
Isle de Jean Charles Speaks at Public Hearing on Relocation
The IdJC once claimed a territory of more than 22,000 acres. Years of oil and gas development, hurricanes, and climate change have reduced the island to a mere 325 acres today. The tribe lived mostly in isolation from the early 1700’s through the 1940s-1950s when the oil boom devastated their area. If anyone in the United States could be said the have the smallest contribution to climate change, it’s the people who lived on that island. Continue reading Isle de Jean Charles Speaks at Public Hearing on Relocation