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What does it mean to be Cajun? 12 stories to understand this identity

Since the 3,000 or so Acadians resettled in south Louisiana in the late 18th century, they have evolved into an ethnic group of their own with a ...

What does it mean to be Cajun? The story behind the identity.

What does it mean to be Cajun? For The Historic New Orleans Collection's “Cajun Document” exhibition, our Visitor Services staff took a deep ...

What does it mean to be Cajun? For The Historic New Orleans ...

Free people of African descent. Enslaved Africans and their descendants People from any of these groups born in Louisiana could have been and ...

Cajun Culture in New Orleans

But their influence is felt throughout Louisiana, and their heritage touches customs, food and music here in New Orleans. Rock n Bowl- Lil' Nathan ...

Cajuns and Creoles | Experience New Orleans!

Cajuns are the French colonists who settled the Canadian maritime provinces (Nova Scotia and New Brunswick) in the 1600s. The settlers named their region " ...

What's the difference between Cajun and Creole—or is there one?

Today, common understanding holds that Cajuns are white and Creoles are Black or mixed race; Creoles are from New Orleans, while Cajuns populate ...

Cajuns - Wikipedia

The Cajuns also known as Louisiana Acadians (French: les Acadiens), are a Louisiana French ethnicity mainly found in the US state of Louisiana and ...

What does it mean to be Cajun? After the 1960s cultural revival ...

The Historic New Orleans Collection is a proud sponsor of the National Fried Chicken Festival. : Vic & Nat'ly, 1991, drawing by Bunny Matthews, ...

What Is Cajun | Explore Lafayette Louisiana History

The word Cajun began in 19th century Acadie. The French of noble ancestry would say, "les Acadiens", while some referred to the Acadians as, "le 'Cadiens", ...

From Acadian to Cajun - Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and ...

The Acadians became Cajuns as they adapted to their new home and its people. Their French changed as did their architecture, music, and food.

Cajun | Louisiana, Creole, French-speaking - Britannica

The word Cajun is today applied to cultural elements that did not originate with, nor do they necessarily correspond to, the Cajun people. The ...

The Link Between the Acadians and Cajun Culture

They settled in areas that are known today as the Maritime Provinces (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island). At that time, however, the area was ...

How To Speak Cajun: A Crash Course - Explore Louisiana

They spoke a form of the French language and today, the Cajun language is still prevalent. The Cajuns had a large impact on Louisiana's culture bringing diverse ...

Why is New Orleans Creole and not Cajun? - Quora

“Cajun" specifically refers to the Acadians: the French settlers in Nova Scotia, some of whom had lived there for three generations or more, ...

No one outside of this area knows what Cajun culture actually is

And there is just zero clue to what Cajun/Creole means. ... it is frustrating, but I have to correct people a lot that New Orleans is really not ...

The True Characteristics of the Cajun People - New Orleans Magazine

A spiritual outlook: We who are fortunate enough to be living in the Cajun culture tend to be less materialistic than the average American.

The History of Cajuns in Louisiana - Pelican State of Mind

Today, it's understood that Cajuns descended from the French-speaking white people of Acadiana, while Creoles descended from French-speaking Black or mixed-race ...

Cajuns - 64 Parishes

Cajuns are the descendants of Acadian exiles from what are now the maritime provinces of Canada—Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward ...

C'est Sirop – Cajun Resistance to Americanization

The systematic and social push to Americanize came with a historical shaming of Cajun identity. The Americanization of Cajuns is similar to that ...

Cajun Culture in Louisiana - UrbanPlanet.org

One of the used spices seems to be Cayenne Pepper. Many people think that New Orleans style food and Cajun food are the same thing, while in ...