Louisiana’s coastal tribes have been left to navigate a complex bureaucracy of parish, state, and federal agencies in a moment of crisis.
Category: Indigenous Affairs
Public records show a Louisiana lawmaker is getting paid to push a proposed pipeline through Black, Indigenous communities
The 280-mile Delta Express pipeline would connect an existing natural gas pipeline in northern Louisiana to a liquid natural gas facility in its southernmost parish.
Coastal Louisiana tribes team up with biologist to protect sacred sites from rising seas
Backfilling oil and gas canals could be a more affordable and immediate solution to restore damaged wetlands.
How a coastal Louisiana tribe is using generations of resilience to handle the pandemic
The Grand Caillou/Dulac Band of Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw have long practiced self-isolation and sustainable food production.
‘Absolutely discriminatory’: Access to federal agriculture resources lacking in Indian Country
The Longs are multigenerational Indigenous farmers in the South. Like most farmers, they need on-the-ground support from extension agents.