was 109,580. [1] The parish seat is Houma. [2]
The Houma–Bayou Cane–Thibodaux metropolitan area, officially the Houma–Bayou Cane–Thibodaux metropolitan statistical area, is a Metropolitan Statistical Area in the Acadiana region of southern Louisiana, United States that covers two parishes— Lafourche and Terrebonne. The metropolis had a 2020 census -tabulated population of 207,137.
Houma language. Houma (Houma: uma) is a Western Muskogean language that was spoken in the Central and Lower Mississippi Valley by the indigenous Houma people. There are currently no native speakers; however, efforts continue to bring the Houma language back to its people through a group of dedicated Houma persons and linguists, the Houma ...
The Courier. The Houma Courier is a newspaper published daily in Houma, Louisiana, United States, covering Terrebonne Parish. [ 2][ 3][ 4] It was owned by Halifax Media Group until 2015, when In 2015, Halifax was acquired by GateHouse Media. [ 5][ 6] It is sometimes simply referred to as The Courier. The paper was founded in 1878 as Le Courrier ...
Indigenous peoples of Louisiana. The state of Louisiana is home to four federally recognized Native American tribes, the Chitimacha, the Coushatta, the Jena Band of Choctaw Indians, and the Tunica-Biloxi as well as the Houma people.