Marie Therese Coincoin Day (2017)
Louisiana: The State We're In
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Newsmagazine
Place Covered: Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 2017-02-17
Duration: 00:07:49
Subjects: Coincoin, Marie Therese, 1742-1816. | Cane River National Heritage Area (La.) | CREOLES
Contributors:
- Whinham, Charlie Host
- Fortenberry, Rex Q. Photographer
- Metoyer-Roque, Betty Speaker
- Jackson, Kelly Interviewee
- Roque, Thomas E., Sr. Interviewee
- Gregory, Pete Interviewee
Description
This segment from the February 17, 2017, episode of the series “Louisiana: The State We’re In” features Charlie Whinham’s visit to the Marie Therese Coincoin Day festivities at the Badin-Roque House at the Cane River National Heritage Area in Natchitoches Parish. Coincoin was a freed slave and the matriarch of the Metoyer Family and the Cane River Creoles. This story includes highlights of Betty Metoyer-Roque, a seventh generation descendent, recounting the life of Coincoin. Whinham also interviews: Kelly Jackson, a descendent and founder of the Resurrection Fern Foundation; Thomas E. Roque, Sr., a descendent and member of the St. Augustine Historical Society; and Dr. Pete Gregory, a professor at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches.