Warren Perrin grew up in the little southwest Louisiana town of Henry. He has become a prominent local attorney and cultural activist, working hard to preserve and promote the Acadian history, the French language, and contemporary Cajun culture. Warren was first inspired to become a lawyer after watching his parents struggle to negotiate fair lease agreements with oil companies. He has joined a consortium of lawyers in south Louisiana who are litigating against BP, including mostly recently a successful suit that against contracts BP gave local fishermen that required them to wave various rights as a prerequisite for working on oil spill clean up.
 
In this clip, Warren looks to Acadian history to explain how he is facing this new challenge. (In 2003, after over a decade of advocacy, Warren successfully pressed Queen Elizabeth II to apologize to the Acadian people for their expulsion from Canada in 1755.)