The State of Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. The capital of Louisiana is Baton Rouge and the most populous city is New Orleans. The largest parish by population is Jefferson Parish and largest by area is Terrebonne Parish (Louisiana is the only state divided into parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties). The New Orleans metropolitan area is Louisiana's largest.
Private Liberal Arts Colleges:
Centenary College of Louisiana
Dillard University
Louisiana College
Private Colleges and Universities:
Loyola University New Orleans
New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
Notre Dame Seminary
Our Lady of Holy Cross College
Our Lady of the Lake College
Saint Joseph Seminary College
Tulane University
Xavier University of Louisiana
Public Colleges and Universities:
Louisiana State University System
Louisiana State University at Alexandria
Louisiana State University and A&M College, Baton Rouge (main campus)
Louisiana State University at Eunice
Louisiana State University in Shreveport
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport
Paul M. Hebert Law Center (law school campus)
University of New Orleans
Southern University System
Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge (main campus)
Southern University at New Orleans
Southern University at Shreveport
Southern University Law Center (law school campus)
University of Louisiana System
Grambling State University
Louisiana Tech University
McNeese State University
Nicholls State University
Northwestern State University
Southeastern Louisiana University
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
University of Louisiana at Monroe
Community and Technical Colleges:
Baton Rouge Community College
Bossier Parish Community College
Delgado Community College
L.E. Fletcher Technical Community College
Louisiana Delta Community College
Nunez Community College
River Parishes Community College
South Louisiana Community College
Sowela Technical Community College
Professional Sports Teams:
National Football League
New Orleans Saints
Arena Football League
New Orleans VooDoo
NAFL
Baton Rouge Eagles
NWFL
New Orleans Spice
Shreveport Shockhers
NIFL
Twin City Gators (Monroe) - NIFL
Hammond Heroes (starting in 2007) - NIFL
AF2
Bossier-Shreveport Battle Wings - AF2
Louisiana Swashbucklers (Lake Charles) - IFL
IWFL
Baton Rouge Women's Football
Southern American Football League
Baton Rouge Riverboat Bandits - SAFL
Central Louisiana Red River Raiders - SAFL
Lake Charles RiverKats - SAFL
Minden RoughRiders - SAFL
Lafayette Bayou Bulls - SAFL
Greater New Orleans Gladiators - SAFL
Hammond Headhunters - SAFL
Slidell Steelsharks - SAFL
Louisiana (New Orleans) Storm Chasers
Baseball
Minor League Baseball
New Orleans Zephyrs
Shreveport Sports
Alexandria Aces
Baton Rouge River Bats
Houma Hawks
Basketball
National Basketball Association
New Orleans Hornets
Hockey
Minor League Ice Hockey
Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs - Central Hockey League
Cajun Catahoulas (WSHL) Jr. B Hockey
Lake Charles Ice Pirates - Western Professional Hockey League
Southern Women's Hockey League - Roller-ice hockey
New Orleans Brass-East Coast Hockey League
Baton Rouge Kingfish-East Coast Hockey League
Louisiana IceGators-East Coast Hockey League
Roller Derby
WFTDA Big Easy Rollergirls (2005-present)
Louisiana is home to many distinct cultures, especially notable are the Louisiana Creole people and the French-speaking Cajun.
The ancestors of Creoles came to Louisiana before the Louisiana Purchase (1803) from Western Europe France, Germany, Spain, and from Senegal (West Africa) and settled along the major waterways in the State. The blending of these disparate lifestyles is called "Creole" and continued as the dominant cultural, social, economic and political lifestyle of Louisiana well into the 20th century when it would finally be overtaken by the Anglo-American mainstream.
The ancestors of the Cajuns are the Acadians, a French-speaking people of what are now New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, Canada. When the British won the French and Indian War, the British forcibly separated families and evicted them because of their long-stated political neutrality. Most captured Acadians were placed in internment camps in England and the New England colonies for 10 to 30 years. Many of those who escaped the British remained in French Canada. Once freed by England, many scattered, some to France, Canada, Mexico, the Falkland Islands, with the majority finding final refuge in south Louisiana centered in the region around Lafayette and the LaFourche Bayou country. Until the 1970s, Cajuns were often considered lower class citizens with the term "Cajun" being derogatory. But, once flush with oil and gas riches, Cajun culture, food, music and their infectious "joie de vivre" lifestyle quickly gained international acclaim.
A third distinct culture in Louisiana is that of the Isleņos, who are descendants of Canary Islanders who migrated to Louisiana under the Spanish crown beginning in the mid-1770s. They settled in what is modern-day St. Bernard Parish, where the majority of the Isleno population is still concentrated today.
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