French Louisianians
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French Louisianians, also known as Louisiana French or French Creoles, refer to people of French-American ethnicity native to the areas of the United States formerly comprising the colony of French Lo
The State of Louisiana's welcome sign.
The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Mobile, Alabama
Portrait of a Choctaw Woman from Mobile
The Mobile Carnival Museum in Mobile, Alabama. Mardi Gras traditions began in Mobile.
Louisiana Creole people
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French Louisianians
…formerly comprising the colony of French Louisiana. Distinct regional subgroups include the Alabama Creoles (including Alabama Cajans), Arkansas Creoles, Louisiana Creoles (including Louisiana Cajuns), and the Missouri French (Illinois Country Creoles). The term Créole was originally used by French settlers in North America…
Casquette girls, or Filles du Roi were girls sent to New France as wives for colonists. In Louisiana, they became known as Pelican girls.
A Choctaw chief
Louisiana Indians walking along a bayou (Alfred Boisseau, 1847)
A Choctaw Eagle dance