New Orleans

Illustrates converging narratives, oral traditions and dialogues that root Louisiana Creoles to an Indigenous history. The Louisiana Creoles are a métis/mestizo people separate but linked to their land and kinship ties.

Looks at Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, in light of a class system that marginalizes people and then leaves them at the mercy of federal bureaucrats who pretend they don't exist.

Looks at how Black Indians have produced historical and cultural identities, and how they were portrayed in the HBO series Tremé.

Looks at the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the stark racial inequalities and class disparities in plain sight within the United States.

Looks at the lack of voice for Native Americans in the media, where everything is put in terms of black and white, and argues that what happened in New Orleans was a forced relocation of a population.

Estimates that 4,500 Indigenous people lost everything during two hurricanes, Katrina and Rita, and yet there was no mass media coverage of this event.

Describes how some individuals, of theTunica-Biloxi tribe, came to terms with their feelings of grief and rage after hurricane Katrina.

Looks at how the Houma peole have returned to rebuild their lives after two hurricanes, Katrina and Rita.

Examines several hurricanes and how they affected the history and culture of the Houma people in Louisiana.