Isle de Jean Charles
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Isle de Jean Charles is a narrow ridge of land between Bayou Terrebonne and Bayou Pointe-aux-Chene in Terreboone Parish, Louisiana. It is home to many members of the Biloxi-Chitimacha tribe as well as a community of the Houma people. The Indian population on Isle de Jean Charles today is approximately 230 persons in 60 homes. It has been affected by the inevitable subsidence of South Louisiana. It lies past the 72-mile authorized levee alignment, currently under construction for the Morganza to the Gulf of Mexico Hurricane Protection Project. Because of this, it is gradually disappearing into the Gulf of Mexico.
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- Isle de Jean Charles Band of Biloxi-Chitimacha Indians
- Barry, Dan (June 19, 2006). In Louisiana, a Sinking Island Wars With Water and the Government. New York Times
- Isle de Jean Charles, LA via New Deal Network Photo GalleryThis island is in need of severe help
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