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Climate, Culture, Movement: Navigating Decision‐Making in a Shifting Landscape for a Resilient United Houma Nation

Implementing Organization

Tulane University

Overview

DWH Project Funding

$2,101,958

Known Leveraged Funding

$0

Funding Organization

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine – Gulf Research Program (NASEM - GRP)

Funding Program

NASEM Gulf Research Program Grants

Details

Project Category

Human and Social

Project Actions

Resilience

Targeted Resources

Project Description

The United Houma Nation is a Louisiana state-recognized tribe primarily based in southeastern Louisiana that is striving to maintain its unique culture amidst dramatic climatic, environmental, and socio-economic change. While tribal citizens have sustained livelihoods and communities in a shifting landscape for generations, today ongoing coastal land loss combined with the cumulative impacts of health, social, and economic disparities have created unprecedented challenges for the tribe. The goal of this project is to determine how the United Houma Nation can adapt to climate-related and other short- and long-term stressors while maintaining the integrity of its community and culture. The project team will collaborate with the United Houma Nation to examine existing and emerging stressors.

Contact

Maureen Lichtveld
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gulfgrants@nas.edu
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Project Partners

None

Affiliated Institutions

None

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