The Tribal Community of Pointe-au-Chien Needs You. Here’s How You Can Help Them Directly

Many small coastal communities across southeast and south-central Louisiana are relying on support from neighbors and strangers as they recover from the devastation from Hurricane Ida.

Seventy miles below New Orleans in coastal Terrebonne and Lafourche Parishes, in Pointe-au-Chien, the Pointe-au-Chien Indian Tribe was devastated by Hurricane Ida.

Most of the homes in the Pointe-au-Chien community are uninhabitable after Hurricane Ida’s destructive winds caused unprecedented damage, leaving 150 tribal families in need of assistance for temporary housing and rebuilding.

Though this community has weathered many storms before, Ida was unlike any other, as hurricanes become more intense and more frequent in response to global climate change. Pointe-au-Chien residents need your help as they begin the long, arduous process of cleaning up and rebuilding their community.

Learn more about the Pointe-Au-Chien community and how it was impacted by Hurricane Ida.