Pointe Au Chien Tribe sues BP over Gulf of Mexico oil spill
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Filed Under:
Environment
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Law
The
Pointe Au Chien Tribe of Louisiana has sued
BP over the 2010
Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
The tribe says the spill destroyed its land, burial grounds and historical sites. Tribal members who depend on subsistence fisheries are now out of work.
The tribe lacks federal recognition.
Get the Story:
BP Sued by Pointe Au Chien Indian Tribe Over Spill Damage, Fishing Losses
(Bloomberg News 4/18)
A Year Spent Wrestling With Paperwork, Not Nets (The New York Times 4/19)
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