Houma people

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The Houma people are a Native American tribe historically based in what is now Louisiana, known for their distinct culture, language heritage, and close ties to the Mississippi River delta region.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Houma people canonical 3
United Houma Nation 2
Houma language 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people of the United States
Native American tribe
tribal government
affectedBy Indian Removal era policies
coastal land loss in Louisiana
hurricanes in the Gulf Coast region
oil and gas development in coastal Louisiana
ancestralTerritory Atchafalaya Basin
surface form: Atchafalaya Basin region

Bayou Lafourche region
lower Mississippi River region
colonialContact French colonists in Louisiana
Spanish authorities in Louisiana
country United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalPractice basket weaving
storytelling
traditional dance
traditional music
currentPrimaryLanguage English
demographicClassification Native American population of Louisiana
engagedIn coastal restoration advocacy
cultural preservation efforts
language revitalization efforts
ethnicGroupOf United States of America
surface form: United States
federalRecognitionStatus not federally recognized as a tribe
historicalAffiliation Choctaw-related peoples
historicalRegion Mississippi River Delta region
surface form: Mississippi River Delta
languageFamily Muskogean languages
notableIssue environmental justice concerns
language loss
pursuit of federal recognition
populationConcentration Lafourche Parish, Louisiana
Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana
populationRegion southeastern Louisiana
primaryRegion Louisiana
recognizedAs state-recognized tribe in Louisiana
relatedGroup Biloxi people
Chitimacha
surface form: Chitimacha people

Choctaw people
religion syncretic Christianity and Indigenous beliefs
represents Houma people self-linksurface differs
selfGoverningBody Houma people self-linksurface differs
surface form: United Houma Nation
traditionalHousing structures adapted to wetland and bayou environments
traditionalLanguage Houma language
Muskogean languages
surface form: Western Muskogean language
traditionalSubsistence fishing
hunting
small-scale agriculture
trapping

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Muskogean languages hasLanguage Houma people
this entity surface form: Houma language
Bayou Lafourche inhabitedBy Houma people
Houma people selfGoverningBody Houma people self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: United Houma Nation
Houma people represents Houma people self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: United Houma Nation
Houma mainTribalOrganization Houma people
this entity surface form: United Houma Nation