Look what the chicken dug up!

Butte Tribe of Bayou Bourbeaux’s first historical marker was placed in honor of their first chief, White Smoke.
Butte Tribe of Bayou Bourbeaux’s first historical marker was placed in honor of their first chief, White Smoke.

For many years, people in Natchitoches Parish wondered where the descendants of the Native Americans within the parish were. The historical Natchitoches Indians are long gone. Some say they have relocated toward Toledo Bend along the Louisiana/Texas border. Others say they are extinct. In any case, the urgency of documenting the bloodlines of their tribe is paramount.

What does exist is a wealth of…