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In Louisiana, Native Americans struggle to recover from Ida

Destruction from Hurricane Ida is seen along Bayou Pointe-au-Chien, La., Thursday, May 26, 2022, nine months after the hurricane ravaged the bayou communities of southern Louisiana. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

A destroyed home from Hurricane Ida is seen next to a mobile trailer on Isle de Jean Charles, La., Thursday, May 26, 2022, nine months after the hurricane ravaged the bayou communities of southern Louisiana. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Destruction from Hurricane Ida is seen on Isle de Jean Charles, La., Thursday, May 26, 2022, nine months after the hurricane ravaged the bayou communities of southern Louisiana. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Louise Billiot, a member of the United Houma Nation Indian tribe, looks at damage from Hurricane Ida nine months later, inside the heavily damaged home of her friend and fellow tribal member Irene Verdin, along Bayou Pointe-au-Chien, La., Tuesday, May 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Irene Verdin looks through her home that was heavily damaged by Hurricane Ida in August 2021, along Bayou Pointe-au-Chien, La., Tuesday, May 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Louise Billiot, right, admires the nails of Vorina Roussell, who is bed-bound from a stroke, inside a trailer she is living in with her sister-in-law IreneVerdin, next to her home that was heavily damaged by Hurricane Ida nine months before, along Bayou Pointe-au-Chien, La., Tuesday, May 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Damage from Hurricane Ida, which tore through the bayou communities in August 2021, sits along Bayou Pointe-au-Chien, La., Thursday, May 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Destruction from Hurricane Ida, which tore through the bayou communities in August 2021, is seen on Isle de Jean Charles, La., Thursday, May 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

A home destroyed by Hurricane Ida in August 2021, is seen on Isle de Jean Charles, La., Thursday, May 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

The home of Irene Verdin, which was heavily damaged by Hurricane Ida in August 2021, remains un-repaired along Bayou Pointe-au-Chien, La., Tuesday, May 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Louise Billiot, left, a member of the United Houma Nation Indian tribe, walks the home of her friend and tribal member Irene Verdin, which was heavily damaged from Hurricane Ida nine months before, along Bayou Pointe-au-Chien, La., Thursday, May 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Mold on the ceiling and a warped ceiling fan are seen inside Irene Verdin's home that was heavily damaged by Hurricane Ida in August 2021, along Bayou Pointe-au-Chien, La., Tuesday, May 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Irene Verdin walks through her home that was heavily damaged by Hurricane Ida in August 2021, along Bayou Pointe-au-Chien, La., Tuesday, May 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

A photo of a younger Vorina Roussell, who is now bed-bound from a stroke and living in a trailer with Irene Verdin, sits inside Irene's home that was heavily damaged by Hurricane Ida nine months before, along Bayou Pointe-au-Chien, La., Tuesday, May 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Holes in the ceiling and mold are seen inside the home of Irene Verdin, which was heavily damaged by Hurricane Ida in August 2021, along Bayou Pointe-au-Chien, La., Tuesday, May 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Irene Verdin walks through her home that was heavily damaged by Hurricane Ida in August 2021, along Bayou Pointe-au-Chien, La., Tuesday, May 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Standing water from roof holes splashes on the plywood sub-floor as Irene Verdin talks inside her home that was heavily damaged by Hurricane Ida nine months before, along Bayou Pointe-au-Chien, La., Tuesday, May 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Irene Verdin stands outside her home that was heavily damaged by Hurricane Ida in August 2021, along Bayou Pointe-au-Chien, La., Tuesday, May 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Irene Verdin tends to her sister-in-law Vorina Roussell, who is bed-bound, inside a trailer she is living in, next to her home that was heavily damaged by Hurricane Ida nine months before, along Bayou Pointe-au-Chien, La., Tuesday, May 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

A home hat was heavily damaged by Hurricane Ida in August 2021, sits along Bayou Pointe-au-Chien, La., Tuesday, May 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

What is left of Earl and Brenda Billiot's home, that was heavily damaged by Hurricane Ida in August of 2021, remains un-repaired, along Bayou Pointe-au-Chien, La., Tuesday, May 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

A view from Lester Naquin's home that was heavily damaged by Hurricane Ida in August of 2021, shows the destroyed home of his nephew, who lived next door with his wife and child, along Bayou Pointe-au-Chien, La., Tuesday, May 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

A view from Lester Naquin's home that was heavily damaged by Hurricane Ida nine months before, shows the destroyed home of his nephew, who lived next door with his wife and child, along Bayou Pointe-au-Chien, La., Tuesday, May 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Lester Naquin clears room to sit on the porch of his home that was heavily damaged by Hurricane Ida nine months before, along Bayou Pointe-au-Chien, La., Tuesday, May 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Louise Billiot, a member of the United Houma Nation Indian tribe, talks inside the home of her friend Irene Verdin, which was heavily damaged from Hurricane Ida nine months before, along Bayou Pointe-au-Chien, La., Thursday, May 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

In Louisiana, Native Americans struggle to recover from Ida