Usápuse’ Yákani’ Ékelanna’
Land Between Garden
The garden is so named because it lies in between Bayou Cane and Bayou Blue, but there is a larger scope as well. The land that it lies on, Yakani’ Tcetu’, the big land, is the area of land in between the Atchafalaya River and the Mississippi River that we, the Houma, have resided on for generations.
The full ‘sentence’ name of the garden in Uma’ is:
“Yákanimat buk uske’ buk uktcakku’ ettadúkulu’ ékelannah”
That translates to: The land that is between Bayou Cane and Bayou Blue.
(Many thanks to the Houma Language Project for the spellings, translations, and ongoing language assistance with farm projects, and to artist Kayla Jeans for the wonderful farm seal/logo!)