Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw tribe News

State Paying to Move Residents as Louisiana Island Shrinks

The effects of global warming can be seen and touched in Louisiana, where officials have begun buying higher ground to relocate an entire town in a bayou being swallowed by higher seas. The Louisiana Office of Community Development announced Tuesday …

Flood-Prone Louisiana to Get $234M to Move Village, Control Stormwater

In a nod to the threat Louisiana faces from flooding, the federal government is sending $233.8 million in grants to Louisiana to relocate a coastal American-Indian village, prevent damage from hurricanes and make a suburban slice of New Orleans better …