Indian Pow Wow/Acadian Village/Concert on the Bayou

Accession No.: 
LE3-033

Leroy J. Langlois
404 Holden Ave.
Lafayette, LA 70506
235-4149

INDIAN POW WOW (approximately 36 minutes)
ACADIAN VILLAGE (0:36:00)
CONCERT ON THE BAYOU (0:56:00)

Indian Pow Wow October 2nd/3rd, 1992 at Blackham Coliseum;
Teepees in front of Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church on Johnston Street;
Various Native American arts and crafts, t-shirts, drawings/paintings, dream-catchers, headdresses, necklaces, wood carvings, etc.;
Indian Fried Bread sold for $1.00 by the Coushatta Tribe of LA;
Traditional Native American flute music, drumming and singing, dancing;
Dancing competition with announcement of different categories;
Addressing their creator (prayer led by Bob ?);
Native American Flag Song with is equivalent to their National Anthem. Red Land Singers;
Soldier Dance;
Native Americans surviving their holocaust and healing from it. U.S. Citizenship in 1924. Europeans meeting Natives;

Acadian Village;
Gift Shop--Le Magasin, Cistern, Map of France, inside the gift shop (arts and crafts and various merchandise);
Background music--Les Traces du Boghei, J'ai été au bal hier au soir, Lacassine Special, Kaplan Waltz (Chère Petite), La Porte Arrière/The Back Door, J'ai été au bal hier au soir (repeat);
Houses, turtles on a log in the river, ducks;
Bernard House circa 1800;
Thibodeaux House circa 1820;
Nutria and turtles;
La Chapel du Nouvel Espoir;
LeBlanc House;
Ducks, bridge, pavilion;
Inside Gift Shop;

The Acadian Music Festival (Cajun Heritage and Music Festival) at Acadian Village October 9-11, 1992;
***Same performance as LE3-041***
Acadian Trail Ride Inc. with Jambalaya playing Les Veuves de la Coulée in the background;
Jambalaya Cajun Band:
C'est Fun?;
Chère Alice (La Valse à 'Tit Dom Hanks);
Old Fashioned Two-step;
Dans le Clair de la Lune;
Mon Tour Va Venir Un Jour;
La Valse du Malchanceux;
C'est Fun;
La Belle de la Campagne;
Various food vendors (Knights of Columbus and others);
T'es la mienne pour tout le temps. Terry playing and dancing on the dance floor with his fiddle;
Quand j'étais pauvre;
Indian Village;
La Mazurka;

A.J. LeBlanc introducing himself as pure Acadian and introducing Native Americans who have helped us to bring us where we are today;
Borrowing land from the Indians. Will Rogers' people met the people who came over on the Mayflower;
The Lord's Prayer signed in Choctaw sign language. Mowa-Choctaw Band;
Native Dancing on Sunday;
Dedicating the festival to Dewey Balfa, presentation of award to Nelda;
Dewey's words about his father. We shouldn't cry, because we'll be all together one day. Arrête-pas la musique;
Reggie Matte won 2 years in a row at A.J.'s contest. Paul Daigle also won twice;
Bayou d'Alleman. Wayne Toups around 10 pm;

Amédé Two-Step;
Could I Have This Dance by Anne Murray;
The Cajun Jig;
J'ai Fait Mon Idée;
Crowley Two-step (Jambalaya Hot Step);

Media Type: 
Video
Collection: 
A.J. LeBlanc Video Collection
Subject: 
Louisiana; Cajuns; Creoles; Folk music; Violins; Accordions; Guitars; Native Americans;
Creator: 
A. J. LeBlanc
Informants: 
A.J. LeBlanc
Recording date: 
Friday, October 2, 1992
Coverage Spatial: 
Blackham Coliseum and Acadian Village, Lafayette, LA
Publisher: 
Leroy J. Langlois
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Language: 
English
French
Meta Information
Duration: 
1:36:42
Cataloged Date: 
Thursday, May 31, 2018
Digitized Date: 
Thursday, May 31, 2018
Original Format: 
VHS Tape
Digital Format: 
MOV File
Storage Location: 
ULL Special Collections