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.
Louisiana hurricanes have played an essential role in the state’s history from colonization through the present and are as memorable as the places and people they impact.
Louisiana hurricanes have played an essential role in the state’s history as recorded from colonization through the present.
Ignace de Lino de Chalmette served as the chief engineer of the Louisiana colony and owner of the Chalmette Plantation.
The term Indian Removal is generally associated with President Andrew Jackson's forced relocation of the Cherokee Nation west of the Mississippi River.
The influence of Irish immigrants in New Orleans can still be seen in the Irish Channel neighborhood, St. Patrick's Day celebrations and churches such as St. Alphonsus.
The Ishak are an Indigenous people who have lived in southwest Louisiana and southeastern Texas since precolonial times.
Louisiana's Isleños descend from Canary Islanders who immigrated to the southeastern part of the state in the late 1700s, when Spain ruled the colony.
Known today as Isleños, Canary Islanders migrated to southeast Louisiana in the late eighteenth century.
French artist Jacques Amans was the leading portraitist in New Orleans during the 1840s and 1850s.
Jacques Villeré was the first native-born governor of Louisiana, serving from 1816 until 1820.
Of all the storied characters in Louisiana's early history, two brothers Jean and Pierre Laffite rank among the most notorious and noteworthy.
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