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Are We the Same People with the Same Culture ??
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| Origins |
Louisiana/Caribbean |
Canada |
| Race |
Caucasian,African Native American , Etc |
Caucasian |
| Language |
Louisiana Creole |
Colonial French |
| Where they live |
South Louisiana |
Southwest Louisiana, Texas |
| Culture |
Creole French / American |
Arcadian French |
| What they Eat |
Beans, Rice ,Fish Srimp, Gumbo Pastery |
Srimp, Cat fish, Wildlife, Gumbo ,Roux Sea food |
| Music |
Zydeco, Jazz, Creole Caribbean, Cultural |
Cajun, Folk,Country |
| Customs |
Industrious, Professional, Deeply Religious, Family orientated,fun loving and Liberal minded |
Very ethnic, sports minded,Family orientated, a bit Clanish,Deeply religious, Very hard workers |
| Contributions |
Music loving,Civic Leaders, Business Men,Politicians, Community minded .and Good Cooks |
Fishermen, Loggers, Hunters, Oil rig workers, Cooks Musicians,dedicated family men |
| Religion |
Catholic |
Catholic |
| How many |
180,000 in Louisiana an estimate 6 Million Nationwide and 30 Million World wide |
900,000 |
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The Louisiana French Creoles
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| Louisianas European French Creoles |
The Louisiana Creoles of Color |
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The Haitian Creoles |
The Caribbean Creoles |
The Indian Ocean Creoles |
The European Creoles |
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Although Many Dictionaries and Books on the subject attempt to define the Original Creoles as Europeans nothing can be further from the truth...
The Europeans were NOT the first Creoles to inhabit the New World ... they are most generally identified as being the first Creoles because the founding fathers of Louisiana were French,However, before there was a louisiana, there were,Creoles in the New World ..
The first time this word was Used was by a Portugese Priest who bestowed this name on the first generation of Children born of Slaves in the New World...
The Louisiana Creoles have been more distinctly connected to a place - New Orleans - than perhaps any other American ethnic group but their rural Louisiana neighbors, the Cajuns. But unlike the Cajuns, who settled in Louisiana after being expelled from Canada by the British, the Creoles lived in the birthplace of their culture.
Many Creoles trace their roots to immigrants and slaves from the former French and Spanish colonies in the Caribbean, particularly Cuba and what is now Haiti.
Historians say it was New Orleans's position as a crossroads and port town that allowed for the easy mingling of races and nationalities that in turn gave birth, in the 18th century, to a part-European, part-Afro-Caribbean society that grew to an estimated 20,000 people in Louisiana by the mid-1800's.
The Creole culture that developed over generations - known for a distinctive cuisine, language and music - contributed to New Orleans's singular identity and helped define Louisiana to the world.
Before Hurricane Katrina, experts estimated that 10 to 20 percent of black people in New Orleans - 30,000 to 60,000 people - considered themselves Creole by way of ancestry, but even more lived lives influenced by the culture because of their proximity to it.
Many, though, had already left, some to live as whites in other parts of the country. Large numbers of Creoles also departed Louisiana after World War II, frustrated with the slow pace of racial progress in the South.
The Creoles in New Orleans were an economically diverse group. Some lived in simple but historic houses in the Tremé area near the French Quarter, while others were concentrated in Gentilly and in more modern, upscale neighborhoods in New Orleans East.
Large swaths of the last two areas were damaged beyond repair in the flood and are likely to be condemned.Some Creoles predict that the area around Natchitoches (pronounced NACK-ih-tish), which already had a sizable, generations-old Creole community, will become the new center of the culture.
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