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.