Several American Indian tribes such as the Atakapa and Caddo inhabited Louisiana before European colonization, concentrated along the Red River and Gulf of Mexico. At the beginning of French and Spanish colonization of Louisiana, white and black Americans began to move into the area. From French and Spanish rule in Louisiana, they were joined by Filipinos, Germans, and Spaniards both slave and free, who settled in enclaves within the Greater New Orleans region and Acadiana; some of the Spanish-descended communities became the Isleños of St. Bernard Parish.
Several American Indian tribes such as the Atakapa and Caddo inhabited Louisiana before European colonization concentrated along the Red River and Gulf of Mexico At the beginning of French and Spanish colonization of Louisiana white and black Americans began to move into the area From French and Spanish rule in Louisiana they were joined by Filipinos Germans and Spaniards both slave and free who settled in enclaves within the Greater New Orleans region and Acadiana; some of the Spanish-descended communities became the Isleños of St Bernard Parish