Bailey Ross has devoted himself to speaking French and promoting Acadian culture. But feeling like he belonged and could call ...
ERATH — It was French that attracted the Acadians to Louisiana. After years of imprisonment, Joseph Beausoleil Broussard brought his band of Acadians to the West Indies and then followed his people's ...
HALF THE HOMES SPEAK FRENCH AS THEIR FIRST LANGUAGE. >> EVERYBODY UP HERE SPEAKS FRENCH. WE ARE KNOWN FOR THE ACADIAN HERITAGE. ANTHON WHEN IT COMES TO ACADIAN FOOD,HE T PLACE TO GO IS DOLLY’S IN ...
Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin. Copyright 2024 NPR A Cajun radio station in South Louisiana has been broadcasting for 69 years. It's ...
ON A MISSION TO SAVE IT. AROOSTOOK COUNTY IS A LONG WAY FROM ANYWHERE, AND THAT ALLOWS FOR A CERTAIN FREEDOM. AN AMISH COMMUNITY HAS TAKEN ROOT IN RECENT DECADES, AND OLD TRADITIONS LIVE ON HERE, ...
As Acadiana youth grew up in the region in the 1920s and 1930s, most were discouraged from openly speaking French. Their family members had been shunned for using the language and didn’t want children ...
The 54th annual Acadian festival in Évangéline brought English and French speakers together this weekend in Abram-Village, P.E.I., to celebrate culture and Island agriculture as Acadian heritage month ...
MONCTON, NEW BRUNSWICK — For a century following deportation of the Acadians from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, the Acadians in Louisiana and to the north kept a low profile, ...
There's a little radio station in south Louisiana. It's been on the air for nearly 70 years, doing everything it can to keep alive a dying language. That's Cajun French. On Saturday mornings, it ...