Three-month-old Areea Sue Oiba John was born with a full head of hair. Family photo
A three-month-old baby from the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana is going viral thanks to her full head of hair. A story first reported by The Lake Charles American Press is being picked up around the world. And the little girl's family is taking it all in stride. "She can make anyone smile!!!" Alisha John wrote of her daughter, Areea Sue Oiba, on Facebook on Wednesday. Areea's father is Dakota John, who is a member of the tribe. Coushatta tradition calls for a baby's hair to be cut at four months of age.
Alisha John told The American Press that Areea will be lain over a tribal language dictionary, an English dictionary, a Bible and a softball glove for her upcoming ceremony. She admitted she will "cry" seeing her baby's hair being cut but said the tradition is "worth" following.
“The dictionary will be there because we want her to be intelligent, the Koasati dictionary because we want her to speak the native language, the Bible so that she will know and love her God, and the glove so that she will be great at softball, of course,” John told the paper. For Halloween, Areea went dressed as a troll doll. Read More on the Story:Baby's huge hair stopping people in their tracks (The Lake Charles American Press 11/5)
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