People

Beginning with the ancestors of today's Indian nations, people from all over the world and from all walks of life have lived in Louisiana. At a park event in 2012, these men portrayed the Choctaw Indians who fought with the Americans at 1815's Battle of New Orleans at Chalmette Battlefield

Follow the links below to learn about

• Jean Lafitte the pirate/privateer and his Baratarians
• how Nova Scotia's Acadians became Louisiana's Cajuns
• genealogy (links to useful websites, resources, etc.)

Please note: information about Fazendeville, Chalmette National Cemetery, and the Battle of New Orleans, including troop rosters, is on the Places page.