November 23, 2021

Without federal recognition, coastal tribes struggle to access FEMA aid after Ida

Author: Kezia Setyawan and Carly Berlin

Local tribes navigate a complex bureaucracy of parish, state and federal agencies
The Courier and Daily Comet with Southerly Magazine
On a Saturday afternoon in October in Dulac, residents drove through the Anchor Foursquare Church parking lot to pick up supplies for Hurricane Ida recovery. At the end of the line, Grand Caillou/Dulac Band of Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw Chief Shirell Parfait-Dardar and Loyola University of New Orleans law student Emily Torrey handed out items, including hurricane c...