The Chitimacha Louisiana Open presented by MISTRAS is unquestionably the area’s premier professional sports event, and should be the highlight event of the year for all locals who play or follow golf.

The ancient language of the Chitimacha Tribe is spoken by a people some believe date back some 6,000 years. The language was all but lost for a time. With a little help from technology, Rosetta Stone ...

After 31 years, the PGA Tour informed the Chitimacha Louisiana Open last week that the tournament would not be a part of the Korn Ferry Tour’s 2023 and future schedules. “We’re devastated,” said ...

On the banks of the Bayou Teche in St. Mary Parish is the Sovereign Nation of the Chitimacha. Humble beginnings, perseverance, and now prosperity. According to legend, the Chitimacha are the original ...

NEW ORLEANS, La. (WVUE) - The cane baskets created by Louisiana’s Chitimacha tribe are considered some of the finest examples of Native American basket weaving, but they also played a surprising role ...

Residents of the tiny Terrebonne Parish community of Isle de Jean Charles face a real dilemma. Coastal erosion already threatens to swallow what's left of their island home, and a massive hurricane ...

CHARENTON, La. (KLFY) — The Chitimacha Tribal Police Department is remembering a hero that died in the line of duty nine years ago on Wednesday. Sgt. Frederick “Rick” Riggenbach, 52, was shot and ...

Bottom line for the Chitimacha Louisiana Open in Lafayette is that it really was all about the bottom line. The PGA Tour-sanctioned tournament has been dropped from the Korn Ferry Tour schedule next ...

In the summer of 1930, at the dawn of the Great Depression, a 21-year-old linguist named Morris Swadesh set out for Louisiana to record the area’s Native American languages, which were disappearing ...

CHARENTON, La. (KLFY)- Chitimacha Tribal Police announced that one of its K-9 officers, “Rex” has died. Rex has been under veterinarian care in recent weeks after being diagnosed with an aggressive ...