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Coral Davenport and Campbell Robertson. 2016. Resettling the First American ‘Climate Refugees’. New York Times.

Type
Literature
Publication
Coral Davenport and Campbell Robertson. 2016. Resettling the First American ‘Climate Refugees’. New York Times.
Year Published
2016
Description

This news story describes ongoing struggles facing the Isle de Jean Charles Band of Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw Indians as their island erodes in the face of environmental degradation and sea level rise.