Description: This book illustrates how the Louisiana state apparatus historically dictated educational exclusion through its infamous Jim Crow policies of racial segregation.
Review Quotes: "Years ago when Nicholas Ng-A-Fook first came to the Houma community he asked to hear our stories. 'What stories do you want to hear?' we asked, and his answer was, 'what stories do you want to tell?' Thus began a relationship between an academic and an indigenous people that I believe can be used as a pattern for such relationships. The years he spent learning about us were also years he spent using his talents and abilities to assist the Houma people. Not only does this work document the struggles of the Houma people for educational opportunities, but also provides a testament to the commitment Nicholas Ng-A-Fook has made to the United Houma Nation." Michael "T. Mayheart" Dardar, Vice-Principal Chief of United Houma Nation