Thomas Dardar Jr., principal chief of the United Houma Nation, attends a meeting in Dulac, La., to discuss the effects of the gulf oil spill and listen to lessons learned from indigenous people in Ecuador who are suing Texaco. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
United Houma Nation member Evan Solet, 10, wears traditional dress to a meeting on the gulf oil spill in Dulac, La. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
Tim Smoot Jr., 15, and father Timothy Sr. fish for trout near Grand Bayou, La. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
A white egret beside an abandoned home, one of many destroyed by Hurricanes Rita and Katrina in Grand Bayou, La. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
