The Other “Undocumented” Workers
Magazine, Winter 2023
Illegal free Black labor in antebellum New Orleans
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Louisiana Native Guards artillery practice, Port Hudson
Government, Politics & Law
The 1st and 3rd Louisiana Native Guards, consisting of free African Americans and former enslaved men, served in the Union siege and battles at Port Hudson. It marked the first time black soldiers in the U.S. were sent into major combat. The men pictured here carry out artillery practice in their encampment outside the city in 1863.
Encyclopedia Entries
Native American Basketry
Art, Folklife
A hallmark of southeastern Indian societies, cane basketry traditions persist in fewer than ten contemporary tribal communities in the southeastern United States, including three in Louisiana.
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Pickets of the First Louisiana “Native Guard”
History
Pickets of the First Louisiana "Native Guard" guarding the New Orleans, Opelousas and Great Western Railroad
The First Regiment of the Louisiana Native Guards disembarking at Fort Macomb, Louisiana
History
An illustration from Harper's Weekly of the First Regiment of the Louisiana Native Guards disembarking at Fort Macomb, Louisiana.
Encyclopedia Entries
Indian (Native American) Removal
History
The term Indian Removal is generally associated with President Andrew Jackson's forced relocation of the Cherokee Nation west of the Mississippi River.
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Native Shrimpman, Grand Isle, La
Art
Photographer Fonville Winans documented both famous and unknown Louisianians in his six-decade career, from governors to laborers. "Native Shrimpman" was photographed in 1934.
Native American Basketry
Art, Folklife
Chitimacha Tribe members Melissa Darden, John Darden and Scarlett Darden made these baskets in respective order: "Double Weave Lidded Cigar Case with Mouse Track Design," "Basket Bowl with Fish Scales Design," and "Elbow Basket with Rabbit's Teeth Design." All are contemporary, and made of split cane with commercial dye.
Native American Students
Government, Politics & Law, History
Choctaw students pose with their teacher, Mrs. Chas Penick, in the Government Day School near White Sulphur Springs in LaSalle Parish. Twenty pupils were enrolled at the time of this photograph.
Encyclopedia Entries
Native American Literature in Louisiana
Literature
Native American culture has influenced Louisiana for at least six thousand years. Today, Louisiana is home to four federally-recognized tribes: Chitimacha, Tunica-Biloxi, Coushatta, and the Jena Band of Choctaw.
