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History Matters: Cajun & Creole

Red River Radio | By Gary Joiner, Ph.D.
Published September 24, 2019 at 7:45 AM CDT
Wilson Savoy of the Pine Leaf Boys (cajun accordion player in sunglasses and patchwork costume) playing with other Cajun musicians at the 2010 Faquetigue Courir de Mardi Gras
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Wilson Savoy of the Pine Leaf Boys (cajun accordion player in sunglasses and patchwork costume) playing with other Cajun musicians at the 2010 Faquetigue Courir de Mardi Gras

Airs Tuesday, September 24, 2019, at 7:45 a.m. This week commentator Dr. Gary Joiner takes a look the terms Cajun & Creole, two terms indigenous to Louisiana culture and history, and why there history matters.
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Gary Joiner, Ph.D.
Gary Joiner is a cartographer and an associate professor of history at LSU in Shreveport. He is the author or editor of 12 books including “Shiloh and the Western Campaign of 1862,” “One Damn Blunder From Beginning to End: The Red River Campaign in 1864,” “Through the Howling Wilderness: The Red River Campaign and Union Failure in 1864,” “Red River Steamboats,” and “Mr. Lincoln's Brown Water Navy: Mississippi Squadron.”
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