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Creole originally meant …

August 24, 2018 by Christophe Landry, Ph.D. | 8 Comments

Not too long ago, Creole was an afterthought in Louisiana consciousness. It fell out of popular memory and recognition by World War I, as a large number of Louisiana Creoles abandoned their historic identity and culture for racialized Anglo-American identities (white and negro/colored/black) … Since around 2010, Creole is back in popular use and academic discourse, and not in the racialized way that many today often use the identity.

Basic Louisiana History & the Acadian(a) Flag Debacle

August 15, 2018 by Christophe Landry, Ph.D. | 8 Comments

The Lafayette-based KATC news station opened a can of worms when it presented on Facebook a proposal and research of Dr. Rick Swanson, a professor at UL Lafayette. Swanson questioned the representativeness of the flag of Acadiana, adopted by the Louisiana Legislature in 1974.

Tackling ancestral research

August 1, 2018 by Christophe Landry, Ph.D. | 2 Comments

Genealogy, family history, history, ancestry, and roots, are all terms that more or less act as synonyms in English … at least inRead More

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