Most Louisianans no longer speak French, but a growing number of schools are now immersing kids in it. At École ...

Moving almost from one end of the country to the other can often be somewhat intimidating, especially when your heritage ...

Zachary Richard co-produced and narrated this award-winning LPB documentary which tells the story of the Acadian people from their origins in France, their immigration to Nova Scotia, their ...

Acadia has been handed back and forth between France and England at least six times. The treaties gave it two names at once: "Acadia or Nova Scotia". In 1713, Acadia was finally ceded to England ...

The first victims of the move to drive out the French were not even in Canada – but a peaceful population of Acadians in Nova Scotia who refused to swear an oath to the English King. In the late ...

she played a major role — through her work and unwavering commitment — in affirming Acadian identity in North America. French literature of the 20th century owes her a great debt." Born on May 10, ...

Written in the Acadian French vernacular, the novel tells the story of Pélagie, a combative Acadian woman who makes the long and eventful journey back north to Acadia from Georgia on an ox-cart ...

In European countries, specifically France, various kingdoms would host ... Common citizens and peasants, some of which who would later become Acadians and Cajuns, were not allowed to attend ...