Creole culture is defined by its mixture of African, European and Indigenous influences. Our culture is centered around food, creativity, and faith. We trace our roots from slavery's history of forced immigration and integration, a heritage of movement from West and Central Africa, to the "new world" in Haiti and the West Indies, under colonization and segregation by the French and Spanish. The indigenous roots of our ancestry trace to the Choctaw and Blackfoot tribes of Louisiana and Alberta, Canada, respectively. Our family has lived in Opelousas, Louisiana, since before the official establishment of the United States. Our food reflects the history of struggle and survival we have endured as Black people, with a past of segregation under an Afro-French-Indigenous identity. As a result, we have formed our own perspectives of our culture and unique heritage. With Creole Creed, we usher in the new generation of Californian Creoles, carrying the legacy and evolution of our people.