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Cajuns (; or les Acadiens, ) are an ethnic group mainly living in the U. S. state of Louisiana, consisting of the descendants of Acadian exiles ( French-speakers from Acadia in what are now the Canadian Maritimes ).
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Cajuns and Acadiens
* Bayou Folk ( 1894 ) by Kate Chopin who wrote about the Creoles and Cajuns ( Acadiens ).
Cajuns and are
Some of the Acadians who had been relocated to France subsequently left for Louisiana, where their descendants are now known as Cajuns.
The Acadia region to which modern Cajuns trace their origin consisted largely of what are now Nova Scotia and the other Maritime provinces, plus parts of eastern Quebec and northern Maine.
Living in a relatively isolated region until the early 20th century, Cajuns today are largely assimilated into the mainstream society and culture.
Most Cajuns resided in Acadiana, where their descendants are still predominant.
Outside the city, Cajuns and Creoles often intermingle socially and culturally, and chances are that the cooking of Cajuns and Creoles living in Lawtell for example, have more in common with each other than the Creole dishes of a Lawtell resident and one from Isle Brevelle.
Cajuns are predominantly Roman Catholic.
Louisianans descended from the French Acadians of Canada are not creoles at all in the strictest sense but are referred to as, and identify as, ' Cajuns ' - a derivation of the word Acadian, indicating French Canadian settlers as ancestors.
Sometimes referred to informally as " Spanish Cajuns ", the Isleños are descended from Canary Islanders who arrived around 1780.
However, there are still many who contend that the " Standard French " taught in French Immersion classes at Pierre Part Elementary School is the best chance that local Cajuns have at preserving their language and culture, since there is no written standard for teaching the Cajun dialect of the French language.
People living in Acadia, and sometimes former residents and their descendants, are called Acadians, also later known as Cajuns after resettlement in Louisiana.
The Creoles are a community with varied non-Anglo ancestry, mostly descendant of people who lived in Louisiana before its purchase by the U. S. The Cajuns are a group of Francophones who arrived in Louisiana after leaving Acadia in Canada.
The current champions of the New Orleans Bowl are the Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin ' Cajuns who beat San Diego State 32-30 in the 2011 game.
Culinary words and terms of endearment such as " cher " ( dear ) and " nonc " ( uncle ) are still heard among otherwise English-speaking Cajuns.
Some are ancestors of the Cajuns of Louisiana, and a few made their ways back home.
While there has been an influx of Cajuns into the city since the oil boom of the later 20th century and while there are some similarities due to shared roots, Cajun culture has had relatively little influence upon Creole culture and thus Yat culture.
The Cajuns are descendants of French-Canadians from the region of Acadia, the Creoles are black and French-speaking.
Socioeconomic factors appear to influence how Cajuns are likely to view the term: working-class Cajuns tend to regard the word " coonass " as a badge of ethnic pride, whereas middle-and upper-class Cajuns are more likely to regard the term as insulting or degrading, even when used by fellow Cajuns in reference to themselves.
Cajuns and ethnic
The Cajuns retain a unique dialect of the French language and numerous other cultural traits that distinguish them as an ethnic group.
Cajuns were officially recognized by the U. S. government as a national ethnic group in 1980 per a discrimination lawsuit filed in federal district court.
Besides advocating for their legal rights, Cajuns also recovered ethnic pride and appreciation for their ancestry.
Sociologists Jacques Henry and Carl L. Bankston III have maintained that the preservation of Cajun ethnic identity is a result of the social class of Cajuns.
Although many Cajuns use the word in regard to themselves, other Cajuns view the term as an ethnic slur against the Cajun people, especially when used by non-Cajuns.
The lawsuit led directly to the federal government's recognition of the Cajuns as a national ethnic group as protected by the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Cajuns and group
State Senator Dudley LeBlanc (" Coozan Dud ", a Cajun slang nickname for " Cousin Dudley ") took a group of Cajuns to Nova Scotia in 1955 for the commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the expulsion.
Cajuns and living
Many Acadians or Cajuns living in North America can trace ancestry to this region as their ancestors left from here in the 17th century.
Cajuns, along with other Cajun Country residents, have a reputation for a joie de vivre ( French for " joy of living "), in which hard work is appreciated as much as " passing a good time.
Cajuns and U
Since the mid-1950s, relations between the Cajuns of the U. S. Gulf Coast and Acadians in the Maritimes and New England have been renewed, forming an Acadian identity common to Louisiana, New England, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia.
Domengeaux asserted that Frenchmen used the term in reference to Cajun soldiers serving in France during World War II, and that Anglo-American soldiers overheard the term, transformed it into " coonass " and brought it back to the U. S. as a disparaging term for Cajuns.
Cajuns and .
The Louisiana Purchase territory was home for many of the Cajuns after the British forced them to leave from their former home of Nova Scotia, Canada.
The Cajuns of Louisiana also believed in a similar creature with the variant name of Rougarou.
In the rural Acadiana area, many Cajuns celebrate with the Courir de Mardi Gras, a tradition that dates to medieval celebrations in France.
Cajuns of southern Louisiana carry the same mutation that is seen most commonly in Ashkenazi Jews.
Today, the Cajuns make up a significant portion of south Louisiana's population, and have exerted an enormous impact on the state's culture.
Since their establishment in Louisiana the Cajuns have developed their own dialect, Cajun French, and developed a vibrant culture including folkways, music, and cuisine.
La., 1980 ), hinged on the issue of the Cajuns ' ethnicity.
Cajuns fought in the American Revolution.
Some Cajuns live in communities outside of Louisiana.
Not all Cajuns descend solely from Acadian exiles who settled in south Louisiana in the 18th century, as many have intermarried with other groups.
Historian Carl A. Brasseaux asserted that it was this process of intermarriage that created the Cajuns in the first place.
Many Cajuns also have ancestors who were not French.
During World War II, Cajuns often served as French interpreters for American forces in France ; this helped to overcome prejudice.
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