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Bel Abbey

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Bel Abbey Veteran

Birth
Elton, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana, USA
Death
1 Jan 1992 (aged 75)
Mamou, Evangeline Parish, Louisiana, USA
Burial
Allen Parish, Louisiana, USA Add to Map
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Native American Folklorist. Bel Abbey was a Coushatta Indian from Louisiana who through his lifelong participation in the annual Folklife Festival and work as a storyteller greatly advanced public knowledge of Native American culture. His obituary appeared in the American Anthropologist.

Veteran: U.S. Army, World War II
Native American Folklorist. Bel Abbey was a Coushatta Indian from Louisiana who through his lifelong participation in the annual Folklife Festival and work as a storyteller greatly advanced public knowledge of Native American culture. His obituary appeared in the American Anthropologist.

Veteran: U.S. Army, World War II


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