PBS News Weekend

Season 5, Episode 3 of 4

The Isle de Jean Charles, located about 60 miles southwest of New Orleans, has been home to the Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw people for nearly 200 years. But the rising sea levels have erased most of the island's land, prompting government officials to plan to relocate these Native American residents to a new community. Is this a harbinger of things to come in other U.S. coastal communities confronting climate change? A new responsibility for government to bear? The tiny spit of an island could be a template for communities that may eventually move inland due to natural forces beyond their control. On Saturday, NewsHour's Hari Sreenivasan reports.

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6/25/2016
4 p.m.
6/25/2016
7 p.m.
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