A University of Louisiana at Lafayette professor has created a new regional flag designed to include residents of all races and ethnicities. "I'm just trying to start a conversation," Rick Swanson ...

We know that the Louisiana Acadian flag (1974) represents the Acadians living within the 22-parish area officially recognized as Acadiana in 1971 by the legislature.

A ninth-generation Louisiana Creole, Simien's music takes the swamp roots of her upbringing and mixes it with some sweet Memphis soul.

It’s been 250 years since Acadians first arrived in a region that would one day bear their name: Acadiana. In honor of this, the Grand Réveil Acadien (The Acadian Awakening), is now underway ...

To change, or to not change the flag of Acadiana. All across Acadiana you can see the flag flying high. But UL Political Science professor Rick Swanson says the Acadiana flag should be more ...

Acadiana is a 14,500-square-mile region in the belly of South Louisiana, a couple of hours drive west of New Orleans. It’s often called “Cajun Country,” a description that technically only ...

When CBS Saturday Morning came to Acadiana and referred to the region as “Creole country,” they unknowingly pulled the curtain back on a complex conversation around who we are — ...

Beyonce's upcoming country album "Act II: Cowboy Carter," will flaunt her Texas ties. But the popstar has deep roots in Louisiana and Creole culture, too.