This past summer, volunteering at a Louisiana Creole language immersion camp, Henry Johnson heard a lullaby that stirred a memory. In the memory, he was 3 years old, gathered with cousins and ...

In 2018, Louisiana became the first U.S. state to join l’Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), a global organization of more than 90 countries, governments and states united by French ...

BATON ROUGE, La. - Louisiana Public Broadcasting (LPB) continues its partnership with Télé-Louisiane, bringing viewers eight all-new episodes of La Veillée, a 15-minute weekly look at the happenings, ...

BREAUX BRIDGE, La. — Corey Ledet, lead singer in Corey Ledet and His Zydeco Band, belts out lyrics to an old zydeco tune in Louisiana French while literally bending the accordion to his will and ...

Sunset's historic former high school, vacant since 1991, is being renovated into École Saint-Landry, a French immersion charter school. The school secured a 100-year lease for the building in 2023 for ...

The use of French and Creole in Louisiana has been on the decline for decades, although a number of initiatives and organizations are attempting to slow the slide and preserve the state’s unique ...

This year marks the 50th anniversary of Festivals Acadiens et Créoles, a vibrant celebration of Louisiana’s unique Francophone culture. In a special ceremony during the festival’s opening night ...

LAFAYETTE, La. (WAFB) - The unique language, music, and culture of Creole Louisiana is the focus of a museum in an area of Lafayette known as Freetown. Erica Fox is a musician and artist who helped ...

Preface -- Nathalie Dajko and Shana Walton -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Connie Eble -- Indigenous languages -- The Chitimacha language: a history -- Daniel W. Hieber -- Kowassaaton Ilhaalos: ...