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Modern flag of Acadia, adopted 1884. The Acadians (French: Acadiens) are the descendants of 17th and 18th century French settlers in parts of Acadia (French: Acadie) in the northeastern region of North America comprising what is now the Canadian Maritime Provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, the Gaspé peninsula in eastern Québec, and the Kennebec River in southern ...
The Acadian Men of Letters are a group of five Acadian literary figures who are noted for their work in Acadian history, literature, language, and culture.They were active from the 1880s to the 1930s and made up of Pascal Poirier, Placide Gaudet, John Clarence Webster, Israël Landry, and Ferdinand Robidoux.
The Acadian Diaspora: An Eighteenth-Century History (Oxford University Press; 2012) 260 pages online review by Kenneth Banks; Jobb, Dean. The Acadians: A People's Story of Exile and Triumph, John Wiley & Sons, 2005 (published in the United States as The Cajuns: A People's Story of Exile and Triumph) [ISBN missing]
Stanislas F. Perry became the first Acadian representative from Prince Edward Island in 1854. He later held the position of Speaker of the House from 1870 to 1874 before being elected to the new Canadian House of Commons, becoming the first Acadian Liberal Member of Parliament. He returned to provincial politics in 1879 and then to federal ...
Naomi Elizabeth Saundaus Griffiths (born 1934) is a Canadian historian. The historian John Grenier writes that she is "the premier scholar of the Acadians" and that her "magnum opus", From Migrant to Acadian, "on the growth of Acadian society and identity is the natural starting place for any study that touches on Acadian history."
Denys was a witness to one of the most unfortunate chapters of early Acadia's history: the rivalry between the Lords d’Aulnay and Charles de Saint-Étienne de la Tour, as it dissipated efforts to grow the colony. La Tour had claimed royal permission to ply the fur trade in the American Northeast.
Broussard was born in Port-Royal, Acadia, in 1702 to Jean-François Broussard and Catherine Richard.His father came from Poitiers and his mother was born in Port Royal. He lived much of his life at Le Cran (present-day Stoney Creek, Albert County, New Brunswick), along the Petitcodiac River with his wife Agnes and their eleven children.
This category refers to the History of Acadia (1604–1713, similarly, "Canadian History" refers to the "History of Canada"). This history includes the history of all those who lived in Acadia (e.g., Acadians, British, Mikmaq people and so forth). For the history of the Acadian people see the History of the Acadians.