Louisiana
Needs French
AATF
ADVOCACY FACT PACK FOR
LOUISIANA
IMPORTANT FRANCOPHONE GOVERNMENT ADDRESSES
Belgian Consular Representatives for Louisiana
Mr. Roland VANDENWEGHE
Honorary Consulate of Belgium
701 Poydras Street, Suite 4500
New Orleans, LA 70139
Phone (504) 585-0151
Fax (504) 566-0210
E-mail: roland.vandenweghe@arlaw.com
Canadian Consulate in Houston
The Consulate of Canada
5847 San Felipe Street, Suite 1700
Houston, Texas 77057
Tel: (713) 821-1440,
Fax: (713) 821-161
e-mail: hston-td@international.gc.ca
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/can-am/houston/menu-en.asp
Québec Delegation in Atlanta
Québec Trade Office - Atlanta
1170 Peachtree Street N.E.,
suite 250
Atlanta, GA 30339
Tel : (404) 815-4979
Fax : (4048156664
Courriel : qc.atlanta@mri.gouv.qc.ca
http://www.mri.gouv.qc.ca/usa/en/atlanta/qui_sommes_nous/index.asp
French Consulate in New Orleans
Consulat Général de France à la Nouvelle
Orléans
http://www.consulfrance-nouvelleorleans.org/
70112, 1340 Poydras Street, Suite 1710.
Tel. 504 / 523-5772 ou 523-5394
Fax. 504 / 523-5725
info@consulfrance-nouvelleorleans.org
Swiss Consulate - NEW ORLEANS
1620 8TH ST., 70115
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
IMPORTANT EDUCATIONAL & CULTURAL
ADDRESSES
Louisiana Foreign Language Teachers Association
http://ulm.edu/languages/LFLTAm.html
FRANCE-LOUISIANE / FRANCO-AMERICANIE
http://flfa.free.fr/
Action Cadienne
http://www.actioncadienne.org/
Encyclopedia of Cajun Culture
http://www.cajunculture.com/
Louisiana Folk Roots
http://lafolkroots.org/
La Louisiane à la carte
http://www.louisianealacarte.org/
Festival International de la Louisiane
http://www.festivalinternational.com/site6.php
Acadiana: Les Paroisses Acadiennes
http://www.gumbopages.com/acadiana/
Cultures of Acadiana: FRENCH LOUISIANA
http://www.carencrohighschool.org/la_studies/French_Articles.htm
Acadiana: Les Paroisses Acadiennes
http://www.gumbopages.com/acadiana/
Cajun French Music Association
http://www.cajunfrenchmusic.org/
Zachary Richard
http://www.zacharyrichard.com/
L'Association Louisianaise des Clubs Français des Ecoles
Secondaires
http://www.alcfes.info/
Accords Franco-Louisianais 2004-2006 (Education)
http://asterix.ednet.lsu.edu/~dekuehne/fepaccords2004.html
The French Education Project for Research & Teacher Education
(FEP). LSU
http://asterix.ednet.lsu.edu/~dekuehne/fep.htm
French Immersion USA
http://www.frenchimmersionusa.org/
French Immersion USA - Advocacy
http://www.frenchimmersionusa.org/AdminAdvocacy/n_advocacy.php
The Founding of Louisiana - The Tricentennial 1699-1999
http://asterix.ednet.lsu.edu/~dekuehne/lafounding.html
"Espace Francophone" on Louisiana
http://www.espacefrancophone.org/en/louisiane/index.html
La Louisiane française au seuil du XXIe Siècle: La
commercialisation de la culture
http://www.fl.ulaval.ca/cefan/franco/my_html/LOUISIA.html
Le Site de du Bureau Wallonie-Bruxelles en Louisiane aux Etats-Unis
http://www.wbri.be/cgi/bin2/htdoc.cgi?id=0001943_home&menu=0000195_menu_entier&header=0000260_header&footer=0000261_footer&lang=fr
Haiti-Louisiana Mission
http://www.hrdf.org/pics/Haiti-Louisiane%20English.html
Center for Louisiana Studies
http://cls.louisiana.edu/
Creole Heritage Center (Natchitoches)
http://www.nsula.edu/creole/
Center for Cultural and Eco-Tourism (Lafayette)
http://ccet.louisiana.edu/
Representative to the National Council of State Supervisors of Foreign
Languages:
Terri Hammatt
terri.hammatt@la.gov
Louisiana Department of Education
1201 North 3rd Street
Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9064
Phone: 225-342-3181
Fax: 225-342-9891
Louisiana Content Standards for Foreign Languages
http://www.doe.state.la.us/lde/uploads/1189.pdf
Center for Louisiana Studies
http://cls.louisiana.edu/
Louisiana AATF
Jaqueline Labat, President
E-mail: labatj@sjabr.org
Dr. Denise Egéa-Kuehne, Treasurer
EDCI, 202 Peabody Hall
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
E-mail: dekueh@lsu.edu
For National AATF Advocacy News
Ideas for French Language & Culture Advocacy in the US
http://www.utm.edu/staff/globeg/advofr.shtml
Alliance Française (both
teaching chapters)
Alliance Française de Lafayette
217 rue Principale Ouest
LAFAYETTE, LA 70501
President: Mme Francine HILLARD
E-mail: CODOFIL@bellsouth.net
Web: http://www.aflafayette.org/
Alliance Française de la Nouvelle Orléans
1519 Jackson Avenue
NEW ORLEANS, LA 70130
Tel. 504-568-0770
Fax. 504-566-1108
E-mail: afno@bellsouth.net
Web : http://www.af-neworleans.org
President: Claude Schlesinger
Other Organizations culled from France Amérique
Le Centre International de Lafayette
735 Rue Jefferson
Lafayette, LA 70501 U.S.A.
T (337) 291-5474 / F (337) 291-5480
Mél : FIA@lecentre.org
Site Internet : http://www.lecentre.org
Council of French Societies
of Greater New Orleans, Inc.
2824 Octavia St
New Orleans, LA 70115
Tel (504) 866-9088
Site Internet : http://www.cfsno.com
France Louisiane
17 avenue Reille
75014 Paris - France
Tel 01-40-47-83-19
Web: http://flfa.free.fr/
Causeries du Lundi
1133 Lowerline Street
New Orleans, LA 70118
Tel (504) 861-2627
Les Enfants de la France
544 Rosa Avenue
Metairie, LA 70005
Tel (504) 835-0659
L'Union Française
4522 Prytania
New Orleans, LA 70115
Tel (504) 866-9088
UFE (Union des Français de l'Étranger)
7217 Beryl Street
New Orleans, LA 70124
T (504) 283-1956 / F (504) 283-7455
Mél : regnardus@aol.com
French Heritage Society
401 Iona
Metairie, LA 70005
Tel /Fax (504) 835 6694
Mél : EAS401@aol.com
Association Démocratique des Français à l'Etranger
4500 Arthur Drive
New Orleans, LA 70122
Tel (504 ) 244-6462
Some Louisiana French & International Schools
French Immersion USA
http://www.frenchimmersionusa.org/
French Immersion Schools in Louisiana
http://www.frenchculture.org/education/studies/immersion/louisiana.html
Before Hurricane Katrina, there were nearly 30 Louisiana schools
offering French Immersion programs
Report on Louisiana immersion schools affected by Katrina and Rita
http://www.has.vcu.edu/wld/whatsnew/pdfs/French_schools_affected.pdf
French Immersion Programs
http://www.louisianacajun.com/main.asp?URL=http://www.cafa.org/FrImmerArticles.html%20&id=led
Ecole Franco-Américaine Audubon
Tél. : 504 862 5135
Fax : 504.866.1691
Mme O'Dwyer
428 Broadway Street
NEW ORLEANS, LA 70118
Email : abitbol_olivier@hotmail.com
BATON ROUGE International SCHOOL (BRIS)
8264 One Calais Avenue
Baton Rouge, LA 70809
Tél. (225) 769-3997
Fax. (225) 769-3971
Courriel : brisla@yahoo.com
Web : http://www.brintl.com
International Baccalaureate Programs
Louisiana State University Laboratory School
45 Dalrymple Drive
LSU
Baton Rouge 70803
sdelacr@lsu.edu
cthom25@lsu.edu
http://www.uhigh.lsu.edu
LOUISIANA FRANCOPHONE DEMOGRAPHY
Louisiana currently has over 200,000 residents whose native language is
French, French Creole, or Cajun French (most likely a quarter of a
million). This is over 13% of all US residents speaking
French, French Creole, or Cajun French. Here is a detailed breakdown of
reported 1st and 2nd ancestries related to areas with a high
concentration of French and French Creole speakers from the 1990 census:
Acadian
1st (407,319)
2nd (25,230)
Belgian
1st
(3,076)
2nd (1,267)
French
1st
(411,645) 2nd
(138,795)
French Canadian 1st (79,752)
2nd (6,817)
Swiss
1st
(2,547)
2nd (1,670)
Haitian
1st
(523)
2nd (110)
smaller numbers from Sénégal and other West African
francophone countries, and from Luxembourg.
List of Louisiana parishes by French-speaking population
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Louisiana_parishes_by_French-speaking_population
Acadian Memorial
http://www.acadianmemorial.org/
FrancoGene: Genealogy of Louisiana
http://www.francogene.com/usa/louisiana.php
Acadian-Cajun Genealogy and History
http://www.acadian-cajun.com/
Cajun (Wikipedia)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cajun
Hainaut-Louisiana
http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/8230/
C.R.E.O.L.E., INC. (Creole culture in southwest Louisiana)
http://www.creoleinc.com/
Here are some demographic maps made from the 1990 census figures:
Percent Acadian/Cajun Population 1990
http://www.state.la.us/census/theme/cajun.jpg
Percent French Population 1990
http://www.state.la.us/census/theme/french.jpg
Percent French Ancestry 1990
http://www.state.la.us/census/theme/pctfrdest.jpg
French Language Ancestry 1990)
http://www.state.la.us/census/theme/frlangancest.jpg
The Acadians of Louisiana - A Story to Tell (curriculum unit)
http://www.challenge.state.la.us/k12act/data/acad/acad.html
L'émigration française vers la Louisiane de 1698 à
1754
http://daniel_burgot.club.fr/html/deportation/crozat.htm
LOUISIANA MEDIA WITH SOME FRENCH
CONTENT
Le Tintamarre (Centenary College subscription form) only French
newspaper in Louisiana
http://www.centenary.edu/french/tintamarre.html
Case 17 [about historical French language newspapers in New Orleans]
http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special/exhibits/creole/Institution/institution.html#case17
Louisiana Public Broadcasting rebroadcasts news programs from
France 2 and French educational programming. Cable channels in
Lafayette and New Orleans broadcast 10 hours of French programs on a
weekly basis. There are a number of community radio stations
broadcasting in Cajun French and Creole.
List of French-language radion & TV stations in Louisiana
http://www.espacefrancophone.org/files/LAradio-TV4004.pdf
French in the Media (with list of French-language radio/TV in LA)
http://www.lafayettetravel.com/culture/language/french_media.cfm
Television
Baton Rouge, LA LPB / 1 000 000 - France Feelings/
Lafayette, LA AOC / 65 000 - France Feelings
Canapé/Educational Programing/Le Journal de France 2
KATC TV-3 Lafayette (some Cajun culture and occasional French)
New Orleans, LA EDU Educational programs NOETC
/ 92 000 - France Feelings Canapé NOPS / 125 000 - EDCOX10
/ - France Feelings/CAN
Radio
102.1 - Basile KLSU / 91.1 FM - Baton Rouge WYNK / 1380 AM
- Baton Rouge WYNK / 101.5 FM - Baton Rouge KSIG /
1450 AM - Crowley KBON / 101.1 FM -
Eunice KEUN / 1490 AM - Eunice KJJB / 1490 AM -
Eunice KCIL / 107.5 FM - Houma KJIN / 1490 AM - Houma
KMDL / 97.3 FM - Lafayette *KRVS / 88.7 FM -
Lafayette KROF / 960 AM - Lafayette KQIS / 102.1 FM -
Lafayette KVOL / 1330 AM - Lafayette KAOK / 1400 AM - Lake
Charles KLCL / 1470 AM - Lake Charles KLPL / 1050 AM - Lake
Providence KLEB / 1060 AM - Larose KAPB / 97.7 FM -
Marksville KTLN / 90.5 FM - New Orleans *WWNO / 89.8
FM - New Orleans KSLO / 1230 AM - Opelousas KAGY / 1510 AM
- Port Sulfur *KSCL / 91.3 FM - Shreveport KEZM / 1310
AM—Sulphur KTIB / 640 AM - Thibodeaux KVPI / 1050 AM -
Ville Plate KNIR in New Iberia, KLEB in Golden Meadow
Clarence's Cajun radio programs in Baton Rouge are Sat 7pm-8 on 90.3 FM
& Sun noon-2 on 1260 AM.
http://www.cajunradio.org/language.html
Clarence's Cajun & Zydeco Radio Guide
http://www.cajunradio.org/internetradiozydecocajun.html
Cajun and Zydeco radio programs on AM / FM radio stations in Louisiana
http://www.cajunradio.org/amfmradiocajunzydeco.html
KRVS 88.7 FM in Lafayette
http://www.krvs.org/about.php
KBON 101.1 in Crowly
http://www.kbon.com/
Radio Louisiane
http://radiolouisiane.com/
SELECTED FRENCH MOMENTS IN
LOUISIANA HISTORY
Louisiana’s French History (chronology in English)
http://www.codofil.org/english/lafrenchhistory.html
In addition:
1682 - La Salle, the French explorer, reached the mouth of the
Mississippi, claimed all its drainage basin for France, naming
the area Louisiana to honor Louis XIV
1699 - Pierre Le Moyne, Sieur d'Iberville, and the Sieur de Bienville,
two brothers, strengthened France's claims and France made Louisiana a
crown colony that year.
1699 - Iberville discovered and named Baton Rouge.
1701 - Bienville's 2nd attempt at the exploration of the Red River,
accompanied by Louis Juchereau de Saint-Denis.
1702 - Iberville's brother, Bienville is named governor of Louisiana.
1702 - The Choctaws (who lived north of Lake Pontchatrain) are the
first native American group to form an alliance with the French.
1712 - In order to increase the value of the colony, France granted a
monopoly of commercial privileges, which in 1717 passed to a company
organized by John Law.
1714 - first permanent settlement in the Louisiana Territory at
Natchitoches (founded by Juchereau de St. Denis).
1716 - François Goyon des Près Derbanne passed through
the Natchitoches Indian villages on the Red River on his way to Texas.
1717 - France granted a monopoly on Louisiana commerce to John LAW.
From then until 1731, the failure of this sytem was so severe it deeply
affected colonies like Louisiana.
1717 - French settle in groups what is now Natchitoches Parish
1718 - Sieur de Villemont settles on the east bank of Lake St.
Joseph
1718 - New Orleans is founded by Jean Baptiste LeMoyne, Sieur
Bienville, naming it "La Nouvelle Orleans" in honor of Philippe, Duc
d'Orleans.
1718-1724 and 1733-1743 - Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville is French
Colonial Governor.
1719 - Law's scheme to populate Louisiana included a pamphlet,
circulated throughout war-torn Germany and Austria, extolling the
virtues of life in a colony where the streets were lined with
gold. Free transportation was promised.
1721 - Adrien de Pauger (New Orleans' first engineer) arrived at the
settlement that becomes New Orleans.
1723 - French Colonial capital transferred to New Orleans.
1725-1726 - Pierre Sidrac Dugue de Boisbriand, was acting French
Colonial Governor
1727 - St. Louis church was completed in French style.
1731 - Louisiana became a French crown colony.
1743 - Marquis de Vandruil became first governor of French Louisiana.
1751 - Jean-Baenard Bossu, a French Captain of the Marines, visited
Louisiana (and again in 1761)
1753 - Louis Billouart, baron of Kerlérec, becomes
governor of Louisiana (until 1763).
1763 - By the Peace of Paris Great Britain acquired from France its
Louisiana territory east of the Mississippi and north of the Isle of
Orleans.
1764 - The first Acadians (20) arrived in Louisiana from New York via
Mobile.
1765 - Another group of 200 Acadians arrived in February.
1766 - The first census taken of the Poste des Atakapas area (now
Martinville) showed 409 residents. There were 1070 in 1785, 2541 in
1788, and 3744 in.
1770 - Charles Philippe Aubry, French Colonial Governor 1765-1766, died.
1773 - Census finds 2370 Acadians living in Louisiana.
1774 - Antoine du Pratz's History of Louisiana published. This
history traveled with the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
1785 - Spain provides 7 ships to carry over 1600 Acadians from France
to Louisiana.
1788 - The first St. Louis church was destroyed by fire.
1788 - Capt. Joseph Gravois and 17 Acadians arrive in Louisiana
December 11 on the schooner, La Brigite.
1792 - France ceded the Louisiana region west of the Mississippi, along
with the New Orleans area to Spain.
1798 - Manuel Gayoso de Lemos replaced François-Louis Hector,
Baron de Carondelet et Hoyelles as governor of Louisiana
1800 - Treaty of San Ildefonso: Spain returned Louisiana to France. By
this time, the territory had over 50,000 inhabitants.
1801 - New Orleans area reverted to actual French control.
1807 - The US Orléans territory was devided into 19 "paroisses".
1809 - An act authorizes the governor to find two suitable printers to
print in French and English the official proceedings of the territorial
government.
1812 - Louisiana becomes the first state with a non-English speaking
majority
1821 - An Acadian Jean Mouton donated land for the construction of a
Catholic church, which became St. John the Evangelist of Vermilion
1827 - The first official Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans was
held.
1837 - A group of Belgians first settled the present site of Many, LA.
1844 - Lafayette was named in honor of the French Marquis de Lafayette.
1845 - The new constitution of Louisiana recognizes an official
bilingualism (French & English).
Some more Louisiana History Links
Issue 30 of Enquête sur l'histoire: "L'épopée de la
Louisiane française 1699-1803"
http://flfa.free.fr/enquete.htm
The Cabildo - American Indians: The First Families of Louisiana on the
Eve of French Settlement
http://lsm.crt.state.la.us/cabildo/cab2.htm
Les Gens de couleur libres
http://nutrias.org/~nopl/exhibits/fmc/fmc.htm
History of Louisiana Histories and Source Documents
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/America/United_States/Louisiana/home.html
History of Louisiana, by Charles Gayarré
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/America/United_States/Louisiana/_Texts/GAYHLA/home.html
History of New Orleans (Wikepedia)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_New_Orleans
Of Saints and Sinners in New Orleans:
http://www.remnantnewspaper.com/Archives/archive-2005-1031-saints_new_orleans.htm
Ouachita County History (chronology rich in French moments)
http://www.enlou.com/places/ouachitacounty.htm
French Governors of Louisiana
http://www.enlou.com/people/french_governors.htm
Carte de la Louisiane (1720) in Gallica [BNF]
http://visualiseur.bnf.fr/Visualiseur?Destination=Gallica&O=IFN-8013310
Louisiana Digital Map Library (including important colonial maps)
http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/maps/louisiana/
Digital Louisiana maps at the US Historical Archives
http://www.ushistoricalarchive.com/statemaps/la/index.html
TEACHERS EXPLORING LOUISIANA HISTORY - Colonial Days
http://asterix.ednet.lsu.edu/~dekuehne/colonialdays.htm
French Colonization of Louisiana and Louisiana Purchase Map Collection
http://louisdl.louislibraries.org/LMP/Pages/home.html
The Cost and Value of the Purchase: A View from French Upper Louisiana
http://www.louisianafolklifefest.org/Articles/2003f3.htm
Le Voisinage: Evolution of Community in Cajun Country, by Dana David
http://www.louisianafolklifefest.org/Articles/1999f3.htm
Cajun Women and the Country Mardi Gras Tradition, Carolyn E. Ware
http://www.louisianafolklifefest.org/Articles/2004a4.html
New Orleans City Directory1805 - Index and Totals (see how much
was French)
http://www.enlou.com/1805nodirectory/1805nodindex.htm
Louisiana Timeline
http://www.enlou.com/time/timelineindex.htm
Louisiana (New France)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_(New_France)
LA LOUISIANE FRANCAISE
http://www.chez.com/yberville/
La Louisiane Française (1682-1803)
http://www.louisiana.culture.fr/en/index.html
Histoire de la Louisiane française
http://j.pazzoni.free.fr/
Nouvelle-Orléans et Louisiane > Un peu d'histoire
http://www.ecltd.com/Pages/Unpeuhistoire.htm
Louisiane (Nouvelle-France) - Wikipédia
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiane_(Nouvelle-France)
Antoine du Pratz's History of Louisiana (1774)
http://www.lewis-clark.org/content/content-channel.asp?ChannelID=335
Early Episodes in Louisiana History
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/America/United_States/Louisiana/_Texts/LHQ/1/3/Bossu_Excerpts*.html
John Law and the Mississippi Bubble: 1718-1720
http://mshistory.k12.ms.us/features/feature22/law2.html
Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d’Anville, "Carte de la Louisiane" 1732
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/small/exhibits/lewis_clark/exploring/ch2-14.html
Le Page du Pratz, "A Map of Louisiana, with the course of the
Missisipi", 1763
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/small/exhibits/lewis_clark/exploring/ch4-22.html
Joutel, Henry (1640-1735). Carte de la Louisiane et de la
rivière Mississippi
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b67002692
Carte de la Louisiane (1720) in Gallica [BNF]
http://visualiseur.bnf.fr/Visualiseur?Destination=Gallica&O=IFN-8013310
History of the Cajuns: French-Canadian Settlers of Louisiana
http://www.acadian-cajun.com/frcan.htm
Arrival of the Acadians in Louisiana
http://www.thecajuns.com/acadians.htm
HISTORY & GENEALOGY OF ACADIANS ON THE LOUISIANA "ACADIAN COAST"
& THE BAYOU LAFOURCHE BASIN
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pointe/3829/lafourche.html
French Creoles in Louisiana: An American Tale (with chronology)
http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1992/2/92.02.02.x.html
Antoine-Simon Le Page du Pratz, L'Histoire de la Louisiane (1758)
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~gsayre/LPDP.html
History of Louisisana by Le Page du Pratz
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/9153
Look What They’ve Done to my French, Mama: Attempts to Save Louisiana
French
http://www.aliciapatterson.org/APF001975/Peyton/Peyton08/Peyton08.html
Breaux Bridge - History and Culture
http://www.breauxbridgelive.com/cajunhistory.html
Breaux Bridge: History of the Cajuns
http://www.breauxbridgelive.com/cajunhistory.html
New Orleans 1721 Alphabetical Census Extract
http://www.angelfire.com/or/rambin/1721NO.html
Feiler, Seymour, ed. and tr. Jean-Bernard Bossu's
Travels in the Interior of North America 1751-1762. Normand, OK:
University of Oklahoma Press, 1962.
Dickinson, Samuel Dorris, ed and tr. New Travels in North
America by Jean-Bernard Bossu, 1770- 1771. Natchitoches,
Louisiana: Northwestern State University Press, 1982.
SELECTED FRENCH PLACE NAMES IN LOUISIANA
Abbeville, Anse-aux-Pailles, Anse La Butte, Arnaudville, Audubon, Baie
Côte Blanche, Baton Rouge, Bayou Bourbeux, Bayou Cane, Bayou
Chene, Bayou Cocodrie, Bayou Corne, Bayou Coteau, Bayou de Glaize,
Bayou De Loutre, Bayou De Siard, Bayou Des Acadiens, Bayou des
Allemands, Bayou des Cotes, Bayou des Glaises, Bayou Dularge, Bayou du
Plomb, Bayou du Portage, Bayou Du Rossett, Bayou Gauche, Bayou Geneve,
Bayou Grand Caillou, Bayou LaFourche, Bayou Maurice, Bayou Noir, Bayou
Petit Anse, Bayou Petit Caillou, Bayou Scie, Bayou Terrebonne, Bayou
Chicot, Beaujolais, Beaulieu, Beau Chene, Belle Amie , Bellevue, Belle
Chasse, Belle Helene, Belle Rive, Belle Rose, Belle Terre, Belmont,
Boeuf, Bossier Paris h, Boudreaux, Bourgeois Landing, Brouillette,
Bienville, Bossier, Boutte, Broussard, Bruly La Croix, Butte LaRose,
Chalmette Oaks, Chamblee, Champagne, Chemin-A-Haut, Chataignier,
Chaudiere Casse, Chauvin, Cheniere, Cheniere au Tigre, Cloutierville,
Choudrant, Cote Blanche, Côte Gelée, Cortableau, Coulee
Croche, Coulee du Portage, DeClouet, Delacroix, Des Allemands, Dos
Gris, Duchamp, Dufresne, Dulac, Dauterive, Goudeau, Grand Bayou, Grand
Cane, Grand Coteau, Grande Ecaille, French Settlement, Grand
Terre Island, Grosse Tete, Isles Dernières, Jean La Branche,
Lafitte, La Grange, La Reussite, La Salle, Labarre, Lac des Allemands,
Lac Long, Lac Martin, Lachute, Lacour, Lafourche Parish, Lafayette,
Lebeau, Lecompte, Le Blanc, Le Bleu, Le Breton, Le Jeune, Leleux, Le
Moyen, Les Vieux Chenes, Lorraine, Loreauville, Louisiana, Mandeville,
Marais Bouleurs, Marais Castille, Maringouin, Maurepas, Meaux, Meraux,
Mermentau, Mer Rouge, Modeste, Moreauville, Napoleonville,
Paincourtville, Patoutville, Petite Place, Pitreville, Plaquemine,
Plaucheville, Pointe-aux-Chênes, Pointe Claire, Pointe
Coupée Parish, Pointe Noir, Pont Breaux, Pont Des Mouton,
Port Barre, Port Fourchon, Prairie Laurent, Presquille, Provencal,
Rousseau, Tabatiere Perdue, Theriot, Thibodaux, Vacherie,
Vermillionville, Versailles, Vieux Carre, Village de L'Est, Ville
Platte, Bossier Parish, Orleans Parish, Beauregard Parish, Arceneaux,
Tortue, Prudhomme,
Some typical street names in cities with a French memory: Rue Toulouse,
Rue Dauphene, Rue St. Louis, Rue Burgundy, Rue Chartres, Rue Conti, Rue
Orleans, Rue Royale.
Carte de la Louisiane (1720) in Gallica [BNF]
http://visualiseur.bnf.fr/Visualiseur?Destination=Gallica&O=IFN-8013310
Noms de Bayou: French Place Names in North Louisiana (by Kelby Ouchley)
http://www.louisianafolklifefest.org/Articles/1999f4.htm
Louisiana Map and GIS Data/ Louisiana Place Names [database]
http://libre.redjar.org/maps/data/state/louisiana/
LOUISIANA FRENCH & CREOLE
Cajun French
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cajun_French
Clarence's Guide to the Cajun French Language, Cajun Phrases, and Cajun
Dictionary
http://www.cajunradio.org/language.html
Les pages cadiennes de LSU: LSU Cajun pages
http://appl003.lsu.edu/artsci/frenchweb.nsf/$Content/Cajun+French?OpenDocument
The French Language in Louisiana (from Miquelon.net)
http://www.miquelon.net/louisiane/english/e-francais.html
Louisiana’s French Language
http://www.codofil.org/english/lafrenchlanguage.html
French Dialect - Louisiana
http://french.about.com/cs/frenchdialectl/
Histoire linguistique de la Louisiane
http://www.tlfq.ulaval.ca/axl/amnord/louisiane-2historique.htm
Issue 30 of Enquête sur l'histoire: "L'épopée de la
Louisiane française 1699-1803"
http://flfa.free.fr/enquete.htm
Situation démolinguistique en Louisiane
http://www.tlfq.ulaval.ca/axl/amnord/louisiane-1demographie.htm
We Speak French in Louisiana (historical sketch)
http://www.lafayettetravel.com/culture/language/
Look What They’ve Done to my French, Mama: Attempts to Save Louisiana
French
http://www.aliciapatterson.org/APF001975/Peyton/Peyton08/Peyton08.html
We Speak French in Louisiana (historical sketch)
http://www.lafayettetravel.com/culture/language/
Bibliothèque Tintamarre - Oeuvres Louisianaise sur internet
http://www.centenary.edu/french/louisiane.html
Papers and Projects on Louisiana French
http://languages.louisiana.edu/French/la-french.html
Mais oui, la Louisiane! (blog)
http://maisoui.typepad.com/
Kreyol Lwiziyen - The Language of French Louisiana
http://www.angelfire.com/ky/LeCorde/cajun.html
Governors of Louisiana (see French periods)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_of_Louisiana
LOUISIANA'S PLACE IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
Foreign Direct Investment:
In 1999, foreign direct investment per capita in Louisiana was $7,304,
which is more than twice the U.S. average of $3,641.
In 2002, majority-owned affiliates of foreign companies employed 48,900
workers in Louisiana. However, this represents only about 3.3% of
Louisiana's total work force and ranks it 39th in the country for this
economic trait. In 2004, the figure was 49,900, representing 3.1 of the
work force. Foreign-controlled companies accounted for 9.8 percent of
total manufacturing employment in Louisiana in
2003, and 10.1% in 2004.
In 1995, however foreign investors owned 682,366 acres of Louisiana
farm land, making it fifth, behind Maine, California, Texas and New
Mexico. Considering Louisiana's actual size, this is a lot.
Louisiana: Exports, Jobs, and Foreign Investment (May 2007)
http://www.ita.doc.gov/td/industry/otea/state_reports/louisiana.html
LA Department of Agriculture & Forrestry - International Trade
Program
http://www.ldaf.state.la.us/divisions/marketing/marketdevelopment/internationaltrade/default.asp
Louisiana International Trade News
http://www.einnews.com/louisiana/newsfeed-LouisianaInternationalTrade
Canadian State Trade Fact Sheet for Louisiana
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/can-am/washington/state_trade_2004/louisiana_2004-en.asp
Canada and Louisiana: Expanding Trade & Cultural Ties
http://wtcno.org/programs/2004/canada7-7.htm
International Trade Council - Red River Region
http://www.itc-rrr.org/
Louisiana International Trade Center SBDC
http://www.uno.edu/litc/
World Trade Center of New Orleans
http://wtcno.org/
Exports:
According to 2001 data, nearly one-seventh (14.1 percent) of all
manufacturing workers in Louisiana depend on exports for their jobs.
Export-supported jobs account for an estimated five percent of
Louisiana's total private-sector employment (roughly one of every 20
jobs). A total of 3,310 companies exported goods from Louisiana
locations then. In 2005, A total of 2,346 companies exported goods from
Louisiana locations. Small and medium-sized enterprises generated over
one-third (37%) of Louisiana's total exports of merchandise in 2005.
Louisiana's exports are spread out among many countries, so that the
value of exports to its 25 top trade partners is about $4 billion short
of the total for 2004. This may reflect New Orlean's port
status. Here are the dollar value figures for 2004:
Total for the top 25:
$15,615,800,000
Canada:
$1,433,800,000
Belgium:
$457,700,000
France:
$251,000,000
Algeria:
$200,800,000
This makes exports to Francophone countries roughly 15% of all going to
Louisiana's top 25 trading partners.
Even without Algeria among the top 25 trading partners, 2006, a Katrina
recovery year, saw nearly 15.3% of Louisiana's export revenue coming
from Francophone countries:
Total for the top 25:
$17,776,000,000
Canada:
$1,788,000,000
Belgium:
$659,000,000
France:
$270,000,000
Louisiana International Trade Statistics
http://www.wtcno.org/tradestats/
Louisiana Exports by country through Q2 of 2005
http://www.wtcno.org/tradestats/country.htm
The value of transborder surface freight between Canada and Louisiana
during the period between June 2004 and June 2005:
All Canadian Provinces to Louisiana
$738,152,209
Louisiana to All Canadian Provinces
$1,490,605,319
World Trade Center of New Orleans
http://www.wtcno.org/
WTC Executive Offices
2 Canal Street, Suite 2900
New Orleans, LA 70130 USA
wtc-info@wtcno.org
TEL: (504) 529-1601
FAX: (504) 529-1691
French-American Chamber of Commerce (Louisiana Chapter)
http://www.ccife.org/usa/louisiane/infocountry/information/index.htm
2 canal street
World Trade Center suite 2426
New Orleans, Louisiana 70130
Tel. : 504 561 0070
Fax : 504 592 9999
info@faccla.com
Louisiana is home to $1.8 billion in French investment, and roughly
10,000 jobs depend on French trade.
A Louisiana-based company with branches and offices in France:
Scp Pool Corp (Scp) - Covington, LA
Tourism
Nearly 75,000 French tourists that visit Louisiana annually.
A profile of French Visitors to Louisiana
http://www.latour.lsu.edu/pdfs/ivp_french.pdf
In 2001, Canadians made 140,000 visits and spent over $70 million in
Louisiana. Louisiana residents made over 65,000 visits to Canada and
spent $29 million. Louisiana ranks third in the number of Canadian
tourists visiting the state.
LOUISIANA ADVOCACY RESOURCES
Members of the US Congress representing Louisiana
http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/cgi-bin/newseek.cgi?site=ctc&state=la
Members of the Louisiana State Legislature
http://www.legis.state.la.us/bios.htm
CODOFIL - Council for the Development of French in Louisiana
http://www.codofil.org/
Language Legislation in Louisiana
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/JWCRAWFORD/can-la.htm
from ACTFL's YOL bibliography:
http://www.yearoflanguages.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3653
Foster, K.M., & Reeves, C.K. (1989). FLES improves cognitive
skills. "FLES News, 2"(3), 4.
Describes the results of 1985
assessment of positive effects of Louisiana
elementary school foreign language program upon basic
skills acquisition.
Rafferty, E.A. (1986). "Second language study and basic skills in
Louisiana." Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana Department of Education. (ERIC
Document Reproduction Service No. ED 283 360).
Third, fourth, and fifth graders
studying languages showed significantly higher
scores on the 1985 Basic Skills Language Arts Test
than a similar group of non
participants. In addition, by fifth grade the math
scores of language students were also higher than
those of non
language students.
GENERAL EDUCATIONAL ADVOCACY
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development Advocacy Kit
http://www.ascd.org/advocacykit/
FRENCH & FRANCOPHONE RESPONSES TO
HURRICANE KATRINA:
The people and governments of French-Speaking were among the first to
offer aid to areas affected by Hurricane Katrina, and among the most
generous givers. Much of this was coordinated in phases, or
though organizations with the expertise to expedite the distribution of
contributions. One of the examples of practical aid was European
countries' effort (led by France) to avoid an out-of-control fuel
crisis, by offering tap it’s emergency stocks of gasoline. As of July
2006, very few schools in New Orleans were open (about 20 of
130). This is one area where French speaking givers are becoming
particularly responsive.
French response to Hurricane Katrina
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_response_to_Hurricane_Katrina
Canadian response to Hurricane Katrina
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_response_to_Hurricane_Katrina
Aide de la France à la Louisiane
http://www.consulfrance-nouvelleorleans.org/article.php3?id_article=410
Community Foundation of Acadiana / Fondation Communautaire
d’Acadiana
http:// www.cfacadiana.org
Katrina Reception (responses from French companies and their
subsidiaries)
http://
www.ambafrance-us.org/news/statmnts/2005/receptionbrochure.pdf
Adam Steg, with the French Consulate in New Orleans provided some
details of aid to schools in the affected area.
http://www.utm.edu/staff/globeg/AideecolesLouisiane.pdf