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“THE LEGACY OF CAJUNS”
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About sixty French families were established in this area during the seventeenth
century. The group learned about hunting and fishing techniques from the
Aboriginal Mi'kmaq. (First Nations or Native American people who lived around
Canada's Atlantic Provinces,)
For the most part, the Acadians lived mainly in the coastal regions. Farming and
fishing were important to the Acadians.
Acadians often found themselves on the front lines in conflict between French and
British powers who were fighting for control of North America.
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Photo courtesy of the Acadian Museum .
Photo courtesy of the Acadian Museum .
The Joseph Beausoleil Broussard Portrait
was painted by Robert Dafford . Photo
courtesy of the Acadian Museum .
Acadian families were
separated and shipped to
various destinations including
seven British American
colonies:
 Connecticut
 New York
 Pennsylvania
 Maryland
 Massachusetts
 South Carolina
 Georgia
After the war, some were sent
to French Caribbean (Antilles,
Martinique, St. Domingue),
while others went back to
France.
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St. John Parish
St. James Parish
Attakapas region (St. Martin Parish)
St. Gabriel, Louisiana
Vidalia (old location)
Natchitoches (settlers
relocated to Opelousas)
Bayou Lafourche area
Natchitoches
Relocated to Opelousas
Vidalia
(Concordia Parish)
Opelousas
St. Landry Parish
St. Martin Parish
(Attakapas Region)
St. Gabriel
St. John Parish
St. James Parish
Bayou Lafourche
Once settled, Acadians picked up their former life styles. They
farmed, fished, built self-sufficient homes, retained their French
language.
Many lived in the bayou country where they hunted, fished,
trapped, and lived off the Mississippi River.
Photo courtesy of the Acadian Museum .
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Photo by Jude Dubois
Alexander Mouton
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Photo by Theresa Hardy
Acadian Triangle
Alexandria
This map represents the area of
Louisiana with the largest
concentration of Acadian
settlements and their living
descendents. The area is officially
designated as the Acadian Triangle
and has its own Acadian flag.
Cameron
Bayou Lafourche
In 1990, Warren Perrin, a Louisiana Attorney and a Cajun descendant of Acadian
exiles, delivered a petition to the British government seeking from Queen Elizabeth
II an official apology for what had been done to the Acadians. After 13 years of
negotiations, on December 9, 2003, the Royal Proclamation was singed, an official
acknowledgment of responsibility by the Crown of England.
Photo from The Acadian Museum in Erath, Louisiana
Photo by Theresa Hardy
Acadiana Region in
Louisiana (Wikipedia
Map)