2250 Highway 484
Melrose, LA 71456
United States
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Caneriverbooks.com is a blog by Cane River native and author R. Steven Page. He has been lauded for his pungent, salty, unforgettable characters who spread joyous Creole magic over the American cultural landscape. http://caneriverbooks.com/
The architecture and landscapes of the Cane River region are enchantingly “Creole”.
Wander thoughtfully through the grounds of Oakland and Magnolia Plantations. While admiring a hand-wrought door hinge or a cleverly-worked wooden gate, we might reflect on the social and agricultural practices that built these tenant houses, pigeonniers, carpenter and blacksmith shops. The hand-hewn cypress beams, ancient bousillage walls, and weathered fencerows may remind us of the people who not only left us this legacy of rural landscapes and farm buildings, but also labored to bring the United States to the country it is today. Cane River Creole National Historic Park
Margaret Media, Inc. is a gateway to Louisiana's colorful history with books on Creoles, their culture, language and CDs of their music, women's history, movies set in New Orleans, architecture, Mississippi River lore, fiction by local authors. Margaret Media Publishing
Louisiana's Regional Folklife Program is a cooperative endeavor between Louisiana universities and the Louisiana Folklife Program within the Division of the Arts. The primary goal of the program is to provide in-depth documentation of Louisiana's folk traditions and to facilitate its appropriate use by the public and cultural tourism.
Through grants to the universities, the Division of the Arts provides funds for a folklorist in each section of the state. The folklorists have the following mission:
To identify and document folk cultural traditions and artists,
To work with community groups to present their folk traditions to the public, and
To provide information about folklife through media coverage, university lectures, and public presentations. Louisiana Regional Folklife Program
In a story that pre-dates America, the multi-cultural Creoles of Cane River, Louisiana see themselves as somewhere between black and white. The Spirit of a Culture: Cane River Creoles recounts the Cane River Creole identity struggle from colonial French Louisiana to today’s Creole led multicultural renaissance – against the notion of race as a deciding feature of a population. The Spirit of a Culture
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2250 Highway 484
Melrose, LA 71456
United States
ny5kmagi