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Can't Stop the Water

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0.0·2013·0h 30m

For 170 years, a Native American community has occupied Isle de Jean Charles, a tiny island deep in the bayous of Louisiana. They have fished, hunted,...

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Denecia Billiot

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Wenceslaus Billiot

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Chris Brunet

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Hilton Chiasson

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Faye Danos

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Edison Dardar

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Elizabeth Dardar

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Ernest Dardar

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Rebecca Marshall, Jason Ferris

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For 170 years, a Native American community has occupied Isle de Jean Charles, a tiny island deep in the bayous of Louisiana. They have fished, hunted, and lived off the land. Now the land that has sustained them for generations is vanishing before their eyes. Coastal erosion, sea level rise, and increasing storms are overwhelming the island. Over the last fifty years, Isle de Jean Charles has been gradually shrinking, and it is now almost gone. For these Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw Indians, their land is more than simply a place to live. It is the epicenter of their people and traditions. They now must prepare to say goodbye to the place, where, for eight generations, their ancestors cultivated a unique part of Louisiana culture.