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Today, most descendants of Acadians live in either the Northern American region of Acadia, where descendants of Acadians who escaped the Expulsion of the Acadians (a.k.a. The Great Upheaval / Le Grand Dérangement) re-settled, or in Louisiana, where thousands of Acadians moved in the late 1700s.
Today, due to assimilation, some Acadians may share other ethnic ancestries as well. [2] The history of the Acadians was significantly influenced by the six colonial wars that took place in Acadia during the 17th and 18th centuries (see the four French and Indian Wars, Father Rale's War and Father Le Loutre's War).
The Acadian World Congress, or Le Congrès Mondial Acadien, is a festival of Acadian and Cajun culture and history, held every five years. It is also informally known as the Acadian Reunion . Its creator was André Boudreau (1945-2005).
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The deportation of the Acadians from these areas beginning in 1755 has become known as the Great Upheaval or Le Grand Dérangement. The deportation of the Acadians. The Acadians' migration from Canada was spurred by the 1763 Treaty of Paris which ended the war. The treaty terms provided 18 months for unrestrained emigration.
A few Acadians managed to escape the deportation by fleeing to the most rural parts of the old territory and re-settling there, which is mostly the North and East of New Brunswick today. Their descendants came to dominate these areas, leading to the emergence of modern-day Acadia. [3] Acadia has always been a poor region for a variety of reasons.
Today, numerous business, governmental, and nonprofit organizations incorporate Acadiana in their names, e.g., Mall of Acadiana and Acadiana High School. Notably, KLFY-TV, the regional CBS affiliate, used the term in its "Hello News" branding campaign as "Hello Acadiana". KATC hosts a morning television show, "Good Morning Acadiana".
' The Acadian Monitor ') is a weekly newspaper based in Shediac, New Brunswick, Canada. [1] Owned by Radio Beauséjour, it was founded on March 5, 1867, by Israël Landry . Le Moniteur Acadien is the first Acadian newspaper as well as the first French-language newspaper in the Maritimes , with its first issue being published on July 8, 1867.