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Bel Abbey - Blowgun Maker, Wood Carver, and Koasati Storyteller
Marie Herpin Adams - Cajun Ballads
Milton J. Adams - Cajun Musician
Hattie Addison - Traditional Gospel Musician and Easter Rock Ritual
Johnnie Allan - Louisiana Swamp Pop Musician
David Allen - Walking Stick Carver
Rosie Allen - Quilter
Julie Mae Allison - Old Fashioned Sun Bonnet maker
Billy Anderson - Whip Maker and Bull Rope Braider
Isabel D. Arceneaux - Storyteller and Oral Historian
Alphonse "Bois-Sec" Ardoin, Zydeco Musician
Morris Ardoin - Zydeco Musician
Essie Mae Arsan - All Saints' Day Wreath
Rodney Babineaux, Sr. - Cajun Foodways
Willie Badeaux - Wildfowl Wood Carver
Christine & Nelda Balfa - Cajun Musicians
George Barisich - Shrimp and Commerical Fisherman
Mervin Barras - Alligator Skinner and Trapper
Majorie Battise - Pinestraw Basketmaker and Koasati Foodways
Autrey "Chank" Baudoin - Storyteller
Fred Beavers - Fiddler
Ray Beebe - Fiddler
Gayle Begnaud - Chair Caner, Weaver, and Spinner
Clifford Blake, Sr. - Cotton Compress Caller and Storyteller
Al Berard & the Basin Brothers - Cajun Band from Atchafalaya River Basin
David Bertrand - Cajun Mardi Gras Run
Jamie Berzas - Accordion Musician
Ferdinand Bigard - Mardi Gras Indian
Ivy Billiot - Wood Carver and Blowgun Maker
Lawrence "Moot" Billiot - Boat Maker
The Birdwell Brothers - Quartet
Camille "Com" A. Blanchard - Cajun Dancer, Fisherman, Hunter, and Cajun Foodways
Lillian "Lil" Blanchard - Cajun Dancer, Quilter, and Cajun Foodways
Efzelda Booker-Coleman - Spiritual Church Ceremonial Robe Maker
Bonnie Boudreaux - Doll Maker and Chair Caner
Paul A. Bourdier - Duck Decoy Carver
Jessie Bourg - Miniature Boat Maker and Net Maker
Elaine Bourque - Acadian Brown Cotton Spinner and Weaver
Clarinda Bradford - Fishnet Maker
Maxine Brown - African-American Foodways
Bill Bryant - Dulcimer
Mearl Smith Byles - Quilter
Penola Caesar - Gospel Singer: Dr. Watt's Style
Leon Bert Callendar - Chair Caner
Cliff Carnahan - Bluegrass Fiddler and Songwriter
Hadley Castille - Fiddler
Harold Cavallero - Country Musician
Carolyn "Cookie" Chapman - Czech Dancer
Fred Charlie - Cajun Musician
Roscoe Chenier - Blues Guitarist
Domenica Tesvich Cibilich - Croatian Foodways and St. Anthony's Day Celebration
Hubert L. "Anatoo" Clement, Sr. - Cajun Humorist and Musician
Terry Clement - Cajun Musician
Rosemary "Betty" B. Coldman - Second Line Dancer
Sherry G. Collins - Native American Crafts
Wayne "Tookie" Collom - Blues Harmonica Player
Tom Colvin - Boat Builder & Palmetto and Cane Basket Maker
William "Bill" Conly, Sr. - Celtic, Bluegrass, and Country Musician
Murray Conque - Storyteller and Accordion Player
Nancy Cooper - Horsehair Rope Maker
Lesa Cormier - Cajun Musician
Peter M. Cousin, Sr. - All Saints' Day Traditions
Bill Cox - Storyteller and Oral Historian
Paul Daigle - Musician
Thelma Daigle - Cajun Storyteller and Humorist
Luderlin Darbone - Cajun and Country Musician
John Darden - Chitimacha Split Cane Basketmaker
Melissa M. Darden - Chitimacha River Cane Basketmaker
Bill Day - Honorary Member
Marie Billiot Dean - Palmetto Basketmaker
John Delafose - Zydeco Accordionist
Errol "Fish" J. Dennis - Duck Caller
Susan Dollar - Tatter
Henry Dorsey - Blues Musician
Michael Doucet - Fiddler
Huey Dupont - Furniture Maker
Joan L. Durocher - Household Goods Maker
Hezekiah Early - Musician
Patrick A. Flory - Country Musician
Stacy Fontenot - Tatter
Thomas Edison "Brownie" Ford - Ballad singer and Storyteller
Ledel "Blackie" Forestier - Accordion Player and Musician
Nanette Franzuela - Filipino Traditional Dress and Religious Celebrations
Gerald Fruge - Cajun Mardi Gras Capitaine
Roy Gandy - Walking Stick Carver
Rhonda Gauthier - Adaesano Foodways, Dance Shawl Maker, and Oral Historian
Vernie Gibson - Net Maker
Nalda Gilmore - Hunting Horn Maker
Alex A. Giroir - Boat Maker
Mazie Giroir - Cajun Foodways
Antonia "Toni" M. Gonzales - Storyteller
Herman V. Gonzales, Sr. - Isleno Guitar Musician
Ezolia Ann Goodly - Zydeco Musician
David Greely - Fiddler and Vocalist
Dr. H. F. “Pete” Gregory - Co-Founder of the Natchitoches/NSU Folk Festival, Researcher and Writer of LA Cultures, Professor of Anthropology, Curator of the Williamson Museum
David L. Grillier - Clarinet and Saxophone Musician
Marcel "Tex" Grimsley - Fiddle Player and Maker
Jules "Nonc Jules" Guidry - Cajun Band Leader and Musician
Clara Habetz - German American Traditions
Hurst Hall - Musician
Denise Colette Harding - Braided Rugs and Cajun Foodways
Edward Harris, Sr. - Split White Oak Basketmaker
The Harris Family - Split White Oak Basketmakers
Dr. Donald W. Hatley - Founder of the LA Folklife Center and Co-Founder of the Natchitoches/NSU Folk Festival, Founded the Master of Arts in English: Folklife/Southern Culture Track, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts
Sue Hatley - Ticket Manager
Mary Francis Kramel Hazmark - Needlework
Major Helaire - Blues Musician
Helen Brousek Locker Henderson - Czech Needlework
Rebecca Henry - Creole Folk Medicine
Cesar Herrera - Latin American Music
Jack N. Holman, Jr. - Storyteller and Humorist
William "Bill" Hunt - Musician & Composer
Kernis James Huval - Crawfish Traps and Wild Game Foodways
Terry Huval - Cajun Musician
Clyde Jackson - Deerskin Tanner
Andrew Jagneaux - Accordion Maker and Player
Robert Jardell - Cajun Musician
James W. Jenkins - Blacksmith
John Johnson - Fiddler
Mary Jones - Choctaw Indian Crafts
Anna Mae Juneau - Pinestraw Basketmaker, Doll Maker, and Storyteller
Willie Mae Kennedy - Gospel Singer
Sarah McKinney Kent - Storyteller
Kenneth Kerry - Split White Oak Basketmaker
Lionel J. Key, Jr. - File Maker
Billy and Bobbye Keyes -Cajun Dance Lessons
Nora Khawaja - Pinestraw Basketmaker
Charles Billy Kirkpatrick - Old Time Country Musician
Gerd Klaveness - Norwegian Foodways
Vicki Knight - Oral Historian
C.J. Knobloch, Jr. - Wood Carver
J.C. Labbie - Cajun Band Leader and Musician
Lair Laetter LaCour - Doll and Quilt Maker
Robert Lambert - Old Time Country and Gospel Musician
Bertney Langley - Storyteller
Lorena Langley - Basketmaker and Pottery Maker
Raymond Latour - Zydeco Musician
Suson Launey - Needle Point Mardi Gras Mask Maker
Joseph "Boo" LeDoux - Saddlemaker
Curtis Lees - Cherokee Crafts
Harry Lafleur - Musician and Cajun Foodways
William "Buddy" Leonard - Farrier
Gerald Lewis - Gospel Musician
Claude J. Lirette - Wood Carver
The Los Adaes Foundation - Quilting and Other Crafts
Allen Manuel - Cajun Mardi Gras Screen Mask and Costume Maker
Georgie Manuel - Cajun Mardi Gras Screen Mask Maker
Ellis Marsalis - Jazz Pianist
Claude Medford, Jr. - Native American Basketmaker
D.L. Menard - Chairmaker and Cajun Musician
Nova Mercer - Quilter, Soapmaker, and Ballad Singer
Allan "Al Gator" Metoyer - Rock and Roll Musician
Carl "Dump" Metz - Shingle Maker
J.C. Meyers - Bluegrass Musician
Jackie Miller - Prairie Cajun Mardi Gras Screen Mask and Costume Maker
Larry Miller - Accordion and Triangle Maker
Shannon Mills, Jr. - Guitar and Mandolin Maker
Allison "Tootie" Montana - Mardi Gras Indian
Gray Montgomery - One Man Country Band
Mary Etta Scarborough Moody - Folktale and Storyteller
Gregory W. Mouton - Accordion Maker
Al J. Muller - Wood Carver and Decoy Maker
Malcolm Munson - Boat Maker
W.D. Norton - White Oak Basket Making
Adner Ortego - Fiddle Maker
Blake Owen - Wooden Toy Maker
Overton "Dr. Drip Drop" Owens - Guitarist and Blues Singer
Roy Parfait - Wood Carver
Jo Ann "Sis" Parish - Quilter and Bonnet Maker
Alfred Perez - Miniature Boat Carver
Irvan Perez - Decima Singer and Wood Carver
Louise Perez - Isleno and Italian Foodways
Brenda Perkins, Wool Felting & Weaving
Curry Perkins - Fiddler
Dempsy Clyde Perkins - Woodworker and Blacksmith
Dave Petitjean - Storyteller and Humorist
Jack Phillips - White Oak Basketmaker
Mary Martha Mouton Pierre - Open Hearth Cooker, Wax Flower and Wreath Maker,
Rene J. Pierre - Paper Mache Mardi Gras Float Model Maker
Russell "Dale" Pierrottie - Bousillage
Walter "Creole" Polite - Zydeco Musician
Lucille Prima - St. Patrick's Day and St. Joseph's Day "Kissing Canes"
Mary Martha Mouton Pierre - Open Hearth Cooker, Wax Flower and Wreath Maker, Quilter, Corn Shuck Bookmark Maker, & Rosary Maker
Clifton Rambin - Decorative Gourd Maker, Woodworker, and Walking Stick Carver
Russell "Potic" Rider - Cajun Mardi Gras Run
Hardrick Rivers - Musician
Geraldine Robertson - Corn Shuck Doll Maker
Charles R. Robin, Jr. - Shrimper and Miniature Boat Maker
John Roger - Accordion Maker
Kenneth Royston - Whittler
Leo Royston - Wood Carver
Rick Seale - Musician
Raymond Sedotol - Boat Maker
Allen "A.J." Joseph Smith, Jr. - Storyteller and Humorist
Dudley-Brian Smith - Folk Singer and Musician
Fisher "Bo" Snell - Chairmaker
Floyd Soileau - Recording Pioneer
Joseph Soileau - Cowhide Chair Maker
Gervis Stanford - Cajun French Fiddler
Anna Hansen Stauder - Norwegian Embroidery (Hardanger) and Foodways
Preston Steadman - Country Fiddler
Johnnie "Kool" Stevenson - Second Line Dancer and Mardi Gras Indian
Millie Teer - Basketmaker
Tereza Tesvich - Needlework and Croatian Foodways
Virginia Thacker - Tatting
Ruddley J. Thibodeaux, Sr. - New Orleans Brass Band Musician
Waylon Thibodeaux - Cajun Fiddler
Jesse Thomas - Songwriter and Bluessinger
Kathleen Thomas - Pinestraw Basketmaker
Tabby Thomas - Swamp Blues
Luke Thompson - Bluegrass Musician and Mandolin Craftsman
J.A. "Bill" Tippit - Broom Maker
Samuel Touchstone - Herbal and Folk Remedies
Barbara A. Trevigne - Doll Maker and Storyteller
Les Tucker - Fiddler and Guitarist
Becky Tyler - Pinestraw Basketmaker
The Tyler Family - Clifton Choctaw Crafts
Errol Verret - Cajun Musician, Accordion Maker, and Boat Maker
Ferril Verret - Cock Fighting Traditions, Swamp Traditions, Fisherman, and Hunter
Ollie Verret - Cajun Foodways, Quilter, and Dancer
Deborah Helen Viator - Fiddle and Violin Maker
H. Sherman Vogel - Wood Turner
Chester Vorise, Sr. - Walking Stick and Figurine Carver
Peter Vujnovich, Jr. - Oyster Farmer
Preston Watley - Chairmaker
Steve Wells - Sound and Lighting
Rose White - Pinestraw Basketmaker
Charles Whitstein - Traditional Country Musician
Robert "Bob" Whitstein - Bluegrass and Traditional Country Musician
Leon "Pee Wee" Whittaker - Trombonist
Don Wiley - Louisiana Bluegrass Musician
Nathan Williams - Zydeco Musician
Myrna Abbey Wilson - Koasati Pinestraw Basketmaker
Rufus "Rip" Wimberly - Blues Guitarist
Rick Woodward - Musician
"Nonc" Allie Young - Accordion Player for the "Basile Cajun Band"
Ron Yule - Fiddle Musician, Teacher, and Writer
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