2025 LHA Program

67th Annual Meeting of the

Louisiana Historical Association Baton Rouge, Louisiana March 13-15, 2025

The Louisiana Historical Association thanks the following sponsors for their support, without which this conference would not have been possible:

Major Donors

Country Roads Magazine Guilbeau Charitable Trust, Dept. of History, UL Lafayette Hill Memorial Library, Louisiana State University The Historic New Orleans Collection History Department, Louisiana State University Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities Louisiana State University Press

Contributors

East Baton Rouge Parish Library Louisiana Old State Capitol Louisiana State Archives State Library of Louisiana University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press

Louisiana Historical A ssociation 67th ANNUAL MEETING PROGRAM Program Chair: Brian McGowan, University of Arkansas Local Arrangements Chair: Faye Phillips, Louisiana State University (retired)

9 THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 2025 9

Registration Mississippi-Delta Nominations Committee TBA Publications Committee TBA Teaching Committee TBA Board of Directors TBA

Session 1-A

Natchez

10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

3:00–4:45 p.m.

Clio in Your Community: Using Local History for Teaching and Inspiring Students Elaine Thompson, Louisiana Tech University, Moderator Phebe Hayes, Iberia African American Historical Assocation Kathe Hambrick, Amistad Research Center Bill Ross, Louisiana Historical Society Comment: Audience

Session 1-B

Riverboat

3:00–4:45 p.m.

Difficult Conversations: Navigating Controversy in a Time of Polarization Lawrence Powell, Tulane University, Moderator Eric Seiferth, The Histroic New Orleans Collection Frank Perez, LGBT+ Archives Project of Louisiana Petra Hendry, Louisiana State University Comment: Audience 1

LHA THURSDAY NIGHT SOCIAL 6:00–8:00 p.m.

Special Collections at Hill Memorial Library, LSU

95 Field House Drive, Baton Rouge, 70803 ($30, tickets must be purchased in advance) A shuttle service will be provided between the event and the Crowne Plaza Executive Center.

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9 FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 2025 9 Session 2-A

Bayou-Levee

9:00–10:15 a.m.

Laura Plantation: A Model of Primary Source Research and Heritage Language Representation Michael Martin, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Moderator Katy Morlas Shannon, Independent Scholar Joseph Dunn, Laura Plantation Sand Warren Marmillion, Laura Plantation Comment: Audience

Session 2-B

Natchez

9:00–10:15 a.m.

Land, Space and Education in Louisiana Adam Beauchamp, Loyola University New Orleans, Chair “We Win, Alexandria Gets an Army Camp: An Example of Wartime Civic Boosterism” John Kelly Damico, Louisiana State University-Alexandria “From Private Profit to Public Service: The Evolution of Agricultural Research & Education at Louisiana State University, 1877-1917” Logan S. Istre, Louisiana State University “Claiming Land through the Labor of Others: Hired Labor and Slavery in the Rio Hondo Land Claims, 1806-1824” Jackson Pearson, University of Texas-Arlington Comment: Adam Beauchamp, Loyola University New Orleans

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Session 2-C

Samuel Clemens

9:00–10:15 am

Language and the Louisiana Borderlands Robert Ticknor, The Historic New Orleans Collection, Moderator “French Romantic Poetry from Louisiana in the 1840s” Jean-Sylvain Pretat, University of Louisiana at Lafayette “Father Balthazar de Boutteville: Misconstrued Priest of the Seminaire de Quebec” Linda C. Jones, University of Arkansas Comment: Audience

SESSION BREAK

Mississippi-Delta

Session 3-A

Bayou-Levee

10:15–10:30 am

10:30–11:45 am

Health in Marginalized Louisiana Communities Jeffrery Anderson, University of Louisiana - Monroe, Chair “Healing History: Traiteurs and the Shared Healing Practices Amongst Cajuns, Creoles, and Native Americans in Ascension Parish, Louisiana” Isabel Naquin, University of New Orleans “Imagining ‘Granny Marie’: Understanding Black Maternal Health in Disporic Spaces” Andrea Livesey, Liverpool John Moores University Comment: Jeffrery Anderson, University of Louisiana - Monroe

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Session 3-B

Natchez

10:30–11:45 am

Identity Politics in 19th-Century Louisiana’s Bilingual Press Clint Bruce, Universite Sainte-Anne, Chair “Between the Francophone World and the American Political Scene: Pre-Civil War Journalism on the River Road” Clint Bruce, Universite Sainte-Anne “Identity Politics in the New Orleans Tribune, America’s First Black Daily Newspaper” Mark Roundane, Independent Scholar “Acadian in the Southern Imagination: Identity and Race in Reconstruction Louisiana Newspapers, 1862-1877” Jessica Bergen, McNeese State University Comment: Dana Kress, Centenary College of Louisiana

Session 3-C

Samuel Clemens

10:30–11:45 am

Revisiting the Civil Rights Movement at Louisiana State University: New Perspectives through Oral Histories and Archival Research Roland Mitchell, Louisiana State University, Chair “LSU’s Prelude to Civil Rights: Viola Coleman, Charles Hatfield, and A.P. Tureaud Jr.” Zach Tompkins, Louisiana State University

“‘Under (Un)Stately Oaks’: The Civil Rights Struggle of Lutrill and Pearl Payne to Integrate Louisiana State University” Petra Hendry, Louisiana State University “‘We Just Kept Saying Equal:’ Oral Narratives of Women Who Integrated LSU,1964-1973” Jennifer Cramer, Louisiana State University Comment: Joyce Jackson, Louisiana State University 5

9 PHI ALPHA THETA LUNCHEON 9 Cypress II

noon-1:00 p.m.

“Trespassing on History: Experiencing the Archives as a Student Researcher”

Michelle Riggs-Waller Special Collections & University Archivist Louisiana Tech University ($30, tickets must be purchased in advance)

Session 4-A

Bayou-Levee

1:15–2:30 pm

Creative History: Artistic Expressions in Public Spaces Brandon V. Lewis, Helis Foundation John Scott Center, Chair “The Art of John T. Scott: History and Culture in the Public Square” Freddi W. Evans, Independent Scholar “Honoring Communities Through Public Art: Exemplar Figures, Aspirational Space, and a Sense of Place” Scott Finch, Percent For Art Program “Making it Public: Commonalities, Challenges, and Aspirations in Community-Driven Public Art Projects” April Benoit Baham, Percent For Art Program Comment: Brandon V. Lewis, Helis Foundation John Scott Center

Session 4-B

Natchez

1:15–2:30 pm

Roundtable: Leprosy - The Separating Sickness Marcia Gaudet, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Chair Anne Harmon Brett, Friends of Carville Historic District Claire Manes, Friends of Carville Historic District Comment: Audience 6

Session 4-C

Samuel Clemens

1:15–2:30 pm

Roundtable Archiving the History of Mass Incarceration in Louisiana Kevin McQueeney, Loyola University New Orleans, Chair Marianne Fisher-Giorlando, Grambling State University Stephanie Gaskill, Loyola University New Orleans Remington Gillis, Louisiana State University Comment: Audience

SESSION BREAK

Session 5-A

Mississippi-Delta

Natchez

2:45–3:00 pm

2:45–4:00 pm

The Black Freedom Struggle in the Brown Era John R. Keeling, McNeese State University, Chair “Similarly Situated: The Desegregation and Integration of Southwestern Louisiana Institute and John McNeese State College, 1946-1973” Logan Fontenot, Louisiana State University “Integrating Basketball in a Secret Game and Football in District Court” Zevi Gutfreund, Louisiana State University “Let Us Begin: Civil Rights in Louisiana During JFK’s First Hundred Days” Brian E. Lee, McNeese State University Comment: Alecia P. Long, Louisiana State University

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Session 5-B

Samuel Clemens

2:45–4:00 p.m.

Louisiana’s Culture Becoming World Famous: Delta Blues, Cajun Identity, and Southern Poetry Jim Rogers, Louisiana State University-Alexandria, Chair “Folklore Surrounding Early Louisiana Blues Singers” Tyler Escobio, Louisiana State University-Alexandria “Cajun or Couyon: Examining How Cajun Culture Distinguishes Itself in Louisiana” Austin Gaspard, Louisiana Tech University “The Soul of a Song: Trench Blues and Southern Poetry in the American Expeditionary Forces” Christian Singletary, University of Southern Mississippi Comment: Christopher Stacey, Louisiana State University-Alexandria

SESSION BREAK

Mississippi-Delta

4:00–4:15 p.m.

9 PLENARY SESSION 9

Bayou-Levee

4:15-5:30 p.m.

“The Immersive Experiences of the Voices of Grambling”

Edward L. Holt

Associate Professor of History, Grambling State University This session is made open to the general public free of charge thanks to the generous support of the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities.

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Cypress II

CASH BAR

6:00–7:00 p.m.

9 LHA BANQUET 9 –

Cypress II

7:00 9:00 p.m.

Samuel Hyde, Southeastern Louisiana University, presiding LHA PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: “‘Patron Saint of the Vieux Carré’: Finding William Ratcliffe Irby in the French Quarter”

Karen Leathem

Historian, Louisiana State Museum and LHA President ($60, tickets must be purchased in advance) PRESIDENTIAL RECEPTION

Cypress II

9:00–11:00 p.m.

9 SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 2025 9 Session 6-A

Natchez

9:00–10:15 a.m.

War & Violence Anthony Stanonis, Independent Scholar, Chair “The Donaldsonville March of 1870: Digitizing a Forgotten Piece of Louisiana’s Reconstruction History” J. Jacob Calhoun, Missouri Southern State University “‘Some Still Live’: Louisiana Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War” Collin Makamson, The Historic New Orleans Collection Comment: Anthony Stanonis, Independent Scholar 9

Session 6-B

Samuel Clemens

9:00–10:15 a.m.

New Approaches to Public History and Digital Humanities for Francophone Louisiana Robert Carriker, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Chair “Francoralité: Connecting Oral Histories via Digital Humanities” Nathan Rabalais, University of Louisiana at Lafayette “From Deep Folklore to Deep Learning: Tailoring Large Language Models’ Mastery of Louisiana French” Rachel Doherty, University of Louisiana at Lafayette “‘How You Know About Couleé Croche?’: A Vernacular Toponymy of French Louisiana” Colby LeJeune, University of Louisiana at Lafayette Comment: Jessica Blake, Louisiana State University

Session 6-C

Bayou-Levee

9:00–10:15 a.m.

The Louisiana Catholic Church and Slavery Virginia Gould, Tulane University, Chair “Father Ignace de Beaubois and Slavery in French Catholic Establishments” Thomas Croisez, European University Institute “Discovering Enslavement Histories in Louisiana Catholic Church Records” Emilie Gagnet Leumas, Louisiana State University “‘A Model, Virtuous, and Lucrative Slavery’: Ecclesiastical Slaveholding and Imperial Policy in the French Colonial World, 1712 to 1789” Nathan Marvin, University of Arkansas at Little Rock Comment: Virginia Gould, Tulane University 10

SESSION BREAK

Mississippi-Delta

Session 7-A

Natchez

10:15–10:30 a.m.

10:30–11:45 a.m.

Violence & Community Sanction in 1920s St. Landry Parish John Rodrigue, Stonehill College, Chair “The St. Landry Parish Klan in the Early 1920s” Michael Martin, University of Louisiana at Lafayette “At First Rencontre: The Legal Afterlife of St. Landry’s Cormier/Childs Feud” Matthew Reonas, Louisiana State University Comment: John Rodrigue, Stonehill College

Session 7-B

Samuel Clemens

10:30–11:45 a.m.

Mapping the Past: GIS Technology Implementation for Historic Sites Jessica Dauterive, Midlo Center for New Orleans Studies, Chair Adam Cox, Independent Scholar Elizabeth Williams, University of New Orleans Sarah Waits, Archdiocese of New Orleans Comment: Audience

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General Membership Meeting

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Noon

Bayou-Levee 11

Optional Activities to Consider While You Are in Baton Rouge Museums, Plantations, and Other Activities Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center 10503 N. Oak Hills Pkwy.

Tuesday – Saturday, 9am - 5pm BREC’s Baton Rouge Zoo 3000 Zoo Circle Everyday, 9:30am – 5pm Capitol Park Museum - Louisiana State Museum 660 N. 4th Street Tuesday - Saturday, 9am – 4pm Louisiana Art & Science Museum 100 S. River Road Wednesday – Saturday, 10am-3pm Louisiana’s Old State Capitol 100 North Blvd Tuesday – Saturday, 10am-4pm Louisiana State Archives 3851 Essen Lane Monday – Friday, 8am-4pm Louisiana State Library 3701 N. 4th Street Monday – Thursday, 10am-2pm LSU Andonie Sports Museum Lod Cook LSU Alumni Center Tuesday – Friday, 9am – 4pm LSU Brookshire Military Museum 92 Tower Drive, LSU Campus Monday – Friday, 10am – 3pm LSU Hilltop Arboretum 11855 Highland Road Everyday, daylight hours LSU Museum of Art 100 Lafayette Street Tuesday – Saturday, 10am - 5pm LSU Rural Life Museum 4560 Essen Lane Everyday, 8am – 5pm Magnolia Mound Plantation House 2162 Nicholson Drive Monday – Saturday, 10am - 4pm River Road African American Museum 406 Charles Street, Donaldsonville, La. Wednesday – Saturday, 10am – 5pm

Nearby Restaurants and Bars Bin 77 Bistro and Side Bar 10111 Perkins Rowe Drago’s Baton Rouge 4580 Constitution Avenue City Pork 18143 Perkins Road East Gino’s Restaurant 4542 Bennington Ave. Ivar’s Sports Bar & Grill 2954 Perkins Road Louisiana Lagniappe 9990 Perkins Road Phil’s Oyster Bar & Seafood Restaurant 4335 Perkins Road.

Rotolo’s Pizzeria 8342 Perkins Road Rouj Creole Restaurant 769l Bluebonnet Blvd.

Ruth’s Chris Steak House 4836 Constitution Ave SoLou 7246 Perkins Road Sports Zone Pub & Grill 4848 Constitution Ave. Tio Javi’s Fresh-Mex Bar & Grill 4738 Constitution Ave. Uncle Earl’s 3753 Perkins Road Veganish Vibes 4608 Bennington Ave

Shopping Mall of Louisiana 6401 Bluebonnet Blvd.

Perkins Rowe 7691 Bluebonnet Blvd.

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FELLOWS OF THE LOUISIANA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION Posthumous Fellows: Powell Casey; William Ivy Hair; Kimberly S. Hanger; Otis Hebert; Walter Lowery; Garnie McGinty; Henry F. Morris; Hugh Rankin; Joe Gray Taylor; Samuel Wilson, Jr. 1993 Joy J. Jackson Joseph G. Tregle Philip Uzee Bennett H. Wall John D. Winters 1994 Thomas A. Becnel Mark T. Carleton Hubert Humphreys Morgan Peoples 1995 John Duffy Ernest J. Gaines Judith F. Gentry Amos E. Simpson 1997 Mathé Allain Gilbert C. Din Edward F. Haas Michael L. Kurtz

1998 Arthur Bergeron, Jr. Billy H. Gilley Judith K. Schafer Matthew J. Schott

2004 Vaughan Baker M. Scott Legan Charles Vincent 2005 Virginia Gould Michael G. Wade

1999 Carl A. Brasseaux Glenn R. Conrad

2008 Jerry Sanson Light T. Cummins

2000 Warren M. Billings Patricia Brady Stephen Webre 2001 Philip C. Cook Glen Jeansonne

2010 Samuel Shepherd Janet Allured

2018 Alecia Long 2019 Michael S. Martin John Rodrigue 2020 V. Elaine Thompson James D. Wilson, Jr. 2023 Brady Banta Faye Phillips Henry Robertson

2011 Paul Hoffman Mark Fernandez

2002 Carolyn E. De Latte Roman Heleniak Thomas D. Watson

2013 Lawrence Powell

AMOS E. SIMPSON TRAVEL GRANT FOR RESEARCH ON LOUISIANA HISTORY

2015 Evan Rothera Henry Wiencek

2018 Elyse D. Gerstenecke Julia Lewandoski

2016 Yvonne Brown Paul Warden

2019 Eric Becerra

2017 Clayton Butler William Jones

2021 no awards 2022 no awards 2023 Kate Birbeck

2020 Jackson Pearson Greg Robinson

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2024 Benjamin Groth Colin Mathison

KEMPER WILLIAMS PRIZE

FOR BEST BOOK ON LOUISIANA HISTORY 1974 Roger Fischer (book) Robert Snyder (manuscript)

1986 Annabelle Melville (book) Eric Arnesen (manuscript)

1975 Joe Gray Taylor (book)

1987 Terry Jones (book) John Heitmann (manuscript)

1976 John Preston Moore (book) Stephen Zink (manuscript) 1977 Jay Higginbotham (book) Reinhart Kondert (manuscript) 1978 Peyton McCrary (book) Carl Brasseaux (manuscript) 1979 no prizes awarded

1988 Gilbert Din (book) Vaughan Baker (manuscript) 1989 Lawrence Estaville, Jr. (book) Kimberly Hanger (manuscript) 1990 Michael Kurtz and Morgan Peoples (book) Donald Frazier (manuscript)

1980 Thomas Becnel (book)

1991 William Ivy Hair (book) Daniel Usner, Jr. (manuscript)

1981 Edward Haas (book) Brady Banta (manuscript)

1992 Ann Patton Malone (book) Glenn Conrad (manuscript)

1982 Joseph Dawson (book) Michael Kurtz (manuscript)

1993 Kim Lacy Rogers (book)

1983 Robert Bush (book) Terry Jones (manuscript) 1984 Thomas Cutrer (book) Raimund Berchtold (manuscript) 1985 Edward Haas (manuscript)

1994 Judith Kelleher Schafer (book) 1995 Adam Fairclough (book) 1996 Pamela Tyler (book) 1997 Kimberly Hanger (book)

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1998 Carl Ekberg

2012 Lawrence Powell

1999 Gilbert Din

2013 Scott Marler

2000 Lawrence Powell

2014 Michael Ross

2001 John Rodrigue

2015 Eberhard L. Faber 2016 Rashauna Johnson 2017 Urmi Willoughby 2018 Walter C. Stern 2019 Sophie White 2020 Jessica Marie Johnson 2021 K. Stephen Prince 2022 Kathryn Olivarius 2023 Sharon Ann Murphy

2002 Carl Ekberg 2003 John Sacher 2004 Peter Kastor 2005 Rebecca Scott 2006 Mark Souther 2007 Emily Clark 2008 Sophie Burton & F. Todd Smith 2009 Jennifer Spears 2010 Richard Campanella 2011 Lake Douglas

PRESIDENTS’ MEMORIAL AWARD

FOR BEST ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN LOUISIANA HISTORY 1966 Thomas A. Harwood

1981 Alan Brinkley

1996 Gilbert C. Din

2011 Robert Gudmestad

1967 Frank M. Lovrich

1982 George Rable

1997 James D. Wilson, Jr.

2012 Elizabeth Shown Mills

1968 Jerry A. Micelli

1983 Matthew J. Schott

1998 Michael G. Wade

2013 Michelle Grigsby Coffey

1969 Charles B. Dew

1984 Stephen Webre

1999 James E. Fickle

2014 Lou Falkner Williams

1970 Jack D. L. Holmes

1985 Chris Nordmann

2000 Solomon K. Smith

2015 Jeroen Dewulf

1971 Raleigh A. Suarez

1986 Carl A. Brasseaux

2001 John M. Sacher

2016 James E. Wainwright

1972 Edward F. Haas

1987 Ann Patton Malone

2002 Arthé Anthony

2017 Elizabeth Ellis

1973 L. E. Estaville, Jr.

1988 Paul Lachance

2003 John W. Scott

2018 Virginia Gould

1974 Gary B. Mills

1989 Loren Schweninger

2004 Simon Wendt

2019 Brady Banta

1975 Robert E. Snyder

1990 Joseph G. Tregle Jr.

2005 Sarah Russell

2020 Carolyn Morrow Long

1976 Joseph G. Tregle, Jr.

1991 Jerah Johnson

2006 Rocky Sexton

2021 Janet Morrison

1977 James H. Dormon

1992 Sheridan E. Young

2007 Philippe Girard

2022 Eva Baham

1978 Gilbert C. Din

1993 Kimberly Hanger

2008 Justin Nystrom

2023 Greg Robinson

1979 Loren Schweninger

1994 R. Randall Couch

2009 Lesley-Anne Reed

1980 Carl A. Brasseaux

1995 Arthé Anthony

2010 Kimberly Krupa

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HUGH F. RANKIN PRIZE FOR BEST GRADUATE-LEVEL PAPER

1991 Henry O. Robertson, Jr. Louisiana State Univ.

2000 Sophie White University of Derby

2009 Walter C. Stern Tulane University

2018 John Bardes Tulane University

1992 Paul Quin Louisiana State Univ.

2001 Julia Huston Nguyen Louisiana State Univ.

2010 Beth Kressel Univ. of Michigan Law School

2019 Charlotte Jones Tulane University

1993 Theresa Golden Appalachian St. Univ.

2002 J. Mark Souther Tulane University

2011 Owen James Hyman Southeastern La. Univ.

2020 Jacob Gautreaux Louisiana State Univ.

1994 Christopher Strain University of Georgia 1995 V. Elaine Thompson Rice University

2003 J. P. Le Glaunec Univ. de Paris

2012 Michael Smith UL Lafayette

2021 Benjamin Groth Tulane University

2004 Michael Pasquier Florida State Univ.

2013 David Bennett Michigan St. Univ.

2022 Nathalie Rech Univ. de Quebéc à Montréal

1996 James D. Wilson, Jr. USL

2005 Yvonne Brown UL Lafayette

2014 Emily Owens Harvard Univ.

2023 Olivia Barnard Johns Hopkins University

1997 Megan Dee Southeastern La. Univ.

2006 James Savage UL Lafayette

2015 Caroline Hymel La. Tech Univ.

1998 James D. Wilson, Jr. Cornell University

2007 Michele Grigsby Coffey Univ. of South Carolina

2016 Henry Wiencek Univ. Texas at Austin

1999 Sarah Russell Univ. of Maryland

2008 Joseph Stoltz Univ. of New Orleans

2017 Karen McKinney UL Lafayette

GLENN R. CONRAD PRIZE

FOR BEST PUBLISHED ARTICLE ON LOUISIANA HISTORY 2008-09 Scott Marler

2014-15 Samuel Biagetti

2019 Kathryn Olivarius

2022 Robert Heligman

2010-11 Shannon Frystak

2016-17 Jeffery Adler

2020 Elizabeth Ellis

2023 Matthew Reonas

2012-13 Dan Usner

2018 Whitney Nell Stewart

2021 Ann Ostendorf 16

GARNIE W. McGINTY MERITORIOUS AWARD FOR SERVICE TO THE LOUISIANA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION

1991 Bennett H. Wall 1992 Joseph G. Tregle, Jr. 1993 Morgan Peoples 1994 Gilbert C. Din 1995 Glenn R. Conrad 1996 Amos E. Simpson 1997 Mathé Allain 1998 John D. Winters

1999 Edward F. Haas 2000 Michael L. Kurtz 2001 Carl A. Brasseaux 2002 Thomas A. Becnel 2003 Warren M. Billings 2004 Judith K. Schafer 2005 Roman Heleniak 2007 Philip Cook

2008 Judith F. Gentry 2011 Paul Hoffman 2012 Thomas D. Watson 2013 Vaughan Baker 2014 Lawrence Powell 2015 Michael Wade 2016 Stephen Webre 2018 Virginia Gould

2019 Samuel Shepherd 2020 Jerry Sanson 2021 Light Cummins 2022 Charles Vincent 2023 Mark Fernandez 2024 Janet Allured

KIMBERLY S. HANGER AWARD FOR BEST UNDERGRADUATE-LEVEL PAPER

2000 Katherine Slaikeu

2007 Kathryn Fernandez

2014 Molly Conway

2021 Lauren Guillory

2001 Chris Brown

2008 Mary Wubbena

2015 Jamie Wright

2022 Shelby Cumpton

2002 Keith Manuel

2009 Jason Straight

2016 Donovan Stone

2003 Katie Clark

2010 Meghann Landry

2017 Matthew Flanders

2023 Laura Aime & Ashley Birdsall

2004 Victoria Black & Yvonne Brown

2011 Linda Bird

2018 Bailey Stark

2012 Daniel Manuel & Alexandria Seltenrich

2019 no award

2005 Angelique Hurling 2006 Lesley-Anne Reed

2020 Thomas Streback

2013 Chad Landrum & Brenton Gryder 17

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Land Acknowledgment Because Louisiana encompasses the ancestral homelands of the Acolapissas, Atakapas, Caddos, Chitimachas, Choctaws, Houmas, Opelousas, Tunicas, and many other Indigenous peoples, the Louisiana Historical Association has a special responsibility to address with respect their influential role in the history and culture of this state along with the severe impact that colonial and other invasive forces have made on the lives and lands of Indigenous peoples of the Americas. Encouraging advancement of knowledge about and collaboration with all Indigenous persons and communities living in Louisiana today, we acknowledge the Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana, the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana, the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana, and the Jena Band of Choctaw Indians as federally-recognized nations and the Addai Caddo Tribe, Bayou Lafourche Band of Biloxi-Chitimacha Confederation of Muskogees, Choctaw-Apache Tribe of Ebarb, Clifton Choctaw of Louisiana, Four Winds Cherokee, Grand Caillou/Dulac Band of Biloxi Chitimacha Choctaw, Isle de Jean Charles Band, Louisiana Band of Choctaw, Natchitoches Tribe of Louisiana, Pointe-Au-Chien Indian Tribe, and the United Houma Nation as state-recognized tribes of Louisiana.