#Louisiana #Creoles (#French: #Créoles de la #Louisiane, #Spanish: #Criollos de #Luisiana) are people descended from the inhabitants of #colonial Louisiana before it became a part of the U.S. during the period of both French and Spanish #rule. As an #ethnic group, their ancestry is mainly of #African, French, Spanish and #NativeAmerican origin. #German, #Irish, and #Italian #immigrants also married in to these groups. Louisiana Creoles share cultural ties such as the traditional use of the French, Spanish, and Louisiana Creole languages and predominant practice of #Catholicism.
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