It’s been called the Cajun “lost colony,” the area where the earliest Acadian exiles settled in south Louisiana in the 1700s after being expelled by the British from what is now Nova Scotia. Despite ...

Bailey Ross has devoted himself to speaking French and promoting Acadian culture. But feeling like he belonged and could call ...

Explore the roots of Cajun culture this Sunday at Vermilionville for "Acadian Culture Day." This free, family-orientated event blends the traditions of the Acadians (who were exiled from the Canadian ...

Louisianans are embracing their roots on National Acadian Day in Nova Scotia. People from the state are among the 30,000 expected to attend a big party happening in southwest Nova Scotia on Thursday.

“Acadie Then and Now: A People’s History,” a new book from Opelousas’ Andrepont Printing has just been released but is already taking the Acadian world by storm. “When we released this in Canada it ...

My family has Acadian roots going back several generations, but today I don’t quite feel like I fit in. I’m walking through the Acadian Historical Village in Bertrand, New Brunswick, a fluorescent ...

It turns out pop-music queen Madonna may have some Acadian roots. While the Material Girl probably isn't singing French lullabies from Atlantic Canada to her children, it seems she can trace part of ...

In Lafayette, you can eat a Cajun Samurai pizza after cheering on the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns football team to victory at Cajun Field, next to the Cajundome. Opelousas recently hosted the Holy Ghost ...