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Dardar, T. Mayheart – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 2008
The majority of the Houma people live in the southern portions of Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes in south Louisiana. This author grew up in the Houma community that had formed in lower Plaquemines Parish, about thirty miles north of the mouth of the Mississippi River. The Houma community there was centered near the town of Venice with extended…
Descriptors: Ecology, American Indian History, American Indian Studies, Cultural Education
Nehnevajsa, Jiri – 1971
The Pittsburgh Goals Study about which this speech centers is SO 004 019. Issues identified by the leaders questioned which seem particularly crucial for the next five years in the development of Pittsburgh are: pollution control; public welfare system; drug problem; health services; low cost housing; rapid transit. Two more issues, Metropolitan…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Change, Community Cooperation, Community Leaders
Nehnevajsa, Jiri; Coleman, Alan N. – 1971
The main purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which community consensus existed regarding a variety of major changes in Pittsburgh and the extent to which widely differing perspectives of community leaders might contribute to conflict, or at least significant difficulties, on these issues. A pragmatic secondary objective was to…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Change, Community Cooperation, Community Development