LA PAROLE Newsletter of e Acadian Museum By: Chairman Warren A. Perrin Acadian Heritage and Culture Foundation, Inc. 203 S. Broadway, Era, Louisiana 70533 (337) 233-5832; 937-5468 www.acadianmuseum.com August 11, 2011 You are on e museum s email list to receive La Parole. If you know of anyone else who would like to receive it, please forward eir name and email address to my secretary Darylin at: darylinb@plddo.com. If you no longer want to receive future issues, please advise at e email noted above. My book Vermilion Parish was recently released. The book focuses on Vermilion Parish, a region wi fascinating history and culture. From e settlement of e area--beginning as early as 1757, predominately by French, German, English, Spanish, Italian, and Acadian colonists and e native Attapakas people--vermilion Parish has evolved to become recognized as "e most Cajun place on ear," The book sells for $22 and is available for purchase rough e museum or e online boutique or rough local businesses. All profits benefit e Acadian Museum The following is a list of upcoming book signing: 8/14/11 B and n Book signing 3:00 p.m. 8/15/11 Acadian Memorial 11: 00 a.m. 8/27/11 Thibodeaux Feed 9:00 a.m. 8/27/11 Robie s Food Center 1:00 p.m. 9/10/11 Walgreen s 1:00 p.m. 9/17/11 Thiftway Pharmacy in Abbeville 10:00 a.m. 10/13/11 G.R.A. Table @ Cajundome Convention Center all day 11/14/11 Vermilion Teachers Association Meeting 2:00 p.m.

Invitation to all to attend Living Legend induction ceremony: Recent inductions included Lt. General Russel L. Honoré (Ret.), Bernie David, Camey Doucet, Tim Creswell, Harold Schoeffler, Kermit Miller, Willis & Edi Granger, Dr. John A. Bertrand, August Broussard, Dotsie LeBlanc, Arur Roland Prof Broussard, Clarence and Patsy Martin, A. J. LeBlanc, and Janie Buillard. Upcoming inductions are as follows: Ulysse Joe Gayneaux, August 13, Ru Broussard, September 10 and Russell Gary, December 17. As part of e upcoming celebrations of Louisiana s 200 Anniversary of Statehood, an exhibit highlighting e unique Acadian history is on display at Palmetto Island State Park s visitor center. Louisiana Statehood Bicentennial Revisiting Acadia: Acadian to Cajun includes photographs, memorabilia, Acadian flags and brochures, among oer items. The exhibit is on loan from e Acadian Museum of Era, and will become part of e park s interpretive program at focuses on bo e natural and cultural heritage of e area. Anyone interested in learning to speak French in a social setting is invited to Le Pique-Nique which is held monly on e second Sunday in Lafayette s Girard Park. Look for e Acadian flag. For more information, call Mike LeBlanc at (337) 261-1002. On August 11 at 6 pm at e Cabildo, Dr. Naalie Dajko - Icitte, on parle francais : The History and Diversity of e Cajun French Language Major update on genealogy Cyr Family Genealogy CD-ROM by adding 8,000+ new individuals, in preparation of e upcoming Cur Family Reunion (August in Madawaska Maine). The revised CD now contains 19,097 individuals. For additional details, connect to my http://www.acadian.org/family.html For e latest information of e scheduled events, connect to http://www.cyrandcyrrootsreunion.com/ and be certain to click on e Free Acadian Genealogy Seminars link (just above e image of e bus tour), for details of my personal participation in e Reunion. I ve also been asked to conduct a seminar in Edmundston, New Brunswick (across e St. John River from Madawaska) however, have not received e details yet. Sadly, Eugene Schreiber died on July 20. Gene was e Managing Director of e World Trade Center and was a giant in e field of international trade and economic development. He was a kind man who always included us in his programs..

The Council for e Development of French in Louisiana, in close partnership wi e Louisiana Department of Education, e Louisiana Consortium of Immersion Schools, e Bureau Wallonie-Bruxelles (Belgium) and e Consulate General of France in New Orleans, is welcoming 50 foreign associate teachers of French to Louisiana for a four-day orientation and workshop beginning Aug. 1. The Le Grand Reveil Acadien - The Great Acadian Awakening taking place in St. Martinville, for 10 days, in October 2011. For more information contact Ray Trahan, Louisiana Acadie President. Phone - 337-288-2681 or email beaufile@bellsou.net Considered to be one of e best Acadian Genealogy Publications to be recently released (volumes 1 and 2...series of 7 books) since Stephen White s Dictionaries, Jean Bernard s Acadian Genealogy of Prince Edward Island. http:/www.acadiana.org/bernard-books.html For more information go to The Acadian and Cajun Genealogy, History, Culture and Music Group created a Facebook page and has 948 members since October, 2010. To join click on http.facebook.com/home.php?#!/home.php?sk=group 130009663727863&ap=1 The ird quarter meeting of e Vermilion Historical Society was held on July 26, 2011. For more information contact Gary E. Theall at 337-893-7142. On July 6, I attended a luncheon - for e New Orleans Consular corps- and dinner New Orleans hosted by honorary Consul General Pat Denechaud in honor of e Consul General of Canada Paula Caldwell - St. Onge. The new Consul General of France Jean - Claude Brunet arrived in NO and attended e dinner. His wife and 3 children will be joining him shortly. He is very personable and anxious to continue working wi CODOFIL and all related groups. In her speech, Caldwell-St. Onge said her office will work to support e GRA. In October she will come back to New Orleans for e opening ceremonies and return for e closing in Lafayette during Festivals Acadiens et Creole. She told me at she was going to focus and work hard at promoting cultural and economic interchanges between Louisiana and Canada. Bernie will be attending e Acadian/Mi kmaq festival in Petite Reviere where also Christine Guidry Lejeune Law and daughter Lee Ann will join him to play Cajun Music. He will also present e La. State Flag at en Rep. Johnaan Perry donated (had been flown over e

State Capitol) This is to reciprocate to Bernie for being given e Mi kmaq Council flag and appointed Keeper of e Flag in La. The festival is Aug. 19 and 20. Mark Sindler has released a very brief description of his proposed book Cajun Routes/Cajun Connections: A journey Through e Acadian Maritimes (working title): This photography book, wi bilingual (French/English) captions and interstitial narrative text, would explore e Acadian regions of e Canadian Maritime Provinces ancestral home of Louisiana s Cajun population. It would include sites selected in collaboration wi Canadian historians, cultural geographers, archaeologists, and oer local experts, covering areas of pre-expulsion development habitation, as well as ose settled e returning deportees. The Collection of 150-200 images would cover bo e natural and built landscape and also e retention of tradional culture, as reflected in contemporary life and events such as e Festival Acadien in Caraquet. History: In 1884 Fr. Richard Marcel Richard asked a seamstress Mrs. Babineau to sew e first Acadian flag, which is on display at e museum at e Universite de Moncton. Recently, Fr. Richard of St. Martinville spoke proudly of his Acadian heritage in his home during e French mass in St. Martinville for e Commemoration of e Deportation. It was a very nice event. The choir s french hymns were wonderful. The candles during e procession to e memorial cross was a nice added touch. It was covered by TV3 and Daily Iberian - e reporter interviewed Boris Nigoux my summer French intern for anoer story. Fox News came to my office in e afternoon and did an interview. Following e events, we had a nice meal at Café St. Johns. The Louisiana Bicentennial Commission held its regular meeting at 1:30 pm Thursday. Aug 4, 2011 at e State Library of Louisiana - 701 N. 4 St., Baton Rouge, LA. On e evening of Nov. 19, e French American Chamber of Commerce will host its major fund raising event for e year: e Beaujolais Festival at e J.W. Marriott on Canal Street. The FACC has secured a special room rate for at Sat. Night and, for ose of you wishing to stay overnight, I will ask at CODOFIL board members be included. The concept behind e CAJUN MAFIA website was to keep e younger generations interested in eir ancestry by giving it a cool name. The name was trademarked in 2002 and e website was created in 2009. A concern for choosing e name MAFIA received

raves from most, however, ere were a few discerning eyebrows. Therefore, in order for e concept to be politically correct where everyone could be on board (including politicians), MAFIA was made into an acronym; Moers and Faers Instilling Ancestry. We are linked wi e creative site. Fête Nationale des Acadiens (National Day of e Acadians) will be held on Monday Aug. 15 at Acadian Memorial, 121 S. New Market St., St. Martinville. LA. Free Admission. I am working wi Roger Leger and helping Alliance Francaise of Lake Champlain Region since its foundation in 1998 wi e development of eir French programs. I provided to em e legislation when Louisiana created CODOFIL. Director of Collections for e Louisiana State Museum, Greg Lambousy, is interested in getting performance costumes, sheet music, photographs, instruments from musicians in e area for our music exhibit at is scheduled to open at e Louisiana State Museum at e Mint in New Orleans set to open in late 2013. For more information contact Greg Lambousy at 504-427-2190 or glanbousy@crt.state.la.us. st Dianne Marshall s book Heroes of e Acadian Resistance will be released on Oct. 1 by Formac Publishing. For more information go to http://www.formac.ca/book/1511/heroes-ofe-acadian-resistance.html