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Alabama’s state archive has over 100 sets of ancestral remains and thousands of objects from Native American graves. Now, the institution is giving them back.

A new pilot project, which partners the Pointe-au-Chien Indian tribe with federal agencies, aims to strengthen climate change resilience, data gathering and adaptation resources for the Louisiana tribe.

The Grand Caillou/Dulac Band of Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw, a Native American tribe in Louisiana that’s deeply involved in coastal restoration efforts and has spent years working to protect their land from land loss and rapidly intensifying storms, has anointed its newest chief.Devon Parfait, a coastal resilience analyst for the Environmental Defense Fund, stepped into the position in August

After more than six years since receiving funding and construction marred with delays, less than half of the Isle de Jean Charles residents were finally allowed to move into their new homes Wednesday morning through the Isle de Jean Charles resettlement program, a project spurred by extreme land loss.

In the humid Louisiana heat, three boats full of children and tribal members traveled down the bayou in Pointe-aux-Chenes to teach the Pointe-au-Chien tribe’s youngest members about their past, a 10-year-old tradition known as the Pointe-au-Chien Indian Tribe Culture Camp.

For years, Pointe-aux-Chenes Elementary school parents, the Pointe-au-Chien Indian Tribe and other community stakeholders have been working toward establishing a French immersion school in Pointe-aux-Chenes. One lawmaker introduced a new education bill to create a French immersion school at Pointe-aux-Chenes.

Tulane University and the New Orleans Center for the Gulf South are hosting the 2nd annual Indigenous Symposium. The symposium centers on indigenous…

It was big news in 2016 when the state was awarded $48 million to relocate people from the disappearing island of Isle de Jean Charles. But the process…

TriPod: New Orleans at 300 returns with a new tripod xtra. Laine Kaplan-Levenson sat down with John Barbry of the Tunica Biloxi nation, to discuss the…

You know how you can walk into a mainstream clothing or household store, like Urban Outfitters, H&M, Pier One, and find indigenous designs printed across…