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.
Category: Indigenous Affairs
Posted inClimate
Island Impermanent
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
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
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
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
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
The Longs are multigenerational Indigenous farmers in the South. Like most farmers, they need on-the-ground support from extension agents.