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Pointe-au-Chien Indians, Reeling From the Oil Spill, Watch as Their Land Washes Away

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Richard Ziglar - KRVS - Lafayette, LA

Entry Date: February 15, 2011
Total Time: 00:07:58

Description: The 700-member Pointe-au-Chien indian tribe south of Houma, Louisiana was one of the first communities to take a direct hit from the BP oil spill. For them, the disaster is ongoing—and part of a larger threat to their ancestral home.

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