BP Oil Spill Threatens Future of Indigenous Communities in Louisiana

The indigenous Atakapa-Ishak people in this coastal Louisiana village have relied on the land and water around them to survive for generations. They live mostly off the oysters, shrimp and fish they draw from the marshes. Now the traditions and very survival of this small community are at risk. We went to Grand Bayou on the same day as a visiting delegation from Alaska who survived the Exxon-Valdez spill and spoke to indigenous leaders from both disaster-affected communities. ... Worth reading / viewing; lots of lessons have been learned from Exxon-Valdez spill; how many more more spills before we change our energy policy or screw up our environment so bad we can't recover??? ... Monte