Al-Jazeera English files this report of an amazing act of solidarity and support shown by an Ecuadorian Indigenous delegation towards the Houma people in the state of Louisiana, hit hard by the recent BP Oil Spill. As you’ll see in this AJE story, making the journey northward were representatives of the Assembly of Communities Affected […]
The Miami Herald has published a comprehensive look by reporter Joseph Goodman at how the ever-flowing BP oil spill threatens to impact the region’s Indigenous peoples, namely, the Chitimacha and the Houma. As far back as May 6, 2010, the chief of Pointe-au-Chien shared his concern with mediaINDIGENA about the spill, given “almost 80% of […]
The Chief of the Point-au-Chien Tribe of Biloxi-Chitimacha Indians is keeping a nervous eye on his community after news that oil from a massive spill has reached the coast of Louisiana. Pointe-au-Chien is about an hour and a half’s drive southwest of New Orleans, LA. Chief Charles “Chuckie” Verdin told mediaINDIGENA in a phone call this […]
