Very little is known throughout the black community about Empress Verdiacee or her struggle against the U.S. government to reclaim land owed to her people. After three decades of legal battle she was awarded 68,883 acres of land for the Washitaw tribe of indigenous people in the state of Louisiana. Her extensive research into treaties enabled her to prove that the land rightfully belonged to the indigenous Washitaw tribe. She was able to show that she was heir of the land as a result of French nobility consummating with one of her indigenous relatives & was able to recover the titles of the land.
The Empress was also the mayor of Richwood Louisiana in 1975 & elected a second time in 1980. In the late 90’s her home was raided by the U.S. government & documents confiscated. While traveling abroad she was frequently harassed & on occasion her luggage missing in a covert attempt to discourage her from pursuing the land claim. Ironically the same state that had to surrender so many acres of land is the one that was flooded by the monster Hurricane Katrina in where the levy ‘popped’.
Surprisingly, this aboriginal Heiress is virtually unheard of among the black community and is just as accomplished as any of the legendary black heroes recorded in textbooks. The federal charges against her were dropped & the Washitaw Nation mourned her in 2014 when she passed away. The land claimed is something that should have been spoken of on every news channel in the country!
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