Acadian

Nova Scotia colonist

Acadian refers to the French-speaking people who settled in Acadia, a region of eastern Canada encompassing present-day Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island.

When the British expelled Acadians in the 1750s, many migrated to Louisiana, where their descendants became known as Cajuns—a corruption of Acadian.

The term describes both the people and their distinct culture, dialect, and cuisine: Acadian French, Acadian music.

colonial

New France

French North American colony

Nova ScotiaEastern Canadian maritime province
settlersThose who establish homes
colonistsSettlers in new territory

fishermen · farmers · fur trade · marshland · Samuel de Champlain · habitation · pioneers · trappers · alliance · Bay of Fundy

expulsion

deportation

Legal expulsion from country

diasporaScattered population sharing origins
exileBanishment from homeland
displacementRemoval from usual location

British · forced migration · Nova Scotia · persecution · uprooting · dispersion · refugee · resettlement · survival · resilience

Cajun

jambalaya

Spicy Louisiana rice dish

gumboSpiced Louisiana stew
zydecoCreole roots music
bayouMarshy, slow-moving waterway

crawfish · boudin · étouffée · beignet · roux · andouille · tasso · poboys · Mardi Gras · king cake

Acadian

New France

deportation

jambalaya

Acadian

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