LIST OF PHOTOGRAPHS
[I. Chitimacha Chief Benjamin Paul with children and canoe] facing page 1 [II. Chitimacha family—Regis Darden] 2 [III. Chitimacha group—1908] 4 [IV. Three members of a Chitimacha family] 10
The Regis Darden Chitimacha family. Pictured from left to right are Lucy Mora Darden, Delphine Stouff (in back), Adelle Darden, Gaston Darden, Regis Darden (in back), and Stacy Darden. Adelle Darden, wife of Regis Darden, was known as “Gum DaDa.” Lucy Mora Darden was the wife of Gaston Darden. Chitimacha baskets are pictured in front of the group. Basket weaving is a traditional craft of the Chitimacha Indians.
(M.R. Harrington, 1908. Photo courtesy of Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation)