Marker identifies only Native American school in parish

  • Standing on front of the Desadier Schoolhouse are Marie Zeline Laurenaudier and her daughter Sileman Ezernack Waters. Zeline was the mother of Louella Waters Desadier, the grandmother of Chief Rodger Collum.
    Standing on front of the Desadier Schoolhouse are Marie Zeline Laurenaudier and her daughter Sileman Ezernack Waters. Zeline was the mother of Louella Waters Desadier, the grandmother of Chief Rodger Collum.
    The troops rode out with eight tribal children and their chief. The chief, riddled with anger, was restrained and taken to jail, where he remained for several weeks. The government never returned the children to their families.Chief Rodger Collum of the Butte Tribe of Bayou Bourbeaux announces the unveiling of a Louisiana Historical Marker, which recognizes the historic ...

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