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Cajuns - Wikipedia While Lower Louisiana had been settled by French colonists since the late 17th century, many Cajuns trace their roots to the influx of Acadian settlers after the Great Expulsion from their homeland during the French and British hostilities prior to the French and Indian War (1756 to 1763)
Cajun | Louisiana, Creole, French-speaking | Britannica Cajun, descendant of Roman Catholic French Canadians whom the British, in the 18th century, drove from the captured French colony of Acadia (now Nova Scotia and adjacent areas) and who settled in the fertile bayou lands of southern Louisiana
The Little-known History and Culture of Cajun People A quaint French-speaking people, the Cajuns or Acadians initially settled down in the areas of Canada, which are known to us today as Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island This settlement of theirs was known as Acadie
What’s the Difference Between Cajun and Creole—Or Is There One? About 3,000 Acadians arrived in South Louisiana from 1764 to around 1785, and now, more than 250 years later, their creolized name, Cajun (derived from the French Acadien), can be found everywhere: there’s the Ragin’ Cajuns, the athletic moniker of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (ULL)
The History of Cajuns in Louisiana How did Cajun culture become so intertwined with people’s perception of Louisiana, and how did it come into existence?
From Acadian to Cajun - U. S. National Park Service From Acadian to Cajun Bousillage, a mixture of Spanish moss and mud, was the Louisiana version of traditional building methods used in Acadie and in France
Cajun Acadian Arcadian — Wordorigins. org Cajun is a variant of the French Acadian, which in turn is from the Greek Ἀρκαδία (Arcadia), a mountainous region of the Peloponnesus in Greece which became a metaphor of an ideal, rustic life, such as that lived in the mythical Golden Age
Cajuns - History and Cultural Relations Cajun culture began with the arrival of French Acadians (the French-speaking people of the territory that is now mainly Nova Scotia in Canada) who migrated to and settled in what is now Louisiana mainly between 1765 and 1785