Creole country.
What do we ask for?
Name the culture for the people who built it.
In February 2024, a national broadcast called the Lafayette area the heart of Creole country. Some viewers objected. Asked about it, Barry Ancelet, folklorist and professor emeritus at UL Lafayette, said: "The word Creole is more inclusive."
Before 1764 asks the institutions that sell this culture to name it correctly, and to send its value back to the communities that made it.
Five requests, each with a target.
Newsrooms and tourism writers
Adopt a style guide that names Creole culture, music and food correctly, with sources.
State tourism
Stop marketing the region as "Cajun Country" in state copy and campaigns.
The Legislature
Revisit House Concurrent Resolution No. 496 of 1971 and recognize the region’s Creole, African and Indigenous foundations.
Parish governments
Pass local resolutions recognizing each parish’s Creole history.
UL Lafayette
Open a public review of the Cajun names on its teams and venues.