Faragher relates, in all its complex, searingly sad details, the story of how the hapless French Acadians were run out of their Nova Scotia homes—a story known to most from Longfellow's Evangeline.

The upcoming Grand Réveil Acadien, or Great Acadian Awakening, takes place at cultural sites around the region, from ...

LOREAUVILLE, La. (WAFB) - The small village of Loreauville has become ground zero for the beginning of Acadiana, the area of southwest Louisiana where exiled French Acadians settled and held onto ...

In the 1750s, French settlers in eastern Canada, called Acadians, were kicked off their land and forced to make their way south, eventually settling in Louisiana. Lucky for us, because those Acadians ...

But this year, not so much. Primarily driven by President Donald Trump's recurring, possibly joking comments about annexing ...

French Ambassador Laurent Bili visited Acadiana to celebrate Louisiana’s Cajun and Creole culture, urging locals to “Lâche ...

Communities across south Louisiana, including Houma and Thibodaux, will showcase the heart and soul of our Acadian roots all ...

Filmmaker Nathan Rabalais presents a critical and historically informed perspective. Look at how Cajuns compare to the present-day Acadians in maritime Canada, a community that is supposedly at the ...

Louisiana stands apart from any other state, a unique blend of French, Spanish, African, and Caribbean influences shaped by its waterways and wilderness. From the lively French Quarter of New Orleans, ...

As Acadiana and Louisiana prepare to celebrate Veterans Day on Friday, similar ceremonies will be taking place in Canada. And in the Canadian Maritime provinces, that's not where the similarities end.

Fewer visitors from Canada made the trip south to Acadiana, leaving many local communities to carry on the celebration on ...