By: J. Normand

J. Normand — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 01:23:37 +0000

Cajuns are French, plain and simple. Some of might have Indian in them, but it has always been known to plenty of us (and genetic tests support me on this) that the majority do not, and a few Indian loanwords is not enough to make the language French Indian. The misconception is that just because we’ve always treated the Indians well (unlike the English) we must have Indian ancestry. This is only true of a few, however, as most Métis (French-Indian mixed persons) left the French settlements to live either in their own communities or with the Indians.

By: michael hebert

michael hebert — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:53:59 +0000

what kind of indian are the frinch mixed with

By: Denise

Denise — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:49:49 +0000

Cajuns are the French settlers to Nova Scotia, which in the late 1500’s was Acadie. In the mid to late 1700’s the king of England sent his troops to take over the land the Catholic French (with help from the local Indians) made prosperous. He wanted the “Acadians” to swear allegiance to the british crown and to forget their Catholic religion, the Acadians refused, hense “le grande derangement” (the Expulsion) of the Acadians. They were sent on ships to the new england colonies (some were refused and had to find other places ), some were sent as prisoners back to France where they were not received well and not allowed to own land. Then the King of Spain which was at the time in control of the Louisiana territory, offered land grants to the Acadians to settle the area (hense the Land Grants to the original Acadian settlers in south louisiana everywhere). The majority of Acadian refugees settled in South Louisiana, some in Mobile, Alabama, some scattered throughout the new england colonies, some to parts Haiti and other island countries along the atlantic. The Acadian people mostly kept to themselves in the areas of South Louisiana and up till the early 1900s, still spoke their old world french, which today is called Cajun French. The english shortened the Acadians to Cajun, hense the term Cajun.
This is what I remember from all I’ve learned on the history of the Acadian people. I’m proud to be a desendant of Daniel LeBlanc (who all the LeBlanc Cajuns are decended from) and Guillaume Blanchard (who all Blanchard Cajuns are decended from). My cousin in Pierre Part, Minor Blanchard has a CD out that is in french and the songs are absolutely beautiful. All are about the cajuns, our history and who we are, one on “le grande derangement” for the old times and a more recent one ” memories of the bayou”. I only understand a little Cajun French because my grandmother Blanchard told my Grandpa not to teach us it. They were punished in school for speaking french and could only speak english in school. I wish I would have learned it, it’s a huge part of our heritage we are loosing.

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