Bright Lights Online

Bright Lights Online: Coushatta Cultural Legacies

A Conversation with Lifetime Contributions to the Humanities Honorees Bertney and Linda Langley with Dr. Denise Bates

Bertney Langley, a Coushatta storyteller and traditional cultural advisor, and his wife, Linda, a retired anthropology professor from McNeese State University who serves as the Coushatta Tribe’s historic preservation officer, have dedicated their lives to the preservation of Coushatta culture, history, and language. Dr. Denise E. Bates is a historian at Arizona State University. Her scholarship examines leadership, activism, community development, and sustainable well-being among Indigenous peoples of the 20th century US South.This conversation was held on Friday, January 8, 11 a.m.

This program is produced by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. The views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this event do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities or the National Endowment for the Humanities.