Even before it was colonized and would become known as Louisiana, there were various languages spoken in the region by the natives that lived here, calling the area “Bulbancha,” Choctaw for “place of many tongues.”But many residents in the state don’t know that a diversity of native tongues existed well before colonization of the state, something that the Houma Language Project hopes to change.
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Once the driving force of the southeast Tennessee city’s economic growth, Chattanooga’s riverfront is home to just the 10th shipwreck recorded in state history – a boat whose story time forgot.
Somewhere beneath the surface of this section of the Tennessee River in Chattanooga, Tenn., rests the remains of a steamboat that researchers believe may have historical significance. (Courthouse News photo/Daniel Jackson)
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (CN) It’s one of the last places you’d expect a maritime mystery to rest: in the midst of an inland southern city, along the waterfront that has defined the city for decades.