Staff
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Cherie Matherne was born and raised in Pointe-au-Chien where she lives still with her husband and their three kids. Her husband is a multi-generational commercial fisherman. Growing up she shared a close relationship and bond with her Maternal grandparents and great-grandmother who only spoke Indian-French, with whom  she credits to passing down Indian-French to her. Cherie will graduate in May of 2024 with her Associates of Science in Criminal Justice. She plans to enroll at Nichole State University to get her Bachelors in Pre-Law. She previously sat on the Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Taskforce under former Govenor John Bel Edwards Human Trafficking Taskforce. Aside from that she is also PACIT's Elections Commissioner. 

Assistant Cultural Heritage & Resiliency Coordinator

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Jade Bergeron was born and raised in Pointe-au-Chien. She is a proud member of the Pointe-au-Chien Indian Tribe as well as the Assistant Cultural Heritage & Resiliency Coordinator. She is also the Secretary on the Ecole Pointe-au-Chien school board and the chairperson for the recruitment/community committee. Both her husband and father are year round commercial fisherman and they are raising their children around the same values and traditional ways she learned living down this little bayou. Indian French is her first language and she is instilling that language to her children. She is an advocate for the dying language in PACIT's community and enjoys participating in the Bayou Culture Collaboration.

Public Affairs & Communications Specialist