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La Créole - A Journal of Creole History & Genealogy | Xavier University of Louisiana
10/17/25
La Créole, Journal of the Louisiana Creole Research Association Now Available Online and in Print.
La Créole, Journal of the Louisiana Creole Research Association
Now Available Online and in Print.
A new collaboration between the Louisiana Creole Research Association and Xavier University of Louisiana has just debuted online: all 17 past issues of La Créole, the Association’s annual journal, and the newly published 2025 issue, are now available on Xavier University’s website, available to the public, free of charge. PDFs of of La Créole can be found in the University’s Institutional Repository: ttps://digitalcommons.xula.edu/lacreole/ (easily found by searching “Xavier University of Louisiana Institutional Repository” on any search engine).
The Louisiana Creole Research Association was founded in 2004, just one year before Hurricane Katrina. Following the catastrophic event some of the founding members dispersed and have been unable to return to their beloved city. Like New Orleans itself, the organization regrouped, survived, and has been a crucial part of the thriving Creole renaissance that has taken place throughout Southern Louisiana since the tragedy 20 years ago.
In 2008 the Association, often referred to as “LA Creole,” committed to publishing an annual journal. The 2025 issue of La Créole makes its debut in print at the Association's conference held in New Orleans on October 18th at Xavier University.
La Créole will continue to be available in hard copy and can be purchased directly from the Louisiana Creole Research Association via its website, where all who are interested can join as members (a subscription to La Créole is a benefit of membership): www.lacreole.org.
Even in Louisiana there is much misunderstanding of the meaning of who and what is Creole. There is evidence that both French and Spanish colonial Louisiana identified all its people (White, Black, and mixed), both free and enslaved, who were born in the new world of old world stock, as Creole. That included the offspring of Europeans (predominantly French and Spanish), Africans, and a mixture of both that could also include Native American. Therefore, the descendants of all these people can claim Creole heritage. The mission of the Louisiana Creole Research Association and its journal is to assist Creoles of Color in researching their ancestry, to educate the general public about Creole history and culture, and to celebrate the contributions and legacy of a unique, sometimes forgotten people.
