Christine Verdin

A tribal leader and lifelong resident of Pointe-Aux-Chenes.

Councilwoman Christine Verdin was born and raised in Pointe-au-Chien. She is a graduate of South Terrebonne and received her Bachelor of Arts in Education and Masters in Early Childhood and Administration from Nicholls State University. She is a Master Teacher at Pointe-aux-Chenes Elementary and Montegut Elementary. Christine has served as the Tribe's delegate to the National Congress of American Indians. In 2010, she advocated for a resolution to support coordination with state recognized tribes in responding to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill at NCAI. She has also highlighted the Tribe's issues before the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Her first language is Indian French, and she hopes to open an immersion school for children to maintain the language.