Remembering the Cajun Past: Memory, Race, and the Politics of Public History in Louisiana
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Exploring how public history creates collective memory of this white ethnic group through memorials
Cajuns arrived in southern Louisiana in the 18th century after the British exiled them from eastern Canada. Also known as Acadians, they retain a unique dialect of French, and their distinctive music, food, and other cultural traits characterized them as an ethnic group. Until the 1960s, authorities viewed them as a serious problem, allegedly blocking the state’s progress as they clung to th...



