Hurricane Katrina & Rita

17 January 2006

NCAI Donation

The United Houma Nation would like to publicly acknowledge and thank NCAI for their generous contribution of $15,800 to our tribes hurricane relief efforts.

At the same time we are compelled to clarify a public misconception about the NCAI donation. In numerous press releases NCAI has stated that they have collected 5 million dollars for hurricane relief and that they would evenly distribute these funds between the tribes affected by hurricane Katrina and hurricane Rita. NCAI has recently stated that the 5 million dollars was calculated to reflect a total that included various donations other than just monetary.

The United Houma Nation does not want to negate NCAI’s positive contribution to our hurricane relief effort but we are compelled to give an accurate account of our fund raising efforts.