Foodways
Bread Pudding
Stale loaves of bread get a sweet rebirth in this popular baked dessert.
French Colonial Period
French Colonial Period Index
1.8 f. Bread Pudding
Recipes for this baked dessert can turn stale bread into a delicious treat.
Folklife
Brown Pelican
Declared locally extinct in 1963, the brown pelican population rebounded in the state due to efforts by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.
History
Bulbancha
An Indigenous name for the area most often known in English as New Orleans.
Peoples of Louisiana
Caddo Nation
Caddo people began to inhabit the Red River valley approximately 2,500 years ago.
7.10 d.-e. Caddo Nation
The Caddo people, who began to inhabit the Red River valley approximately 2,500 years ago, were eventually pushed out of their traditional territory by Anglo-American immigrants.
Music
Cajun Music
Cajun music is a genre that arose in southwestern Louisiana from the Francophone folk music traditions of the Acadians.
1.8 b. Cajun Music
Louisiana’s Cajun music has been influenced by a rich blend of musical traditions.
History
Cajuns
Cajuns are the descendants of Acadian exiles from what are now the maritime provinces of Canada–Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island–who migrated to southern Louisiana.
Literature
Cajuns in Literature
Acadians, Cajuns, and their history became part of American literature, often represented through romantic myth.
Foodways
Calas
Fried rice cakes known as calas were once ubiquitous among New Orleans street vendors.
History
Chickasaw Wars
The Chickasaw Wars were a series of proxy wars between the Chickasaws and their British allies in South Carolina and Georgia against French Louisiana and its Native allies, principally from among the Choctaws.
