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The Bayogoula (also known as the Bayagoula, Bayagola, or Bayugla[1]) were a Native American tribe from Louisiana in the southern United States. John Reed Swanton translated the name Bayogoula to mean " bayou people" and wrote that they lived near Bayou Goula in Iberville Parish, Louisiana. [2] Their name has been written as Bayou Goula .
Louisiana French (Louisiana French: français de la Louisiane; Louisiana Creole: françé la lwizyàn) is an umbrella term for the dialects and varieties of the French language spoken traditionally by French Louisianians in colonial Lower Louisiana. As of today Louisiana French is primarily used in the state of Louisiana, specifically in its ...
Louisiana Creole (Kréyol La Lwizyàn) is a French Creole [ 87 ] language spoken by the Louisiana Creole people and sometimes Cajuns and Anglo-residents of the state of Louisiana. The language consists of elements of French, Spanish, African (mainly from the Senegambian region), [ 88 ] and Native American roots.
Bayou Corne in Louisiana, October 2010. In usage in the Southern United States, a bayou (/ ˈbaɪ.uː, ˈbaɪ.oʊ /) [1] is a body of water typically found in a flat, low-lying area. It may refer to an extremely slow-moving stream, river (often with a poorly defined shoreline), marshy lake, wetland, or creek. They typically contain brackish ...
The Chitimacha were the first Native American tribe in Louisiana to gain federal recognition. Most Native Americans of the Southeast had been forcibly removed to Indian Territory or Texas west of the Mississippi River during the 1830s. [10] The tribe received some annuities and financial benefits as a result of formal recognition.
Other swamp monsters in comics include: Swamp Beast from Monster in My Pocket by Dwayne McDuffie and Gil Kane for Harvey Comics. Bog Swamp Demon, a fictional character appearing in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic books. Danny Dunn and the Swamp Monster by Raymond Abrashkin and Jay Williams.
Bayou Bienvenue is a 12.1-mile-long (19.5 km) [1] bayou and "ghost swamp" [2] in southeastern Louisiana. It runs along the political border between Orleans Parish and St. Bernard Parish to the east of New Orleans. The Bayou Bienvenue Wetlands Triangle viewing platform in the Lower Ninth Ward provides expansive views of the bayou and also serves ...
Louisiana Creole is a French-based creole language spoken by fewer than 10,000 people, mostly in the U.S. state of Louisiana. [4] Also known as Kouri-Vini, [1] it is spoken today by people who may racially identify as white, black, mixed, and Native American, as well as Cajun and Creole.