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Shown (in suits) are Horace Pierite, Jr. (third from left) a former Vice Chairman & Council Member of the tribe (now deceased); Merlin Pierite (fourth from left) who still resides on the reservation; and Herman Pierite, Sr. (third from right), former Vice Chairman of the tribe (deceased). They are pictured with members of the Coushatta Tribe on the Coushatta reservation in Elton, Louisiana. There has always been a kinship between the two tribes. (Photo compliments of Mary Barbry Vercher)