[Louisiana Cemeteries] Rural NW Louisiana African American Cemeteries

From: Louisiana Cemeteries <louisianacemeteries@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Topica Louisiana Cemetery Preservation List <LACEMETERYPRESERVATION@xxxxxxxxxx>, louisianacemeteries@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, LouisianaCemeteryPreservation Yahoo Group <LouisianaCemeteryPreservation@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Post RootsWeb <la-cemetery-preservation@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Post to Louisiana Cemeteries RootsWeb Mailing List <la-cemeteries@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 09:29:36 -0700 (PDT)

There are three cemetery preservation projects underway in Belcher, Louisiana.


From the Red River Sankofa website:

http://www.redriversankofa.org/cemeteries.html

"African-American cemeteries are a resource absolutely essential to 
understanding African-American ancestry. These fragile, sacred burial grounds 
are among the most valuable of archaeological and historic riches and 
oftentimes present the only evidence that our ancestors were a part of the 
fabric that contributed to the African American culture in Northwestern 
Louisiana.  They show evidence of various settlement patterns, burial 
practices, cultural and religious influences, economic development, social 
relationships, and of course genealogy. 

Historical African American cemeteries however are threatened by several 
sources that we must be aware of such as natural erosion, un kept vegetation, 
forgetting they exist, vandalism and protection from individuals who are 
interested in excavating or building on top of these cemeteries for commercial 
profit with no regards for preservation."




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