652. Kathleen DuVal, part 1

652. Part 1 of Kathleen DuVal's return to the podcast to talk about her book, Native Nations: A Millennium in North America. “Pulitzer Prize Winner - National Bestseller - A magisterial overview of a thousand years of Native American history (The New York Review of Books), from the rise of ancient cities more than a thousand years ago to fights for sovereignty that continue today. Winner of the Bancroft Prize, the Cundill History Prize, and the Mark Lynton History Prize. Long before the colonization of North America, Indigenous Americans built diverse civilizations and adapted to a changing world in ways that reverberated globally. And, as award-winning historian Kathleen DuVal vividly recounts, when Europeans did arrive, no civilization came to a halt because of a few wandering explorers, even when the strangers came well armed.” (Publisher's website),

1. Now available: Liberty in Louisiana: A Comedy. The oldest play about Louisiana, author James Workman wrote it as a celebration of the Louisiana Purchase. Now it is back in print for the first time in 221 years. Order your copy today!
   
2. This week in the Louisiana Anthology. Chad Adams. How to Walk in the Marsh. I stood behind the center console of my dad’s flatboat, tucked closely against him, prouder than any seven-year-old boy could be, riding along while he drove in the darkness of an early cold November morning. We slowly maneuvered through the salty marshes of southern Louisiana in eager pursuit of my very first duck hunt.
       As the blistering air seeped through the holes in my oversized camouflaged ski-mask, and the smell of the sputtering motor’s exhaust made my nostrils flare, I worked a spotlight at my dad’s command. The beam of light shined just over the head of our giddy black Labrador Retriever, past the bow of the boat, and onto the water in front of us. I was outright shivering, but not from the freezing weather. Instead, I was shaking from the icy adrenaline that ran through my veins and throughout all fifty-five pounds of me as I replayed in my head all the stories my dad told me leading up to this moment about the amazing experience of duck hunting.
   
3. This week in Louisiana history. November 15, 1730. Gov. Perier and French defeated the Natchez Indians.
   
4. This week in New Orleans history. The Central City Branch of the New Orleans Public Library opened in the Mahalia Jackson Childhood and Family Learning Center on November 15, 2010.
   
5. This week in Louisiana.
   Louisiana Renaissance Festival
   Faire Grounds:
   46468 River Rd,
   Hammond LA, 70401
   2025 Theme Weekends
   Nov 1-2 All Hallows Weekend
   Nov 8-9 Pirate Weekend
   Nov 15-16 Celtic Weekend
   Nov 22-23 Wizards and Legends
   Nov 28-30 Viking
   Dec 6-7 Yuletide Market
   Also on Dec 6 and 7  Fireworks
   9:45 AM to 5:00 PM
   
6. Postcards from Louisiana. Doreen at Snug Harbor. 

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