Music

Brass Bands of New Orleans
The brass band has come to represent the distinctiveness of New Orleans, most notably in the African-American cultural traditions of the jazz funeral and the second line parade.
The brass band has come to represent the distinctiveness of New Orleans, most notably in the African-American cultural traditions of the jazz funeral and the second line parade.
Caddo people began to inhabit the Red River valley approximately 2,500 years ago. Around that time, the ancestors of the southern Caddo began to settle in permanent villages, build the first mounds, cultivate plants, and develop the use of ceramics.
Deeply rooted in the history, spirituality, and daily activities of the Chitimacha people, basketry remains a visible expression of the Chitimacha Indian tribe’s culture and tradition.
The skills of the Coushatta Tribe’s contemporary basket weavers have elevated this centuries-old utilitarian craft to a highly valued art form showcased in private and museum collections nationwide.
The Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana is the largest of three federally recognized Coushatta tribal governments.
Before the first colonial settlement in 1682, Spanish and French explorers visited the territory that would become Louisiana.
The period of French colonial control of Louisiana dates from 1682 to 1800.
Archaeologists at sites across Louisiana help fill in the written record through physical excavations of the past
Jean-Michel de Lépinay served as the fifth governor of Louisiana from 1717 to 1718.
The Jena Band of Choctaw Indians is one of four Louisiana tribes recognized by the federal government and one of seven recognized by the state.
John Law was the architect of the plan to consolidate French colonial trading companies, including those in Louisiana, into a single monopoly, the Company of the Indies.
René-Robert Cavelier, sieur de La Salle, led two expeditions in search of the Mississippi Rivers outlet to the Gulf of Mexico for France under King Louis XIV.
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