Tulane Magazine - September 2017

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ISLE DE JEAN CHARLES ALONG THE COAST OF LOUISIANA HAS LOST 98 PERCENT OF ITS LAND SINCE THE 1950S. ITS RESIDENTS—MEMBERS OF T H E B I L O X I - C H I T I M A C H A- C H O C TAW T R I B E O F N AT I V E A M E R I C A N S — F I N D A WA Y T O S U R V I V E A S T H E Y F O R G E A M O D E L F O R O T H E R C O A S T A L COMMUNITIE S FACING SIMIL AR EXISTENTIAL THREAT S.

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