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

Photo of Donald and Theresa Dardar by Barry Yeoman. Click to Enlarge

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February 15, 2011 – One of the first communities to take a direct hit from the BP oil spill was the 700-member Pointe-au-Chien Indian tribe near Houma, Louisiana. For them, the disaster is ongoing and part of a larger threat to their ancestral home. From KRVS in Lafayette, Louisiana. Produced by Richard Ziglar and Barry Yeoman. Narrated by Richard Ziglar.