Cajuns 
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SOURCE: NPR
8/10/2022
Cajun Radio is Keeping Louisiana French Alive
"Cajuns were punished for speaking French in school, Cajun GIs left the region to fight in the world wars and learned English, the discovery of oil ushered in more English, and television further diluted the language."
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SOURCE: Rolling Stone
9/16/2021
Cajun Punk Musician Louis Michot on Saving the Bayous
by Andy Horowitz
Can the DIY punk ethos of mutual aid, plus broadly distributed solar power, save the Louisiana Cajun country from the climate threat?
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SOURCE: National Post (Canada)
7-26-13
Archaeological dig connects Acadian descendants to tragic past
The first thing Clara Darbonne did when her car reached the Nova Scotia border was to ask the driver to stop, so she could kiss the ground.Within hours, she was touching history, joining an archaeological dig to explore the remains of an Acadian homestead in what was known as Village Thibodeau before its inhabitants were forcibly ejected by the British two and a half centuries ago.“I wanted to put my feet on the soil that my ancestors walked on,” the 75-year-old from the heart of Louisiana’s Cajun Country says in a soft voice, her face beaming. “I was so happy.”...
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