Morgan Landry wrote that he submitted his Jan. 8 letter to clarify Acadian history. Instead, by advancing an anti-immigrant agenda, he conflated different periods of our diaspora and added confusion.

The Acadians made their mark here in Southwest Louisiana over 250 years ago. the first week in April in particular has its own history that’s important to the Acadian history. “Some significant events ...

Warren A. Perrin, Mary Broussard Perrin and Phil Comeau will release their new book on Acadian history on Monday in the Louisiana Pavillion at the Congres Mondial Acadien 2014 in Grand Falls, New ...

One hundred years ago little had been written about the Acadian deportation from the Maritimes Provinces of Canada, resulting in Acadians — or Cajuns as they’re better known in Louisiana — being ...

“Acadie Then and Now: A People’s History,” a new book from Opelousas’ Andrepont Printing has just been released but is already taking the Acadian world by storm. “When we released this in Canada it ...

Note: This story originally ran as part of the 250th anniversary of the Acadians arrival in Louisiana. There’s a real good chance Le Grand Derangement was the first episode of state-sanctioned ethnic ...

When the first boatload of Acadians came to Louisiana in February 1765, they were led by Joseph Beausoleil Broussard. Eight generations later, a Broussard descendant has helped compile a book that ...