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In this Oct. 30, 2015 photo, Giovanni R. Santini, appears at his wife's grave at a cemetery in Lafitte, La. Santini has spent decades trying to prove he's an American Indian, and folks in his bayou town no longer doubt he's a proud member of the 17,000-strong tribe Houma scattered across south Louisiana. Not so for the federal government. For decades, efforts by the Houma to become a federally recognized native American tribe have failed -- much like those of dozens of other groups nationwide. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Photo by: Gerald Herbert
In this Oct. 30, 2015 photo, Giovanni R. Santini, appears at his wife's grave at a cemetery in Lafitte, La. Santini has spent decades trying to prove he's an American Indian, and folks in his bayou town no longer doubt he's a proud member of the 17,000-strong tribe Houma scattered across south Louisiana. Not so for the federal government. For decades, efforts by the Houma to become a federally recognized native American tribe have failed -- much like those of dozens of other groups nationwide. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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