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Basic Louisiana History & the Acadian(a) Flag Debacle

The Lafayette-based KATC news station opened a can of worms when it presented on Facebook a proposal and research of Dr. Rick Swanson, a professor at UL Lafayette. Swanson questioned the representativeness of the flag of Acadiana, adopted by the Louisiana Legislature in 1974.

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Filed Under: Discrimination & Prejudice, Economy, Genealogy, History, Identity, Language, Law, Migrations Tagged With: Acadian flag, Cajun flag, Cajun nationalists, Cajunists, créolité, Denial, Flag Acadiana

Acadians, Wealth, & Slavery: Complex Relationships Engendered By Servitude & Geographic Proximity

I am connected to the Chrétien family in 5 ways. My mother’s sister married a CHRÉTIEN. A cousin married into the CHRÉTIENs. MyRead More

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Filed Under: Economy, Free People of Color (FPOC), Genealogy, History, Latinité, Migrations, Slavery Tagged With: Acadian Slavery, Acadians, Acadie, Acadiens, Cadiens, Cajunists, Cajunité, Cajuns, consanguinity, Créoles de la Louisiane, Créoles louisianais, esclavage, humanity, intermarriage, Louisiana, Louisiana Creoles, Louisiane, slavery

How Would Beausoleil Have Reacted?

The French and Indian War left many populations beset with difficulties. One of those populations lived in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. TheRead More

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Filed Under: Discrimination & Prejudice, History, Identity, Language, Migrations, Mythology, Native Americans, Slavery Tagged With: Beausoleil, Beausoleilists, Cajun, Cajunism, Cajunists, Cajunité, Cajuns, cultural recovery, discrimination, healing, irony, Louisiana Creoles, Racism, reconciliation, xenophobia

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