Winter 2022

Contents:

Our winter 2022 issue of 64 Parishes features three stories about language in Louisiana. Hali Dardar takes readers through the stories of four Houma women and their languages, moving from Indigenous languages, through French and English, to the reconstrutive work of the Houma Language Project. Emilie Bahr shows us the world of French immersion in Louisiana, the last, best hope for keeping the heritage language going, and Dr. Clint Bruce exposes the alleged bilingual conspiracy of Lafayette’s twin-city agreement with Moncton, New Brunswick.

We’re also proud to present:

• An excerpt from Rien Fertel’s latest book, Brown Pelican
• A look at the project to move and preserve Natchitoches’ Pacale-Roque House
• An exploration of Louisiana’s at-risk small cemeteries
• A farewell to punk star King Louie Bankston
• The amazing adventures of Crawfish-Man
• The story of New Orleans’s almost-establishment near Manchac Pass
• The whole-hog tradition of the Black Creole boucherie
• Parish spotlights about the Dixie Mafia lonely-hearts scam, grave houses, and new histories of urban enslavement
• Poetry by Sunni Patterson

Plus stories from our partners at The Historic New Orleans Collection, New Orleans Museum of Art, and LSU Press.

The current issue of 64 Parishes is available at retail outlets across Louisiana or can be ordered through the LEH for $5.95 plus shipping. In stock back issues are also available for $6.95. To order visit 64parishes.org/subscribe or call 1.800.909.7990 or 504.356.0505.