The Pointe-Au-Chien Tribe’s official Twitter handle is here👇🏽: @Pointe_Au_Chien
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*This is NOT the official PACIT Twitter account, but I will do my best to RT about the Tribe’s efforts and ongoing opportunities to support them here.*
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#HurricaneIda devastated the @Pointe_Au_Chien Indian Community.
Please join me in supporting their recovery efforts.
Please donate, and share the link to their gofundme on all your Social Media platforms:
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https://t.co/3l842aDpug
Support the Pointe au Chien Indian Tribe this Giving Tuesday by making a gift that strengthens our community and preserves our coastal heritage. Your generosity helps us safeguard our traditions, and advance vital resilience initiatives. https://t.co/GdJXJO3GuX
In the Gulf of Mexico, the prawn fishing industry has been undermined for several years by foreign competition.
In Louisiana, one in 70 jobs is linked to fishing, meaning that an entire way of life is threatened by globalisation.
A #FOCUS report by @FannyAllard1 and @FrazJ ⤵️
Join us each Sunday morning for services at 10:30 at Rayne Memorial Chapel, 3900 St Charles. This week: Rebuilding Pointe au Chien
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Louisiana has long history with French. Immersion school aims to keep it alive
Most Louisianans no longer speak French but a growing number of schools now immersing kids in it. At École Pointe-au-Chien, focus is on teaching local French dialects first.
https://t.co/M9m31Q8lwf
#OTD in 2005, Major Hurricane Rita made landfall in SW Louisiana. There were 120 fatalities and many communities were swept away.
Rita made records as the most intense tropical cyclone on record in the Gulf of Mexico, with maximum winds of 180 mph.
Photo credit: NOAA
Tribe members rejoice after fish populations return for first time since 'historic' dam removal: 'It's been a long time coming' <https://t.co/2sGkKR1vfu>
The National Climate Assessment says that U.S. land theft & colonization have made Indigenous peoples more vulnerable to climate change as shrinking coastlines and more extreme weather events threaten historic sites, cultural practices, and food supplies. https://t.co/YcGWfZ8Ysr