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Volume 1, Issue 11 Fall 2018 Maine Acadian Maine Acadian Heritage Council Heritage Council Preserving Conseil d’héritage acadien du Maine Acadian culture, Fall 2018 language, and history in the St. John Valley History of Acadie III Pour préserver la The surviving members of the expedition On April 1st, 1636, the Saint-Jehan ramifications upon the relationship culture, la langue to Ste Croix Island in 1604 crossed the arrived at La Heve, Acadie, with 300 between Acadia and the English colonies. et l’histoire des Baye Française (Bay of Fundy) in 1605 passengers. Although some returned to In February 1651, Louis XIV, King of Acadiennes et des and founded Port Royal (today Annapolis France after having worked for three or France, reestablishes La Tour as governor Acadiens de Royal). Along with Samuel de Champlain, four years as craftsmen or farmers, these and lieutenant-general of Acadia. The la vallée du there was Marc Lescarbot, who was families became the founding generation Acadian Archives/Archives acadiennes of Haut St-Jean trained as an attorney, but who became of the Acadians: Pierre Lejeune and wife the University of Maine at Fort Kent has the first historian of North America with and three young children; Jean Thériot in its collections, the original commission In this issue: the publication of “Stories of New and Perrine Rau; Vincent Brun and (or a copy thereof) signed by Louis XIV France” (1609), its first playwright “The Renée Breau with two infants; Jean (his regent). It not only appoints Charles History of Acadie III Theater of Neptune” (1606) and its first Gaudet and his three children; Martin de Saint-Étienne de la Tour governor and 2018 MAHC Grants poet “Muses of New France” (1606): Aucoin, his wife Marie Sallé and their lieutenant-general of the French colony of Annual Meeting four children; Michel Boudrot; Robert Acadia, but more importantly it confirms Scanning Project Prepare for France a flourishing Empire Cormier and his wife Marie Péraud; an earlier appointment for those positions NPS Awards In this New World, where ages will inspire François Gautrot; Abraham Dugas; made by Louis XVI’s father, Louis XIII, in The immortal fame of de Monts and of thee, Antoine and Etienne Hébert; François 1631. It also exonerates La Tour for his Maine Acadian Under the puissant reign of great Henri. Savoie; François Girouard; Daniel actions during the civil strife in Acadia Heritage Leblanc; Michel Dupuis; Pierre Comeau; between 1635 and 1645, and it goes Antoine Belliveau; Vincent Breau; further to criticize La Tour’s rival Maine Acadian Heritage is published Antoine Babin and Pierre Thibodeau. By d’Aulnay for having prevented La Tour four times a year by 1650, some fifty families were living and from exercising his lawful authority by the Maine Acadian farming at Port Royal. Charles D’Aulnay favoring “enemies and accusations and Heritage Council. reported that there were 200 people suppositions that were not able to be This newsletter is under his care, without counting their verified and of which the said Saint- designed to provide wives and children, nor the Capucin Étienne was absolved on the sixteenth of information on efforts Fathers nor the Indian February last” (nine days prior to the to preserve and children.” (Faragher p44) issuance of the commission). As noted promote the Acadian above, La Tour had been originally culture, language and Civil war in Acadie appointed governor and lieutenant- Lescarbot wrote about L’Ordre de Bon history in the St. John general of Acadia in 1631 by Louis XIV’s Temps (The Order of Good Cheer) In 1632, Acadie had two legitimate Valley and beyond. father, Louis XIII, during the closing instituted by Champlain. “For the next governors recognized by Louis XIII: Isaac Submissions are phases of a period of warfare between three months the leading men of the de Razilly and Charles de la Tour. After subject to editing. For France and England and, of course, their outpost – Hébert, Pontgravé, Champlain, Razilly’s death in December 1635, the details, contact Kim respective North American possessions. Deschenes at 207-728- and Poutrincourt, took their turn as King of France names Charles de Menou (Acadian Archives MCC 00142 finding 6826. maître d’hotel, assuming responsibility for d’Aulnay as Razilly’s successor while aid for more information): https:// providing game and fish for the entire enjoining him to maintain good relations internal.umfk.edu/archives/findingaids/ In complying with the company.” An ingenious and delicious with La Tour. The problem lay in the mcc142.pdf letter and spirit of opportunity to while away three months geography the king had assigned to each applicable laws and in of winter. The illustration below depicts man. Louis XIII gave d’Aulnay authority pursuing its own goals Membertou, a Mi’kmaq leader partaking over much of the northern shore of the of pluralism, the in the meal. According to Yale history Gulf of Maine and the Baie Française (Bay Maine Acadian professor, Dr. John Mack Faragher, of Fundy) but not its fort at the mouth of Sources: Griffiths, Naomi: From migrant Heritage Council shall author of A Great And Noble Scheme – the St. John River. La Tour was given the not discriminate on to Acadian: a North-American border The Tragic Story of the Expulsion of the present-day peninsula of Nova Scotia, but the grounds of race, people, 1604-1755. Montreal, 2005. French Acadians from Their American not Port Royal. Both men had claims in color, religion, sex, Homeland: “L’Ordre de Bon Temps” was each other’s territory. Thus, for the next sexual orientation, John Mack Faragher, A Great And Noble a French variant on a Micmaw custom, yet twelve years, until d’Aulnay’s death in national origin or Scheme – The Tragic Story of the another marker of the extensive 1650, the two men fought continuously. citizen status, age, Expulsion of the French Acadians from intercultural exchange taking place at Port (Griffiths From Migrant to Acadian p57) disability, or veteran their American Homeland, New York, status in all areas. Royal. This civil war would have significant Maine Acadian Heritage Council Page 2 MAHC Kim Deschênes, 2018 MAHC Grant Recipients Office Manager P.O. Box 88 Maine Acadian Heritage Council completed its annual grant process. This year the Council distributed over $50,000 of its funds received from the National Park Service in the form of grants to its participating Madawaska, ME members. The four grant opportunities our members can apply for this year are: the Heritage Trail Guide 04756 Grant, the Preservation Grant, the Acadian Heritage Speakers and Performers Grant, and the Education Resource Development Grant. This year there will be no minimum award limit that can be applied for in Phone: each of the grant areas. It is the Maine Acadian Heritage Council’s pleasure and honor to be in the position 207-728-6826 to assist its members in this way. Our thanks and appreciation go to the National Park Service for E-mail: supporting the people of the Saint John Valley, along with everyone who has worked hard towards the maineacadianheritage continued efforts of keeping our Acadian culture preserved, taught, and appreciated. @gmail.com Heritage Trail Guide Grants: To train and hire persons to act as museum guides who also execute any Website: additional duties on the heritage site. This year, the following members received: Acadian Archives/ maineacadian.org Archives acadiennes received $4,097.67 to hire a person to continue the preservation project in collaboration with the MAHC and Valley historical societies; L’Association culturelle et historique du Mont -Carmel received $2,886.67 to pay a trail guide; Allagash Historical Society received $3,340.67 to hire guides to allow visitors to see a part of history began by the area’s forefathers; Cyr Plantation received $1,916.08 to help pay guides to welcome visitors and provide history of the of their site; Frenchville Historical Society received $1,942.07 to hire people to guide visitors in the Wylie House, Water Tower and Storage Unit; MAHC President Acadian Village received $4,500.00 to hire 2 guides to facilitate tours around the village; Madawaska Historical Society received $3,895.17 to hire guides to help with tours of the Tante Blanche Museum Lise Pelletier Complex; Ste-Agathe Historical Society received $3,945.67 to ensure guides are available to receive visitors on a consistent basis, along with digitizing some of the albums and organizing items. For a total amount of: Vice President $26,524.00. Ken Theriault Speakers and Performers Grants: To promote and preserve distinctive forms of cultural expression Secretary including language, performing arts, crafts, and folklore indicative of Acadian life in Northern Maine’s St. John Valley through tourist, visitor, and community education. Acadian Archives/Archives acadiennes, Susan Tardie $534.00 to host a scholar, Dr. John Mack Faragher, to give a public presentation about Acadian history; the Acadian Festival of Madawaska, $534.00 to help pay for singing group La Famille LeBlanc; Grand Isle H.S. Treasurer received $434.00 to commission Valley quilters to create custom oversized historic patchwork quilts to hang Anne Roy in their community center; Greater Area Fort Kent Chamber of Commerce received $234.00 to help with the annual Mardi Gras Dance and Ste Agathe H.S. received $234.00 to help defray costs of a speaker presenting Maine’s 200 year history and Acadian/French singer, Janice LaPointe. For a total of $1,970.00. Preservation Grants: To preserve and