Nation

Pointe-au Chien-Indian Tribe

Not yet reviewed by this nation. What follows comes from public records and research. It does not speak for the nation.

Names

Each name shows where it comes from. A nation’s own name is shown as the nation writes it.

Recognition is a legal and political status that governments assign; it is not a measure of who a people are.

Recognized by a state, LAListed as state recognized by the Louisiana Office of the Governor (Governor's Office of Indian Affairs); appoints a member of the Native American Commission under La. R.S. 46:2305source
Petitioning for federal acknowledgment, Louisiana (Terrebonne / Lafourche)Petitioner #56B 'Awaiting Supplement'; OFA amended proposed finding (73 FR 31142, 2008) found criterion 83.7(a) met (continuous identification as an Indian entity since 1900) but not (b), (c), (e).source

Native American Rights Fund (NARF) Native-led Litigation and legal advocacy for tribal sovereignty, treaty rights, land and resources Give on their site Website
NDN Collective (LANDBACK Campaign) Native-led LANDBACK campaign (launched 2020; Mount Rushmore closure and return of Black Hills public lands), Indigenous… Give on their site Website
Indian Land Tenure Foundation (ILTF) Native-led Land recovery and control by tribes and individual Indian landowners Website
Decolonizing Wealth Project (Indigenous Earth Fund; California Tribal Land Return) Native-led Reparative philanthropy Give on their site Website

Gifts go straight to each organization; this atlas takes nothing. Listing is not endorsement: how organizations are listed.

federalregister.gov/documents/2008/05/30/E8-12153/amended-proposed-finding-against-acknowlprimary record
provides evidence sufficient to demonstrate the substantially continuous identification of the petitioner as an Indian entity since 1900.
pactribe.comunclassified
to maintain our culture and traditions, including our Indian French language, and to support our efforts to obtain federal recognition
gov.louisiana.gov/federal-and-state-recognized-tribesreference work
State Recognized Tribes ... Pointe-au Chien-Indian Tribe