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  • 25 Sept, 2005.  Carlyss, Louisiana. Hurricane Rita aftermath. <br />
Carlyss, Louisiana (20 miles north of ravaged Cameron). One day after the storm hit. View from local cajun man Aaron Stokes' fathers' roof.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 25th Sept, 2005. Hurricane Rita aftermath, Carlyss, Louisiana (20 miles north of ravaged Cameron). One day after Rita makes landfall. Local cajun man Aaron Stokes and his dog Maggie checks on a family property ravaged by the storm as he tours the swamps and bayou's checking on neighbours and their homes.
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  • 25 Sept, 2005.  Hackberry, Louisiana. Hurricane Rita aftermath. <br />
Local cajun man Aaron Stokes and his dog Maggie tour the swamps and bayou's checking on neighbours and their homes.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 25th Sept, 2005. Hurricane Rita aftermath, Carlyss, Louisiana (20 miles north of ravaged Cameron). One day after the storm made landfall. Local cajun man Josh Herman (rt) helps locals and neighbours load supplies at Bayou Landing, his father's convenience store, despite the collapsed ceiling to keep people in basic food and supplies.
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  • 25 Sept, 2005.  Carlyss, Louisiana. Hurricane Rita aftermath. <br />
Carlyss, Louisiana (20 miles north of ravaged Cameron). One day after the storm hit. View from local cajun man Aaron Stokes' fathers' roof.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 25 Sept, 2005.  Carlyss, Louisiana. Hurricane Rita aftermath. <br />
Carlyss, Louisiana (20 miles north of ravaged Cameron). One day after the storm hit. View from local cajun man Aaron Stokes' fathers' roof.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 25 Sept, 2005.  Carlyss, Louisiana. Hurricane Rita aftermath. <br />
Carlyss, Louisiana (20 miles north of ravaged Cameron). One day after Rita makes landfall. Local cajun man Aaron Stokes and his dog Maggie checks on a family property ravaged by the storm as he tours the swamps and bayou's checking on neighbours and their homes.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 25 Sept, 2005.  Carlyss, Louisiana.  Hurricane Rita aftermath. <br />
Local cajun man Aaron Stokes checks on a family property ravaged by the storm as he tours the swamps and bayou's checking on neighbours and their homes.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 25 Sept, 2005. Carlyss, Louisiana. Hurricane Rita aftermath. <br />
Local cajun man Aaron Stokes tours the swamps and bayou's checking on neighbours and their homes.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    25 sept 05050.JPG
  • 25 Sept, 2005.  Carlyss, Louisiana. Hurricane Rita aftermath. <br />
Carlyss, Louisiana (20 miles north of ravaged Cameron). One day after Rita makes landfall. Local cajun man Aaron Stokes and his dog Maggie checks on a family property ravaged by the storm as he tours the swamps and bayou's checking on neighbours and their homes. He comes across a bicycle under the water.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 25 Sept, 2005.  Carlyss, Louisiana.  Hurricane Rita aftermath. <br />
Local cajun man Aaron Stokes and friend Chase Reider put in their boat to tour the swamps and bayou's checking on neighbours and their homes.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 1 June, 2006. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. First day of hurricane season. Wishful thinking on cleared ground beside the massive, 4,000 ft long, $34 million  flood wall, rebuilt by Cajun Contractors for the Army Corps of Engineers is almost complete and stands, in theory, ready to protect the devastated Lower 9th Ward from the Inner Harbor Navigational Canal. Photographed is the area where a huge barge smashed through the original flood wall, where a tidal wave of water rushed through, devastating the area where so many people died.
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  • 1 June, 2006. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. First day of hurricane season. An armed security guard stands watch over Army Corps engineers and contractors who have been threatened as they rebuild the 4,000 ft long, $34 million  flood wall, rebuilt by Cajun Contractors for the Army Corps of Engineers is almost complete and stands, in theory, ready to protect the devastated Lower 9th Ward from the Inner Harbor Navigational Canal. Photographed is the area where a huge barge smashed through the original flood wall, where a tidal wave of water rushed through, devastating the area where so many people died.
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  • Dec 30th, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana. Celebration in the Oaks at City Park. As New Orleans returns to a small sense of normalcy, people came out to see the lights and to enjoy the rides and amusements in City Park. Locals stop to photograph Mr Bingle, a New Orleans cult figure attached to a Cajun Christmas..
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  • 24 April 2016. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. <br />
BeauSoleil with cajun fiddler Michael Doucet.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 23 August 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Hurricane Katrina revisited. <br />
Cajun seafood on the bustling corner of Toledano St and South Broad Street a decade after the storm.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com.
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  • 25 Sept, 2005. Carlyss, Louisiana. Hurricane Rita aftermath. <br />
Local cajun man Aaron Stokes tours the swamps and bayou's checking on neighbours and their homes.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 25 Sept, 2005.  Carlyss, Louisiana. Hurricane Rita aftermath. <br />
Carlyss, Louisiana (20 miles north of ravaged Cameron). One day after the storm hit. View from local cajun man Aaron Stokes' fathers' roof.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 25 Sept, 2005. Carlyss, Louisiana. Hurricane Rita aftermath. <br />
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Carlyss, Louisiana (20 miles north of ravaged Cameron). One day after Rita makes landfall. Family home of local cajun man Aaron Stokes, ravaged by the storm.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 25 Sept, 2005. Carlyss, Louisiana.  Hurricane Rita aftermath. <br />
 Local cajun man Chase Reider takes his boat to unload meat from a family convenience store to a family home where a generator powering freezers and refrigerators will stop the meat from spoiling.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 25 Sept, 2005.  Carlyss, Louisiana.  Hurricane Rita aftermath. <br />
 Local cajun man Josh Herman tours the swamps and bayou's checking on neighbours and their homes. He also removed perishable items from his father's convenience store to place in a freezer run by a generator nearby.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 25 Sept 2005, Carlyss, Louisiana.  Hurricane Rita aftermath. <br />
Local cajun man Josh Herman (rt) helps locals and neighbours load supplies at Bayou Landing, his father's convenience store, despite the collapsed ceiling to keep people in basic food and supplies. <br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 25 Sept 2005, Carlyss, Louisiana.  Hurricane Rita aftermath. <br />
 Local cajun man Harold Herman (behind counter) opens Bayou Landing, his convenience store to neighbours, despite the collapsed ceiling to keep people in basic food and supplies. <br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 25 Sept 2005, Carlyss, Louisiana.  Hurricane Rita aftermath. <br />
Local cajun man Harold Herman (behind counter) opens Bayou Landing, his convenience store to neighbours, despite the collapsed ceiling to keep people in basic food and supplies. <br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • Dec 30th, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana. Celebration in the Oaks at City Park. As New Orleans returns to a small sense of normalcy, people came out to see the lights and to enjoy the rides and amusements in City Park. Locals stop to photograph Mr Bingle, a New Orleans cult figure attached to a Cajun Christmas..
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  • 01 June 2010. New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.  <br />
Lt General Russel Honore, 'The Rajin Cajun' shot on set for Spike Lee's latest movie,  'If God is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise.'<br />
Photo ©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com.
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  • 29 April 2012. New Orleans, Louisiana,  USA. <br />
New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. <br />
C.J. Chenier, zydeco, creole and cajun playing accordian legend.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 April 2012. New Orleans, Louisiana,  USA. <br />
New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. <br />
C.J. Chenier, zydeco, creole and cajun playing accordian legend.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 25 Sept, 2005. Lake Calcasieu, Louisiana.  Hurricane Rita aftermath. <br />
Lake Calcasieu shipping canal close to Cameron, Louisiana one day after the storm smashed the coastline. The shrimp boat the 'Cajun Queen' lies sunk in the town of Hackberry.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 01 June 2010. New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.  <br />
Lt General Russel Honore, 'The Rajin Cajun' shot on set for Spike Lee's latest movie,  'If God is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise.'<br />
Photo ©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com.
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  • 29 April 2012. New Orleans, Louisiana,  USA. <br />
New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. <br />
C.J. Chenier, zydeco, creole and cajun playing accordian legend.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 25 Sept, 2005.  Carlyss, Louisiana. Hurricane Rita aftermath. <br />
L/R Local man Aaron Stokes helps neighbour Harold Herman to syphon diesel fuel from a 500 gallon drum for use in Harold's generator. Locals helped each other through the aftermath of the storm. Harold wears a T-shirt that reads 'Laissez les Bon Temps Rouler' which translates to 'let the good times roll.'<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 25 Sept, 2005. Carlyss, Louisiana. Hurricane Rita aftermath. <br />
Friends and relatives help neighbour Harold Herman (white t/rt) to syphon diesel fuel from a 500 gallon drum for use in his generator. Locals helped each other through the aftermath of the storm.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 25 Sept, 2005. Carlyss, Louisiana. Hurricane Rita aftermath. <br />
Friends and relatives help neighbour Harold Herman (white t/rt) to syphon diesel fuel from a 500 gallon drum for use in his generator. Locals helped each other through the aftermath of the storm.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 24 April 2016. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. <br />
Amanda Shaw plays the Gentilly Syage.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 25 Sept, 2005. Carlyss, Louisiana. Hurricane Rita aftermath. <br />
The destroyed remains of a bayou home one day after the storm ravaged the area. The exterior sink seems to be the only thing to survive the storm.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 25 Sept, 2005.  Carlyss, Louisiana. Hurricane Rita aftermath. <br />
The destroyed remains of a bayou home one day after the storm ravaged the area.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 27 November 2014. New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Thanksgiving with friends.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 27 November 2014. New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Thanksgiving with friends.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 02 May 2014. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away. Fisherman and local Pointe aux Chenes Indians take a 40 hour Hazardous waste operation class in order to get certification to work for BP as sub contractors cleaning up oil. The isolated town of Pointe Aux Chenes clings to the little land that remains along the bayous and waterways of southern Louisiana. Oil washes up on the  marsh grasses just south of tribal homes. If the grass dies, there is nothing left to hold the land. All of this was solid ground just 100 years ago. Diversion of the mighty Mississippi River diverted sediment from the wetlands and deposited precious land building material deep out at sea.  At present, all these fishing grounds are closed. Members of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France face extinction of their very way of life, their very existence. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens everything, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away. Fisherman and local Pointe aux Chenes Indians take a 40 hour Hazardous waste operation class in order to get certification to work for BP as sub contractors cleaning up oil. The isolated town of Pointe Aux Chenes clings to the little land that remains along the bayous and waterways of southern Louisiana. Oil washes up on the  marsh grasses just south of tribal homes. If the grass dies, there is nothing left to hold the land. All of this was solid ground just 100 years ago. Diversion of the mighty Mississippi River diverted sediment from the wetlands and deposited precious land building material deep out at sea.  At present, all these fishing grounds are closed. Members of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France face extinction of their very way of life, their very existence. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens everything, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away The isolated town of Pointe Aux Chenes clings to the little land that remains along the bayous and waterways of southern Louisiana. Oil washes up on the  marsh grasses just south of tribal homes. If the grass dies, there is nothing left to hold the land. All of this was solid ground just 100 years ago. Diversion of the mighty Mississippi River diverted sediment from the wetlands and deposited precious land building material deep out at sea.  At present, all these fishing grounds are closed. Members of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France face extinction of their very way of life, their very existence. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens everything, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away The isolated town of Pointe Aux Chenes clings to the little land that remains along the bayous and waterways of southern Louisiana. Oil washes up on the  marsh grasses just south of tribal homes. If the grass dies, there is nothing left to hold the land. All of this was solid ground just 100 years ago. Diversion of the mighty Mississippi River diverted sediment from the wetlands and deposited precious land building material deep out at sea.  At present, all these fishing grounds are closed. Members of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France face extinction of their very way of life, their very existence. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens everything, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away. Russel Darden, a shrimper, crabber, oysterman, fisherman. Russel holds over $1,000 worth of various fishing permits issued by the state. At present, all his fishing grounds are closed. He can not make use of any of the permits and he can not earn the money to make up the money. Russel is a member of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens the tribe's very existence, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away. Booms fail to protect precious wetlands south of Pointe Aux Chenes where oil washes up on the  marsh grasses. If the grass dies, there is nothing left to hold the land. All of this was solid ground just 100 years ago. Diversion of the mighty Mississippi River diverted sediment from the wetlands and deposited precious land building material deep out at sea.  At present, all these fishing grounds are closed. Members of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France face extinction of their very way of life, their very existence. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens everything, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away. Booms fail to protect precious wetlands south of Pointe Aux Chenes where oil washes up on the  marsh grasses. If the grass dies, there is nothing left to hold the land. All of this was solid ground just 100 years ago. Diversion of the mighty Mississippi River diverted sediment from the wetlands and deposited precious land building material deep out at sea.  At present, all these fishing grounds are closed. Members of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France face extinction of their very way of life, their very existence. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens everything, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away. Booms fail to protect precious wetlands south of Pointe Aux Chenes where oil washes up on the  marsh grasses. If the grass dies, there is nothing left to hold the land. All of this was solid ground just 100 years ago. Diversion of the mighty Mississippi River diverted sediment from the wetlands and deposited precious land building material deep out at sea.  At present, all these fishing grounds are closed. Members of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France face extinction of their very way of life, their very existence. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens everything, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away. Hermits crabs along the shoreline of precious wetlands south of Pointe Aux Chenes where oil washes up on the  marsh grasses. If the grass dies, there is nothing left to hold the land. All of this was solid ground just 100 years ago. Diversion of the mighty Mississippi River diverted sediment from the wetlands and deposited precious land building material deep out at sea.  At present, all these fishing grounds are closed. Members of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France face extinction of their very way of life, their very existence. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens everything, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away. Oil and gas pipelines criss cross the wetlands just south of the isolated town of Pointe Aux Chenes. The town clings to the little land that remains along the bayous and waterways of southern Louisiana. Oil washes up on the  marsh grasses just south of tribal homes. If the grass dies, there is nothing left to hold the land. All of this was solid ground just 100 years ago. Diversion of the mighty Mississippi River diverted sediment from the wetlands and deposited precious land building material deep out at sea.  At present, all these fishing grounds are closed. Members of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France face extinction of their very way of life, their very existence. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens everything, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away. Oil contractors prepare boom for loading into local boats as Jesus looks over them in the isolated town of Pointe Aux Chenes in Southe Louisiana. The town clings to the little land that remains along the bayous and waterways of southern Louisiana. Oil washes up on the  marsh grasses just south of tribal homes. If the grass dies, there is nothing left to hold the land. All of this was solid ground just 100 years ago. Diversion of the mighty Mississippi River diverted sediment from the wetlands and deposited precious land building material deep out at sea.  At present, all these fishing grounds are closed. Members of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France face extinction of their very way of life, their very existence. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens everything, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away. The precious wetlands south of Pointe Aux Chenes. Through years of erosion, much of this was once solid ground. Diversion of the mighty Mississippi River diverted sediment from the wetlands and deposited precious land building material deep out at sea.  At present, all these fishing grounds are closed. Members of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens the tribe's very existance, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away. Fisherman and local Pointe Aux Chenes Indians take a 40 hour Hazardous waste operation class in order to get certification to work for BP as sub contractors cleaning up oil. The isolated town of Pointe Aux Chenes clings to the little land that remains along the bayous and waterways of southern Louisiana. Oil washes up on the  marsh grasses just south of tribal homes. If the grass dies, there is nothing left to hold the land. All of this was solid ground just 100 years ago. Diversion of the mighty Mississippi River diverted sediment from the wetlands and deposited precious land building material deep out at sea.  At present, all these fishing grounds are closed. Members of the Pointe Aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France face extinction of their very way of life, their very existence. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens everything, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away. Fisherman Walter Guidry listens and learns as local Pointe aux Chenes Indians take a 40 hour Hazardous waste operation class in order to get certification to work for BP as sub contractors cleaning up oil. The isolated town of Pointe Aux Chenes clings to the little land that remains along the bayous and waterways of southern Louisiana. Oil washes up on the  marsh grasses just south of tribal homes. If the grass dies, there is nothing left to hold the land. All of this was solid ground just 100 years ago. Diversion of the mighty Mississippi River diverted sediment from the wetlands and deposited precious land building material deep out at sea.  At present, all these fishing grounds are closed. Members of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France face extinction of their very way of life, their very existence. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens everything, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away. Fisherman John Verdin (l) and Kerry Trosclair listen and learn as local Pointe aux Chenes Indians take a 40 hour Hazardous waste operation class in order to get certification to work for BP as sub contractors cleaning up oil. The isolated town of Pointe Aux Chenes clings to the little land that remains along the bayous and waterways of southern Louisiana. Oil washes up on the  marsh grasses just south of tribal homes. If the grass dies, there is nothing left to hold the land. All of this was solid ground just 100 years ago. Diversion of the mighty Mississippi River diverted sediment from the wetlands and deposited precious land building material deep out at sea.  At present, all these fishing grounds are closed. Members of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France face extinction of their very way of life, their very existence. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens everything, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away The isolated town of Pointe Aux Chenes clings to the little land that remains along the bayous and waterways of southern Louisiana. Oil washes up on the  marsh grasses just south of tribal homes. If the grass dies, there is nothing left to hold the land. All of this was solid ground just 100 years ago. Diversion of the mighty Mississippi River diverted sediment from the wetlands and deposited precious land building material deep out at sea.  At present, all these fishing grounds are closed. Members of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France face extinction of their very way of life, their very existence. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens everything, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away The isolated town of Pointe Aux Chenes clings to the little land that remains along the bayous and waterways of southern Louisiana. Oil washes up on the  marsh grasses just south of tribal homes. If the grass dies, there is nothing left to hold the land. All of this was solid ground just 100 years ago. Diversion of the mighty Mississippi River diverted sediment from the wetlands and deposited precious land building material deep out at sea.  At present, all these fishing grounds are closed. Members of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France face extinction of their very way of life, their very existence. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens everything, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away. Booms fail to protect precious wetlands south of Pointe Aux Chenes where oil washes up on the  marsh grasses. If the grass dies, there is nothing left to hold the land. All of this was solid ground just 100 years ago. Diversion of the mighty Mississippi River diverted sediment from the wetlands and deposited precious land building material deep out at sea.  At present, all these fishing grounds are closed. Members of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France face extinction of their very way of life, their very existence. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens everything, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away. The precious wetlands south of Pointe Aux Chenes. Through years of erosion, much of this was once solid ground. Diversion of the mighty Mississippi River diverted sediment from the wetlands and deposited precious land building material deep out at sea.  At present, all these fishing grounds are closed. Members of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens the tribe's very existence, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away. The precious wetlands south of Pointe Aux Chenes. Through years of erosion, much of this was once solid ground. Diversion of the mighty Mississippi River diverted sediment from the wetlands and deposited precious land building material deep out at sea.  At present, all these fishing grounds are closed. Members of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens the tribe's very existance, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away. Booms fail to protect precious wetlands south of Pointe Aux Chenes where oil washes up on the  marsh grasses. If the grass dies, there is nothing left to hold the land. All of this was solid ground just 100 years ago. Diversion of the mighty Mississippi River diverted sediment from the wetlands and deposited precious land building material deep out at sea.  At present, all these fishing grounds are closed. Members of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France face extinction of their very way of life, their very existence. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens everything, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away. Booms fail to protect precious wetlands south of Pointe Aux Chenes where oil washes up on the  marsh grasses. If the grass dies, there is nothing left to hold the land. All of this was solid ground just 100 years ago. Diversion of the mighty Mississippi River diverted sediment from the wetlands and deposited precious land building material deep out at sea.  At present, all these fishing grounds are closed. Members of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France face extinction of their very way of life, their very existence. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens everything, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away. Booms fail to protect precious wetlands south of Pointe Aux Chenes where oil washes up on the  marsh grasses. If the grass dies, there is nothing left to hold the land. All of this was solid ground just 100 years ago. Diversion of the mighty Mississippi River diverted sediment from the wetlands and deposited precious land building material deep out at sea.  At present, all these fishing grounds are closed. Members of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France face extinction of their very way of life, their very existence. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens everything, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away. Booms fail to protect precious wetlands south of Pointe Aux Chenes where oil washes up on the  marsh grasses. If the grass dies, there is nothing left to hold the land. All of this was solid ground just 100 years ago. Diversion of the mighty Mississippi River diverted sediment from the wetlands and deposited precious land building material deep out at sea.  At present, all these fishing grounds are closed. Members of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France face extinction of their very way of life, their very existence. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens everything, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away. A simple marker placed in the marsh is all the denotes the old indian cemetery that has sunk into the wetlands just south of the isolated town of Pointe Aux Chenes. The town clings to the little land that remains along the bayous and waterways of southern Louisiana. Oil washes up on the  marsh grasses just south of tribal homes. If the grass dies, there is nothing left to hold the land. All of this was solid ground just 100 years ago. Diversion of the mighty Mississippi River diverted sediment from the wetlands and deposited precious land building material deep out at sea.  At present, all these fishing grounds are closed. Members of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France face extinction of their very way of life, their very existence. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens everything, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away. Fisherman Christopher Verdin listens and learns as local Pointe aux Chenes Indians take a 40 hour Hazardous waste operation class in order to get certification to work for BP as sub contractors cleaning up oil. The isolated town of Pointe Aux Chenes clings to the little land that remains along the bayous and waterways of southern Louisiana. Oil washes up on the  marsh grasses just south of tribal homes. If the grass dies, there is nothing left to hold the land. All of this was solid ground just 100 years ago. Diversion of the mighty Mississippi River diverted sediment from the wetlands and deposited precious land building material deep out at sea.  At present, all these fishing grounds are closed. Members of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France face extinction of their very way of life, their very existence. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens everything, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away The isolated town of Pointe Aux Chenes clings to the little land that remains along the bayous and waterways of southern Louisiana. Oil washes up on the  marsh grasses just south of tribal homes. If the grass dies, there is nothing left to hold the land. All of this was solid ground just 100 years ago. Diversion of the mighty Mississippi River diverted sediment from the wetlands and deposited precious land building material deep out at sea.  At present, all these fishing grounds are closed. Members of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France face extinction of their very way of life, their very existence. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens everything, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away. Russel Darden, a shrimper, crabber, oysterman, fisherman. Russel puts on his respirator whenever he smells oil thick in the air. Russel holds over $1,000 worth of various fishing permits issued by the state. At present, all his fishing grounds are closed. He can not make use of any of the permits and he can not earn the money to make up the money. Russel is a member of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens the tribe's very existence, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away. White pelicans in wetlands south of Pointe Aux Chenes. Oil washing up on the  marsh grasses threatens everything. If the grass dies, there is nothing left to hold the land. All of this was solid ground just 100 years ago. Diversion of the mighty Mississippi River diverted sediment from the wetlands and deposited precious land building material deep out at sea.  At present, all these fishing grounds are closed. Members of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France face extinction of their very way of life, their very existence. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens everything, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away. Russel Darden, a shrimper, crabber, oysterman, fisherman. Russel holds over $1,000 worth of various fishing permits issued by the state. At present, all his fishing grounds are closed. He can not make use of any of the permits and he can not earn the money to make up the money. Russel is a member of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens the tribe's very existence, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
He knows his life will never be the same again. The ecological and economic impact of BP's oil spill is devastating to the region. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. The Louisiana wetlands produce over 30% of America's seafood and oil and gas production. They are the most fertile wetlands and nurseries of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away The isolated town of Pointe Aux Chenes clings to the little land that remains along the bayous and waterways of southern Louisiana. Oil washes up on the  marsh grasses just south of tribal homes. If the grass dies, there is nothing left to hold the land. All of this was solid ground just 100 years ago. Diversion of the mighty Mississippi River diverted sediment from the wetlands and deposited precious land building material deep out at sea.  At present, all these fishing grounds are closed. Members of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France face extinction of their very way of life, their very existence. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens everything, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away. French reporter Alexandra Gonzalez writes passionately from the region. The precious wetlands south of Pointe Aux Chenes. Through years of erosion, much of this was once solid ground. Diversion of the mighty Mississippi River diverted sediment from the wetlands and deposited precious land building material deep out at sea.  At present, all these fishing grounds are closed. Members of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens the tribe's very existence, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Life will never be the same again. The ecological and economic impact of BP's oil spill is devastating to the region. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. The Louisiana wetlands produce over 30% of America's seafood and oil and gas production. They are the most fertile wetlands and nurseries of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away. Myron Prosterie, a shrimper, crabber, oysterman, fisherman and one time oil worker. Myron holds over $1,700 worth of various fishing permits issued by the state. At present, all his fishing grounds are closed. He can not make use of any of the permits and he can not earn the money to make up the money. Widowed eight months ago, Myron is a member of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 gererations back to France. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens the tribe's very existance, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
He knows his life will never be the same again. The ecological and economic impact of BP's oil spill is devastating to the region. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. The Louisiana wetlands produce over 30% of America's seafood and oil and gas production. They are the most fertile wetlands and nurseries of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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