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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Earl J. Barbry, Sr.
Mr. Barbry has served as Chairman of the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe since 1978. His grandfathers, Eli Barbry and Horace Pierite, were former Chiefs of the Tribe, and Eli Barbry was one of the first activists in seeking federal recognition for the Tribe.
In his tenure as Chairman, Earl has been successful in overseeing many improvements on the reservation. These have included housing for eligible tribal members, new hard-surfaced roadways, water and sewerage facilities, a tribal governing system, and the construction of a new Multipurpose Tribal Center. The Tribe has also recently received a grant through Housing and Urban Development, Community Development Block Grant in the amount of $275,000.00. These funds will be used to construct a Regional Indian Center and Museum Complex on the reservation. Including this recent H.U.D. grant, Mr. Barbry will have successfully implemented and administered contracts and grants totaling over two million dollars.
He also presently serves as Chairman of the Board of Inter Tribal Council of Louisiana and he is on the Board of Trustees of the Institute for Indian Development. He has been a member of the Indian Parent Committee of the Avoyelles Parish School Board, the Advisory Board for renovation of Marksville Commemorative Area - the "Indian Park," a member of the National Tribal Chairmen's Association, and the Board of Trustees of United South and Eastern Tribes Insurance (Indian Member Benefit Fund). He has been appointed to the Board of Directors of Kisatchie-Delta Regional Planning District and he has served on the Governor's Commission on Indian Affairs under two governors.
Jeffrey P. Brain, Ph.D.
Dr. Brain received his B.A. at Harvard in 1961, and his Masters and Ph.D. from Yale University in 1969. His area of expertise is archaeology of the Southeast, and the Mississippi Valley in particular.
Dr. Brain has written numerous articles and books on Southeastern archaeology. These have included, "The Lower Mississippi Valley in North America Prehistory," (1971); "On the Tunica Trail (1977); Late Prehistoric Settlement Patterning in the Yazoo Basin and Natchez Bluffs Regions of the Lower Mississippi Valley, in Mississippian Settlement Patterns (1978);
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