Region 5 - The Greater New Orleans

The city of New Orleans and the surrounding suburban and rural parishes make up Region 3. New Orleans urban culture is a complex blend of French, African, Spanish, German, Irish, and Italian influences. Other groups include Latinos, Vietnamese, Croatians, and Isleños. This region includes the parishes of Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, and St. Tammany. The Regional Folklorist is hosted by the University of New Orleans College of Urban and Public Affairs.

Laura Westbrook, Ph.D.
Louisiana Regional Folklife Program
University of New Orleans
Design Lab
New Orleans, LA 70804
Phone: (504) 280-6653
Fax: (504) 280-6272
E-mail: Laura Westbrook
Website: http://www.louisianafolklife.org/Region5/program.htm

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• Home Page
• Regional News
• Other Regions
• Southeastern Indian Basketry Database
• Research Projects
  • Smith Island: A Plantation in Rural Natchitoches Parish
  • The Mexican Community of Forest Hill, Louisiana
  • Reconnecting the Present to the Past: The Caddo People Return to the Lower Red River Valley
  • Civil War to Civil Rights: The African American Community in Natchitoches, Louisiana
  • The Talimali Band of Apalachee
  • Stokes Folk House Inventory
  • African American Shreveport-Bossier Tour
  • Southeastern Basketry Gathering
  • McNeill Street Pumping Station
  • Cane River Creole Community
  • St. Augustine Catholic Church 200th Anniversary and All Saints Day
  • Choctaw Split Cane Basketry
  • Making Tamales
  • Riding Clubs
  • Snell Slideshow

• Online Resources
• Louisiana Folk Artists
• State Use Database

• Shane Rasmussen, Ph.D.
• 213 Kyser Hall, NSU
• Natchitoches, LA 71497
• (318) 357-4332
• (318) 357-4331 fax
• folklife@nsula.edu
• Mailing Address
• NSU Box 3663
• Natchitoches, LA 71497