652. Part 1 of Kathleen DuVal's return to the podcast to talk about her

book, Native

Nations: A Millennium in North America. “Pulitzer

Prize Winner - National Bestseller - A magisterial overview of a

thousand years of Native American history (The New York Review

of Books), from the rise of ancient cities more than a thousand

years ago to fights for sovereignty that continue today. Winner

of the Bancroft Prize, the Cundill History Prize, and the Mark

Lynton History Prize. Long before the colonization of North

America, Indigenous Americans built diverse civilizations and

adapted to a changing world in ways that reverberated globally.

And, as award-winning historian Kathleen DuVal vividly recounts,

when Europeans did arrive, no civilization came to a halt

because of a few wandering explorers, even when the strangers

came well armed.” (Publisher's website),

The oldest play about Louisiana, author James Workman wrote it

as a celebration of the Louisiana Purchase. Now it is back in

print for the first time in 221 years. Order your copy today!

Anthology. Chad Adams. How

to Walk in the Marsh. I stood behind the center

console of my dad’s flatboat, tucked closely against him,

prouder than any seven-year-old boy could be, riding along

while he drove in the darkness of an early cold November

morning. We slowly maneuvered through the salty marshes of

southern Louisiana in eager pursuit of my very first duck

hunt.

    As the blistering air seeped through the

holes in my oversized camouflaged ski-mask, and the smell of

the sputtering motor’s exhaust made my nostrils flare, I

worked a spotlight at my dad’s command. The beam of light

shined just over the head of our giddy black Labrador

Retriever, past the bow of the boat, and onto the water in

front of us. I was outright shivering, but not from the

freezing weather. Instead, I was shaking from the icy

adrenaline that ran through my veins and throughout all

fifty-five pounds of me as I replayed in my head all the

stories my dad told me leading up to this moment about the

amazing experience of duck hunting.

Perier and French defeated the Natchez Indians.

the New Orleans Public Library opened in the Mahalia Jackson

Childhood and Family Learning Center on November 15, 2010.

Louisiana Renaissance Festival

Faire Grounds:

46468 River Rd,

Hammond LA, 70401

Nov 1-2 All Hallows Weekend

Nov 8-9 Pirate Weekend

Nov 15-16 Celtic Weekend

Nov 22-23 Wizards and Legends

Nov 28-30 Viking

Dec 6-7 Yuletide Market

Also on Dec 6 and 7  Fireworks

9:45 AM to 5:00 PM

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