
1.8 e. Lagniappe
A popular term in Louisiana usually tied to the gifting of something small—or a little something extra—with a purchase.
A popular term in Louisiana usually tied to the gifting of something small—or a little something extra—with a purchase.
King cakes are a sweet bread or pastry usually decorated in purple, green, and gold.
Beignets are a powdered sugar–covered treat.
This historic building in New Orleans has played an important role in Louisiana’s government and is now a museum.
During the Archaic period, people from the Evans culture built large mounds made of dirt.
People of the Plaquemine, Caddo, and Mississippian cultures lived in Louisiana between 300 and 800 years ago during a time known as the Mississippi period.
By studying artifacts, archaeologists know that people were in Louisiana at least 13,000 years ago.
People from the Clovis culture and San Patrice culture were some of Louisiana’s earliest inhabitants.
Bernardo de Gálvez, the fourth governor of Spanish Louisiana, is best known for leading Louisiana militia troops against the British during the American Revolution.
In the eighteenth century Houma people established trade and political relationships with French and Spanish colonists. In the twentieth century Houmas unified their community and successfully struggled for political recognition.
The Treaty of Fontainebleau shifted ownership of western Louisiana and New Orleans from France to Spain during the French and Indian War.
Alejandro O’Reilly served as the second Spanish governor of Louisiana from 1769 to 1770.
In 1873 white Louisianans responded to Reconstruction policies with violence, resulting in a massacre that claimed as many as 150 lives.
Oscar James Dunn became one of the first Black men in the United States to serve in an executive political position when he was elected lieutenant governor of Louisiana in 1868.
The Florida Parishes weren’t included in the Louisiana Purchase but instead were added to Louisiana after an armed revolt against the Spanish colonial government.
Thomas Jefferson commissioned the Dunbar-Hunter Expedition to explore and document the lower regions of the Louisiana Territory.
More than two thousand people across South Louisiana lost their lives in the Cheniere Caminada Hurricane, making it one of Louisiana’s deadliest storms.
The effectiveness of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal program in Louisiana was undercut by conflict with US Senator Huey P. Long.
Hurricane Katrina and the flooding that followed brought international attention to Louisiana.
The Federal Art Project and Federal Writers Project helped employ out-of-work artists and writers during the Great Depression.
The French Civil Code of 1804 standardized civil law in France, becoming a model legal framework for jurisdictions around the world, including Louisiana.
The Tunica-Biloxi Tribe is one of only four American Indian groups in Louisiana recognized by the federal government.
The Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana is the largest of four federally recognized tribal governments in Louisiana.
This distinct form of government exists in more than half of Louisiana’s parishes.
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