Tribal & Local Governments
Pointe Au Chien – Cut Up, Now Polluted
FROM SURGE TO OIL… AN ENDANGERED PEOPLE by Joel Waltzer and Patty Ferguson, tribal lawyers, Pointe Au Chien Indian Tribe Much of southeast Louisiana’s remaining Native Americans reside in two centuries old communities in the southern-most ends of bayous running to the coast in Terrebonne and Lafourche Parishes. The people of Pointe Au Chien and [...]
BP Spill Angers Tribe Against Oil Companies
By CAIN BURDEAU (AP) – May 18, 2010 POINTE-AU-CHIEN, La. — Like many American Indians on the bayou, Emary Billiot blames oil companies for ruining his ancestral marsh over the decades. Still, he’s always been able to fish — but now even that is not a certainty. An oil spill — 5 million gallons and [...]
Determined to Make a Living Before Oil Arrives
Mr. Verdin’s family has fought with the government and the oil men for years, as they scissored up the marsh with pipelines and shipping channels. Oil companies tried to buy his father’s land, but he never sold, not that he would have much to show for holding out.
