For those of you who do not know already, this year has been a journey of learning and becoming aware. This journey began years ago, when my adopted Dad went on an expedition and came back trying to educate people, including his bosses at Shell, as to what damage the oil industry was causing to the Continental Shelf. This harm would not be stopped or slowed until change was brought about. Little did I know how close to home this would hit for me.
Crossposted from Isle de Jean Charles News. Greetings, I am the Chief of a small Indian community, the Isle de Jean Charles Band of Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw.
By Bia Assevero, crossposted from The Lens. December’s climate change conference in Durban, South Africa, was, as these conferences usually are, more style than substance.
A citizen of the United Houma Nation writes about the tribe’s history, and its ongoing struggle to be officially recognized by the United States government. By Adam Crepelle.
been a journey of learning and becoming aware. This journey began years ago, when my adopted Dad went on an expedition and came back trying to educate people, including his bosses at Shell, as to what damage the oil industry was causing to the Continental Shelf. This harm would not be stopped or slowed until change was brought about. Little did I know how close to home this would hit for me. 
Crossposted from 
By Bia Assevero, 
A citizen of the United Houma Nation writes about the tribe’s history, and its ongoing struggle to be officially recognized by the United States government. By Adam Crepelle. 
