
6.10 a.–d. French Colonial Louisiana
The era of French control over Louisiana was marked by many challenges, including hurricanes and conflicts with Native American groups like the Natchez.
The era of French control over Louisiana was marked by many challenges, including hurricanes and conflicts with Native American groups like the Natchez.
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.
The Ishak are an Indigenous people who have lived in southwest Louisiana and southeastern Texas since precolonial times.
Jean-Michel de Lépinay served as the fifth governor of Louisiana from 1717 to 1718.
Ancestors of the Jena Band of Choctaw Indians avoided resettlement and remained in Louisiana following the Indian Removal Act of 1830.
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.
Approximately forty ethnically and politically distinct North American Indigenous polities located in the Gulf Coast region and lower Mississippi River valley made up les petites nations.
The history of the fort, mission, and settlement of Los Adaes reflects both intercolonial rivalry and cooperation among the Spanish, French, and Native Americans who lived along the border of New Spain and French Louisiana.
The Mississippian culture spanned from roughly 1050 to 1700 CE
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