The Pointe-au-Chien Indian Tribe (PACIT) is a state-recognized Native American Tribe in the Terrebonne and Lafourche Parishes of Louisiana. The Tribe consists of approximately 800 members and is positioned along the Bayou Pointe-au-Chien. Due to climate change, this area in coastal Louisiana experiences one of the highest global rates of sea level rise. Increased sea level rise is exacerbating land loss due to subsidence (the gradual sinking of land), marsh fragmentation, and increased erosion from storm impacts, salt water intrusion, and local oil and gas extraction sites. The PACIT has deep, place-based knowledge of coastal Louisiana passed down through many generations. This knowledge, also known as traditional ecological [...]