Dear Editor:The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) has begun actively considering Federal Petition #402 for a federally acknowledged tribe. Petition #402 belongs to the Native American tribe Butte Tribe of Bayou Bourbeaux of Natchitoches Parish.Butte Tribe began the lengthy process of writing the petition in the Spring of 2019.For over one hundred years, the my...
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