After many years and hardships, including being illegally “terminated” without legislation during the Eisenhower administration, the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana was officially re-recognized by the United States Government in 1973 and marked a major turning point in tribal history in 1985 with the election by popular vote of the first…
David Sickey is currently the CEO of Sickey Global Strategies, LLC, a consulting firm focusing on social justice, human rights, economic and community development, Indigenous education, outreach and relationship development/management, diversity, equality, and inclusion, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG), and Tribal sovereignty and self-determination.
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