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The Council for the Development of French in Louisiana's mission is to "work toward the creation of an eco-system that permits the development of French in the economic, educational, cultural and professional sectors and in which Louisiana's French and Creole speakers are valorized in their cultural and linguistic identity." It seeks to ...
The Louisiana state legislature has greatly shifted its stance on the status of French. Since the passage of Legislative Act No. 409 in 1968, the Louisiana governor is granted the authorization "to establish the Council for the Development of Louisiana-French" and that the agency is to consist of no more than fifty members, including a chairman.
Antoine Crozat, 1st Marquis of Châtel (c. 1655 – 7 June 1738), [1] French founder of an immense fortune, was the first proprietary owner of French Louisiana, from 1712 to 1717. Career [ edit ]
This is a list of the colonial governors of Louisiana, from the founding of the first settlement by the French in 1699 to the territory's acquisition by the United States in 1803. The French and Spanish governors administered a territory which was much larger than the modern U.S. state of Louisiana , comprising Louisiana (New France) and ...
Louisiana [b] or French Louisiana [c] was an administrative district of New France.In 1682 the French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle erected a cross near the mouth of the Mississippi River and claimed the whole of the drainage basin of the Mississippi River in the name of King Louis XIV, naming it "Louisiana".
Catholic Church in French Louisiana; Council for the Development of French in Louisiana; F. Festival International; Festivals Acadiens et Créoles; Fort De La Boulaye ...
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Flyer by the Louisiana Council for the Vieux Carré opposing the proposed elevated riverfront expressway in New Orleans, c. mid-1960s. The freeway would have split from I-10 at exit 237 ( Elysian Fields Avenue — Louisiana Highway 3021 ) and run south along Elysian Fields Avenue to the Mississippi River .