NEW ORLEANS, La., March 19 -- The University of New Orleans issued the following news release:
Jody Billiot's work bridges the University of New Orleans and the Pointe-Au-Chien Indian Tribe he calls home. An anthropology student, U.S. Army veteran and member of the Tribe's council, Billiot is helping lead ongoing efforts to document and preserve the Tribe's oral history, drawing on both academic training and community knowledge.
As part of that work, faculty from UNO's Division of Social Inquiry traveled to Terrebonne Parish on March 14 to support the Tribe's initiative. History professor Max Krochmal and anthropology professor Roberto E. Barrios led a workshop focused on oral history and ethnographic interviewing methods, offering tools ...