Shane K. Bernard wrote about the history of the Cajun people to symbolize the changes that occurred in their culture, becoming Americanized, becoming like the Anglo-American establishment that has traditionally dominated the nation 's mainstream culture, through the years. Americanization ranks as one of the most important events in the entire Cajun experience. Although today’s generation of Cajuns are fully Americanized, Bernard shows the long and often mentally brutal journey their ancestors were forced to take. He wrote this book to tell the Cajuns’ history that is often overlooked by other historians. These historians usually regarded the Cajun culture as unworthy of intellectual study and preferred more Americanized cultures to study.…
In Louisiana, Creole and Cajun food which included sausage, crawfish, vegetables, spices, parsley, and onions.…
We knew we had a chance, we knew we could do it, it was a matter of when. This was one of those moments for most people that when you are in it you don’t realize how big it was until your out of it, but we weren’t most people.…
It had been such a long and hard journey. The long walks and difficult terrain, the materials and luggage we had to carry seemed to weigh tons and the sweltering of summer and bitterness of winter was almost unbearable. Not to mention how precarious the whole trip was, one wrong step and we were goners, especially by the natives. We ran into some Mandan Indians and they refereed to us as the pretty people, which I mean, who am I to complain? But not all encounters with the natives were good, we had an especially frightening run in with the Teton Sioux Indians. We were just passing through the river and they cornered us! Luckily their chief called them off and we were on our way. We’re coming back home and all so obviously the journey was a…
It was spring break,my family and I went to Galveston.It was amazing.We had a lot of fun,and these are just some things that we wanted to do.…
Destination 1. Destrehan Plantation Relative Strengths: Oldest, low admission, close to New Orleans (22 miles) Greek Revival style with spiral staircase. Lower admission fee than Nottoway. Hosts special events. Slightly closer to New Orleans. Attractive Federal woodwork. Rare plantation dependency. Slave quarters included in tour. Lower admission fee than Nottoway. Greek Revival style, 8-acre garden. Lower admission fee than Nottoway. Closest to New Orleans (20 miles). Greek Revival style. Original furnishings. Catering and formal dining available; hosts special events. Overnight accommodations. Lower admission fee than Nottoway. Open most holidays. Famous for alley of live oaks. Overnight accommodations. Lower admission fee than Nottoway. Slightly closer to New Orleans (60 miles) Lower…
New Orleans is in Louisiana, the Pelican state. It's somewhat wild, yet sightseers adore its…
The Louisiana territory is a big factor in both French and American history. Originally belonging to the French. Louisiana received its name from a French explorer (Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle) in 1682. When Cavelier reached the mouth of the…
including Louisiana. ("About Louisiana") The French left a huge impact on the culture of Louisiana including their language, and food. The French also brought large amounts of slaves over from the same region of Africa who also impacted the culture. ("About Louisiana") By the time Louisiana became part of the United States two major subdivisions of the Louisiana culture had been established. The different nationalities that made up the Cajun and Creole population resulted in each culture having its own unique characteristics. Cajun’s were made up of people who had come to Louisiana from Acadia where as the Creole’s culture was created by settlers from Spain, Africa and the Caribbean. (What is…
Growing up with a Caribbean mother and an African American father called for a blend of different traditions and cuisines. My mother was born in Grenada with two brothers. The family soon moved to St.Thomas seeking a better way of life. Later the family moved to America in her teenage years…
Cajuns are an ethnic group mainly living in the U.S. state of Louisiana, consisting in part of the descendants of Acadian exiles—French-speakers from L'Acadie in what are now the Maritimes of Eastern Canada…
And, again the echoes of the past lives lived, imprinting those experiences on a city made unique due to their histories.…
Read the novel, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, and write a narrative that describes a personal experience that relates to one of the themes represented in the novel. Your personal experience should detail an experience in which you have overcome (or are overcoming) a struggle or obstacle such as, poverty, bullying, racism, alcoholism, moving (from one place to another), abuse, death or any other struggle that the main character, Arnold Spirit, Jr., experienced.…
This connection that I have with my mother is a dime a dozen if you look at our entirely culture here in America. Less and less families these days actually cook or sit down to eat a meal together which has left many Americans searching for something they have lost. This lost feeling is being capitalized on by television networks by the vast amount of cooking and food related shows that are being broadcasted. Frank Bruni asks in “An Experts Theory of Food Television Appeal”, “For these young people, does the televised cooking have have the appeal of a missive from a lost utopia” (Bruni 111)? I believe he hit the proverbial nail right on the head with this line of questioning and he couldn't be more correct. Young adults who lead busy lives,…
The Cherokee Indians are members of an important tribe of North American indians whose first known center was in the southern parts of North America. Currently there are three federally recognized Cherokee tribes: the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in North Carolina, the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians, also in Oklahoma.…