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

Known as Peñico, the city is now open to tourists. It was once a vibrant urban center that connected coastal, mountain and ...

The 1847 poem Evangeline led to the idea that this outfit was the only one that Acadian women wore, and there were even early 20th-century dolls produced wearing the costume. (Victoria Walton/CBC) But ...

Cajun Country Zydeco and étouffée still reign in western Louisiana, where the zesty gumbo known as Acadian culture has simmered since 1764 Wayne Curtis May 2007 Get our newsletter!

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Representatives from Louisiana are at the Congrès Mondial Acadien in southwest Nova Scotia, where people from all over the world are celebrating the Acadian culture.

Many people from the state are descendants of the Acadians who were forced to leave by the British in the mid-1700s. Some have travelled to Nova Scotia to take part in the World Acadian Congress.

He said his genealogy traces back to early French settlements in Nova Scotia. After the British kicked Acadians out of the region in the mid-1700s, families like his settled in Louisiana.

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