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The Acadians are an ethnic group descended from the French who settled in the New France colony of Acadia during the 17th and 18th centuries. Acadian culture first emerged in and around Port-Royal, wh
Population distribution of Acadians by census division, 2021 census
Acadians by Samuel Scott, Annapolis Royal, 1751
Homme Acadien (Acadian Man) by Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur represents a Mi'kmaq man in the area of Acadia according to the Nova Scotia Museum.
The Deportation of Acadians by Henri Beau
Cajuns
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The Cajuns, also known as Louisiana Acadians, are an American ethnic group mainly found in the US state of Louisiana and the surrounding Gulf Coast states.
Acadians
…re-settled, or in Louisiana, where thousands of Acadians moved in the late 1700s. Descendants of the Louisiana Acadians are most commonly known as Cajuns, the anglicized term of "Acadian". Acadia was one of the five regions of New France, located in what is now Eastern Canada's Maritime provinces, as…
Cajun French is spoken in Louisiana.
Cajun dancers in traditional clothing, 1940; colorized in 2022.
2009 artist's rendition of Acadian militia captain Joseph "Beausoleil" Broussard (1702–1765).
1923 illustration of the 1755 deportation of the Acadians.