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Category: Indigenous Affairs

Posted inDisaster Recovery

‘Another layer to the inequality that exists’: Q&A with N.C. disaster response organizers

by Aminah Ghaffar December 19, 2022December 19, 2022

Four Robeson County, NC residents have created a Disaster Survival and Resiliency School to engage community residents impacted by climate disasters as leaders and equal partners in revisioning and redeveloping their communities and lives.

Posted inClimate

Island Impermanent

by Hannah O. Brown, Becca Burton and Anna Hamilton October 5, 2022October 7, 2022

For the Seminole Tribe of Florida, the island of Egmont Key at the mouth of Tampa Bay represents a history of oppression, as well as a testament to survival. As the island slips into the sea, those who care about its future have to decide — what can we save and how do we save it?

Posted inClimate, Disaster Recovery, Gulf Coast, Indigenous Affairs, Justice

Without federal recognition, coastal tribes struggle to access FEMA aid

by Carly Berlin November 22, 2021January 13, 2022

Louisiana’s coastal tribes have been left to navigate a complex bureaucracy of parish, state, and federal agencies in a moment of crisis.

Posted inEnergy, Gulf Coast, Indigenous Affairs, Justice, Louisiana, Water

Public records show a Louisiana lawmaker is getting paid to push a proposed pipeline through Black, Indigenous communities

by Sara Sneath September 17, 2020January 14, 2022

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.

Posted inClimate, Gulf Coast, Indigenous Affairs, Louisiana

Coastal Louisiana tribes team up with biologist to protect sacred sites from rising seas

by Ty Baniewicz September 2, 2020January 14, 2022

Backfilling oil and gas canals could be a more affordable and immediate solution to restore damaged wetlands.

Posted inClimate, COVID-19, Gulf Coast, Indigenous Affairs, Louisiana, Public Health

How a coastal Louisiana tribe is using generations of resilience to handle the pandemic

by Barry Yeoman May 12, 2020January 14, 2022

The Grand Caillou/Dulac Band of Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw have long practiced self-isolation and sustainable food production.

Posted inCulture, Food & Agriculture, Indigenous Affairs

‘Absolutely discriminatory’: Access to federal agriculture resources lacking in Indian Country

by Irina Zhorov November 27, 2019January 14, 2022

The Longs are multigenerational Indigenous farmers in the South. Like most farmers, they need on-the-ground support from extension agents.

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