It’s two steps forward and one back, you know, of being a Cajun in an Anglo world. But we’re not going back," Warren Perrin ...
The first victims of the move to drive out the French were not even in Canada ... forces (comprised of American colonists) burnt the Acadian settlements and shipped thousands into exile.
In 1713, Acadia was finally ceded to England for good. It was home to 1,800 peaceful, French-speaking farmers. The majority of Acadians decided to stay on their land. They were French and Catholic ...
He didn’t come here to become American. He came here to remain Acadian.” Yet, Perrin has seen changes. A few years ago, the first French immersion school began in the parish. In early December ...