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A Nation Rebuilds

By steve
Created 2008-04-14 20:48

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.

When the deadly hurricanes of 2005 hit Louisiana, nearly half of the members of the United Houma Nation were displaced up and down the bayou, their homes battered by winds or flooded by avalanches of water. 'Our people suffered a lot, and many people don't know that,' said the principal chief of the Houmas, who are still struggling to recover.

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Source URL: http://www.reznetnews.org/article/united-houma-nation/nation-rebuilds

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/