Reznet

The Al Jazeera English news channel reports on the plight of United Houma
Nation after it was battered by hurricanes.

At least two people are reported dead and tens of thousands are forced from their homes as dangerous storm surge floods the bayou communities where much of Louisiana's Native American population lives.

Native communities along southern coast of Louisiana, still reeling from Hurricane Gustav, are hit by a new danger: Hurricane Ike's destructive storm surge.

The community of Dulac, La., in Terrebonne Parish, where many United Houma Nation tribal members lives, shows little sign of recovery from the direct hit it took from Hurricane Gustav last week

In their first look at bayou communities, Houma tribal leaders find some houses and other property severely damaged by Hurricane Gustav's winds and floodwaters but are relieved to find many homes and community centers were spared.

Category 2 storm makes landfall in bayou of Terrebonne Parish, where many United Houma Nation tribal members live and work.

Mississippi Choctaw tribe extends 'hand of hospitality' to Houmas evacuating areas in path of hurricane, but their caravans inch along on jammed roads.

Three years after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, some tribal members have just moved out of FEMA trailers and into new homes that they now have to evacuate as a new hurricane approaches.