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Houma Relief Center

By steve
Created 2008-04-11 00:24

Special Report

KATRINA, RITA AND THE HOUMA
ABOUT THIS SPECIAL REPORT
  • "Katrina, Rita and the Houma" special report is the product of a new reznet project, in which journalism students — Mary Hudetz, a Crow reporter from the University of Montana, and Martina Rose Lee, a Navajo photojournalist from Arizona State University — are teamed with veteran professional journalists — Victor Merina, a former Los Angeles Times investigative reporter, and multimedia journalist Steven A. Chin — to produce an in-depth story on a complex issue of importance in Indian Country.

Brenda Dardar Robichaux opened a building on the edge of her family’s property in Raceland and with help from volunteers and various organizations, turned it into the Houma Relief Center after Katrina and Rita took the homes of more than 8,000 Houmas. She stacked its shelves with canned food, clothing and other goods.

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Links:
[1] http://www.reznetnews.org/article/feature-article/katrina,-rita-and-houma:-nation-recovery
[2] http://www.reznetnews.org/article/united-houma-nation/katrina,-rita-and-houma:-‘we-lost-everything’
[3] http://www.reznetnews.org/multimedia/slideshow/images-houma
[4] http://www.reznetnews.org/article/united-houma-nation/houma-multimedia-index
[5] http://www.unitedhoumanation.org/