Grand Bayou

Isle de Jean Charles , in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. Photo credit: First People's Conservation Council/fpcclouisiana.org

Articles, Nature & Environment July 1, 2020

As sea level rise threatens their ancestral village, a Louisiana tribe fights to stay put

Ten years ago, as news of the BP oil disaster reached Louisiana’s Grand Bayou Indian Village, Rosina Philippe dispatched her brother Maurice Phillips on a…

The Lost Bayou: Grand Bayou

Grand Bayou, LA. At one time, it was a lively community of close-knit families, until they were forced to leave. ©2020. Garde Voir Ci magazine. Nicholls State University Department of Mass Communication.

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