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The Louisiana Constitution
Origin and Purpose of Government
 All government, of right, originates with the people, is founded on their will alone, and is instituted to protect the rights of the individual and for the good of the whole. Its only legitimate ends are to secure justice for all, preserve peace, protect the rights, and promote the happiness and general welfare of the people. The rights enumerated in this Article are inalienable by the state and shall be preserved inviolate by the state.

Right to Individual Dignity
No person shall be denied the equal protection of the laws. No law shall discriminate against a person because of race or religious ideas, beliefs, or affiliations. No law shall arbitrarily, capriciously, or unreasonably discriminate against a person because of birth, age, sex, culture, physical condition, or political ideas or affiliations.



The Louisiana Constitution
Right to Property
 Every person has the right to acquire, own, control, use, enjoy, protect, and dispose of private property.
Freedom of Expression
No law shall curtail or restrain the freedom of speech or of the press.

Louisiana Cultural & Tourism Websites

See Louisiana Cajun Folklife Demonstrations by Cajun Folk Artists at La Grande Boucherie des Cajuns in St. Martinville La Grande Boucherie des Cajuns in St. Martinville, Louisiana See Louisiana Cajun Folklife Demonstrations by Cajun Folk Artists at La Grande Boucherie des Cajuns in St. Martinville
Chien Caille Duck and Goose Calls Acadian Museum in Erath, Louisiana Gueydan Duck Festival Louisiana Flyway Lodge Steen's Pure Cane Syrup Jesus a vegetarian? Radio Louisiane LSUE's Mardi Gras pages
Great Cajun Cooking Donny Broussard and the Louisiana Stars Cajun Country Band LSUE's Music pages Festival International de Louisiane Cajun French Music Association Acadiana Cajun Genealogy and History online Bayou Black Air Boat Swamp Tours Cooking Louisiana is the place where the 'Cajun/Creole' home chefs meet.

PUBLIC LAW 94-201 - The "American Folklife Preservation Act"
January 2nd 1976 the Congress declared that it was in the interest of the general welfare of the Nation
to preserve, support, revitalize, and disseminate American folklife traditions and arts.

LOUISIANA'S FESTIVALS AND FAIRS
Visit the Center for Cultural and Eco-Tourism for a list of Louisiana FESTIVALS AND FAIRS University of Louisiana at Lafayette





The Louisiana Constitution
Preservation of Linguistic and Cultural Origins
The right of the people to preserve, foster, and promote their respective historic linguistic and cultural origins is recognized.

Louisiana Folklife Program - The Louisiana Folklife Program, within the Division of the Arts, is designed to identify, document, conserve, and present the folk cultural resources of Louisiana. Folklife includes living traditions learned informally over time within ethnic, regional, occupational, and family groups.
A cooperative endeavor between Louisiana universities and the Louisiana Folklife Program within the Division of the Arts.
The primary goal of the program is to provide in-depth documentation of Louisiana's folk traditions
and to facilitate its appropriate use by the public and cultural tourism.



Center For Cultural and Eco-Tourism - University of Louisiana at Lafayette             Louisiana Regional Folklife Program, Louisiana Tech University The Louisiana Regional Folklife Program is supported by a grant from the Louisiana State Arts Council through the Louisiana Division of the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.        Louisiana Folklife Center, an agency of Northwestern State University of Louisiana. The Folklife Center works closely with the Louisiana Folklife Program housed in the Louisiana Division of the Arts.


The Office of Lt. Governor Mitchell J. Landrieu and Angele Davis, Secretary of the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism are pleased to provide you with a copy of the report on Louisiana's Cultural Economy compiled by Mt. Auburn Associates and funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Division of the Arts
Louisiana: Where Culture Means Business
Mt. Auburn Associates' Report on the Cultural Economy
CULTURAL TOURISM IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ENGINES OF LOUISIANA’S CULTURAL ECONOMY.
FESTIVALS ARE A VERY IMPORTANT DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL IN THE LOUISIANA CULTURAL ECONOMY.
Many of these festivals are a local distribution channel and provide an avenue for expressing a community’s culture and heritage.


Louisiana State Departments

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY - Mission - The Department’s mission is to promote, protect and advance agriculture and forestry, and soil and water resources. Our vision is to be a unified and coordinated team that effectively responds to the challenges facing the agricultural and forestry industries, and which pursues each and every opportunity that might provide a benefit to the state and its citizens.                    DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE RECREATION AND TOURISM - The mission of the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism is to preserve and enhance Louisiana's unique heritage and natural landscape; provide cultural, informational, and recreational resources; and promote the use of these resources by our diverse citizens and visitors.                    DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE & FISHERIES - LDWF MISSION STATEMENT - To manage, conserve, and promote wise utilization of Louisiana's renewable fish and wildlife resources and their supporting habitats through replenishment, protection, enhancement, research, development, and education for the social and economic benefit of current and future generations; to provide opportunities for knowledge of and use and enjoyment of these resources; and to promote a safe and healthy environment for the users of the resources.


Louisiana University Agriculture Centers, Departments and Colleges

Louisiana State University Agricultural Center - Mission - The Louisiana Board of Regents' Master Plan for Higher Education calls for the LSU Agricultural Center to play an integral role in supporting agricultural industries, sustaining rural areas and encouraging efficient use of resources through research and educational programs conducted by its experiment station and extension service.


University of Louisiana at Lafayette's College of Applied Life Sciences Louisiana State University College of Agriculturer Southern University and A&M College of Agricultural, Family and Consumer Sciences Louisiana Tech University - College of Applied and Natural Sciences McNeese State University - Department of Agriculture


Louisiana Cultural & Tourism Commissions and Bureaus


Acadia Parish Tourist Commission Alexandria Pineville Convention & Visitors Bureau Allen Parish Tourist Commission Ascension Parish Tourist Commission Avoyelles Parish Commission of Tourism Beauregard Parish Tourist Commission Cameron Parish Tourist Commission DeSoto Parish Tourist Bureau Evangeline Parish Tourist Commission Iberia Parish Convention & Visitors Bureau Jeff Davis Parish Tourism Jefferson Parish Convention and Visitors Bureau Lafourche Parish Tourist Commission Lafayette Convention & Visitors Commission Livingston Parish Convention & Visitors Bureau Natchitoches Convention and Visitor's Bureau Pointe Coupee Parish Office Of Tourism River Parishes Tourist Commission - St. Charles, St. James, St. John - New Orleans Plantation Country Sabine Parish Tourism Commission St. Bernard Parish Tourist Commission St. Landry Parish Tourism Commission St. Martin Parish Tourism Commission St. Tammany Parish Tourism Commission Tangipahoa Parish Convention & Visitor's Bureau Union Parish Tourist Commission Vermilion Parish Tourist Commission Washington Parish Tourism Commission West Baton Rouge Convention & Visitor Bureau





Vermilion Historical Society
Visit the website of the historical society
that the Baton Rouge Advocate has called
"perhaps the best in the state"

THE VERMILION HISTORICAL SOCIETY



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