Theresa Dardar (Lowlander Center Board President) and Kristina Peterson (Lowlander Center co-founder) were recently interviewed by Yale Climate Connections on the Pointe-au-Chien Tribe’s rebuilding efforts.
“We Are Still Here:” Indigenous Communities Demand Action as Tribal Lands Subside: A Photo Essay
Lowlander Center featured on the UUSC website: In a new essay and accompanying photo essay, witness the compounding effects of climate change and systemic racism — and what Indigenous leaders are doing to confront overlapping injustices.
$20 million National Science Foundation Research Award will Fund Indigenous Science Hub
The Traiteurs Down the Bayou
What is Needed for Fair and Equitable Managed Retreat?
Lowlander Center members presented during panel “At What Point Managed Retreat? Resilience, Relocation, and Climate Justice” at the Columbia Climate School conference.
"Coastal harm from invading saltwater 'happening right now'" - Houma Today
Coverage in Houma Today of saltwater intrusion on the Louisiana Gulf coast. The article also touches upon a request for UN assistance in addressing the US failure to take action on climate change. The request was issued by the Isle de Jean Charles Band of Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw Indians of Louisiana, the Pointe-au-Chien Indian Tribe, the Grand Caillou and Dulac Band of the Biloxi-Chitimacha Choctaw Tribe, the Atakapa-Ishak Chawasha Tribe of the Grand Bayou Indian Village, and the Native Village of Kivalina.
