ISLEñOS

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'Isleños' is from the Spanish ''isleños'', plural of "islander."
In Latin America , the term "isleño" is used to distinguish a Canary Islander from someone from peninsular Spain. During the 18th, 19th and early part of the 20th century, large waves of Canary Islanders emigrated to Cuba, Puerto Rico, Texas, and Louisiana.
In Honduras, Isleños refers to those Hondurans living on the Bay Islands of Roatan, Guanaja, and Utila.

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Louisiana Communities of the Isleños

Galveztown

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Louisiana Communities of the Isleños

In Louisiana, Isleños are the descendants of Canary Islanders who migrated to Louisiana under the Spanish crown between 1778 and 1783. They settled near New Orleans in what is today St. Bernard Parish. Many of their descendants remained insulated from New Orleans, and continued to speak an archaic version of Spanish well into the 20th century. The geographical isolation helped to preserve their language and traditions. Today, some Isleños still speak Spanish (with a Canary Islander accent). They still maintain contacts with the Canary Islands, and have an annual "Caldo" festival named for a native dish.
===St. Bernard (Terre aux Boeufs)===
This settlement was first called ''La Concepcion'' and ''Neuva Galvez'' by the Spanish officials, but later renamed ''Terre aux Boeufs'' (French), ''Tierra de Bueyes'' (Spanish) or "land of cattle". However, by the end of the 1780s, 'St. Bernard', the patron saint of Bernardo de Galvez, was used in documents describing the area. ^[1] The majority of the Isleño population were long concentrated in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, where some of the most traditional Isleño customs continued. Other Isleños have settled throughout Southeast Louisiana and the Greater New Orleans area. Many were displaced by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Traditional Isleño communities in St. Bernard include:

★ Delacroix Island

★ Wood Lake

★ Reggio

★ Yscloskey

★ Shell Beach

★ Hopedale
===Barataria

Valenzuela===
Originally referred to as "Valenzuela dans La Fourche", today the location is at the site of the Belle Alliance plantation. Traditional Isleño communities around Valenzuela include:

★ Donaldsonville

★ Plattenville

★ Belle Alliance

★ Palo Alto

★ Labadieville

★ Napoleonville

★ Paincourtville

★ McCall

Galveztown

In 1778, during the American Revolution, the Spanish were not pleased with the amount of commerce that was bypassing New Orleans via Bayou Manchac. The Spanish Governor of the Isle of Orleans, Don Bernardo de Galvez, allowed Americans fleeing the hostilities in the colonies to establish a village on high ground they discovered just below the juncture of Bayou Manchac and the Amite River. The grateful villagers named their settlement "Galveztown." ^[2]
By 1779, Galvez realized the strategic importance of Galveztown and began bringing in Spanish Settlers from the Canary Islands. He also had troops move in a garrison constructed around the town. But by 1800, Galveztown was abandoned and the settlers moved to Baton Rouge. The area they settled there became known as "Spanish Town" and is where the Pentagon Barracks now stand.
Traditional Isleño communities around Galveztown include:

★ Galvez, Louisiana

★ Spanish Town, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

★ St. Gabriel, Louisiana

See also

★ Canarian people

★ Canarian dialect

★ Hispanic

★ Spanish in the United States

★ Latino

External links

★ Isleños

★ Canary Islanders Heritage Society