Claiming devastation to its fishing grounds and ancestral lands, the Pointe Au Chien tribe filed a lawsuit against BP (NYSE:BP) seeking compensation for the alleged damages.
The lawsuit asserted the tribe “has suffered loss of use of its historical and cultural lands, including tribal cemeteries, Indian mounds, shell middens and traditional fisheries."
“Use of these lands has been lost from April 20, 2010, to the present," according to the complaint.
The tribe asserts it has an “an aboriginal land title claim’’ to the damaged areas, although they're not one of the four federally recognized tribal nations in Louisiana. The tribe consists of approximately 680 members.
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Monday, April 18, 2011
BP (BP) Sued by Louisiana Indian Tribe Over Gulf Spill
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