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LA PAROLE Newsletter of the Acadian Museum Acadian Heritage And LA PAROLE Newsletter of the Acadian Museum By: Chairman Warren A. Perrin Acadian Heritage and Culture Foundation, Inc. 203 S. Broadway, Erath, Louisiana 70533 (337) 233-5832; 937-5468 www.acadianmuseum.com May 11, 2012 • You are on the museum’s email list to receive La Parole. If you know of anyone who would like to receive it, please forward their name and email address to my secretary Darylin at: [email protected]. If you no longer want to receive future issues, please advise at the email noted above. • Here is Mary Perrin’s take on the pejorative “coonass”: I have read and heard arguments both for and against the use of the term “coonass”. Being the wife of Warren Perrin, one can probably guess which side of that fence I am on. But my feelings about this word have not so much to do with my admirably militant husband, although he is a certainly factor, but more to do with the beloved elders of our culture, those still with us as well as those who have passed on. And now that I myself am becoming an “elder”, I understand better what it meant to them to be called that derogatory term. Today, in 2012, the designation is perhaps far less demeaning than it used to be--now, when the term "ass" is bandied about daily in the media and in casual conversation. And young people now are far removed from the days when being called the C-word meant that you were uneducated, unintelligent, perhaps poor, and spoke broken English--although how many people who denigrated Cajuns for their bad English in those days were themselves bi-lingual at all? Being bi-lingual is and always has been an asset the world over. But I loved my parents, my grandparents, my aunts and my uncles, and I loved my husbands’ parents as well, his grandparents and his aunts and uncles, both living and dead, too. I know how much shame they felt in being called a coonass. For me it is a mark of love and of REVERENCE for my elders not to use that ugly term. I VENERATE all of those who have gone before us, who have made us who we are today, I PAY HOMAGE to them for their sacrifices during WWII to keep us free. I APPRECIATE those who played a vital role in making our culture the vibrant, colorful, loving and hospitable culture that is today admired the world over. To use the term “coonass” dishonors these hard-working people. Our forebears deserve far, far better. The operative word here is RESPECT. • Visit the Acadian Museum’s Facebook page for museum updates: http://www.facebook.com/AcadianMuseum. If you feel so inclined, please feel free to become a “friend.” • Check out the Acadian Museum's Facebook page to view story of Russell Gary's Living Legends induction and other events of interest, www.Facebook.com/AcadianMuseum. •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 & Edith Granger, Dr. John A. Bertrand, August Broussard, Dotsie LeBlanc, Arthur Roland “Prof” Broussard, Clarence and Patsy Martin, A. J. LeBlanc, Janie Buillard, Ulysse “Joe” Gayneaux, Ruth Broussard, Redell “Mama Redell” Miller, Richard “Dickie” Breaux, Russell Gary, Betty Bernard, Chester Isaac “Pee Wee” Broussard, and Norma Muise (Keeper of the Sacred Pipe for Mi’Kmaq), March 20th, who said: “Everyone came to greet me and give me a hug. I appreciate everyone of you. You are all so Cajun in doing that and you made me so proud.” Norma performed the Mi’Kmaq Spring Equinox Fire Ceremony. • Anyone interested in learning to speak French in a social setting is invited to Le Pique-Nique which is held monthly on the second Sunday in Lafayette’s Girard Park. Look for the Acadian flag. For more information, call Mike LeBlanc at (337) 261-1002. • For individuals who are interested in glimpse of Cajun culture, the Acadian Museum is sponsoring Cajun Culture and Eco-Tours of Vermilion Parish. For more information on the tours, visit www.acadianmuseum.com. • The new 560-page historical epic, "EVANGELINE: Paradise Stolen", published by Caeruleum Publishing and with an important Foreword written by Warren A. Perrin, has won the 2012 Independent Publisher Bronze Award in the USA and Canada for Best Regional Fiction. The author is award-winning screenwriter and filmmaker M. M. Le Blanc, granddaughter of Louisiana Senator "Couzan" Dudley J. Le Blanc. The novel is now in its second pre-publication Commemorative Edition printing. Buy it on the publisher's website www.caeruleumpublishing.com or www.evangelinenovel.com, with free shipping on any book order and a complimentary book for every three books purchased in a single order. • This spring, storyteller and photographer Lisa Foster will be visiting Cajun country to document Cajun culture and how it lives on through its people, music, food, and vibrant stories. She is looking for people in the community who are willing to share stories of their culture/ethnicity. You can find out more on her project at www.cajunstories.wordpress.com or email her at [email protected]. • According to “Living Legend” Dr. Jean Douglas Comeau, who recently came for a visit, to see a list of Université Sainte Anne’s French Immersion schedule, visit: http://youtu.be/uPmA8VdnpGA. • Sam Broussard, guitarist with Steve Riley and Mamou Playboys, wrote a song Au Revoir that was mentioned in USA Today in a column on the Grammy highlights by their music critic Brian Mansfield. Although the group was nominated for their third Grammy, they did not win it this year. • On March 15th, T-Galop: a Louisiana Horse Story by Conni Castille premiered at the Central School Arts and Humanities Center, in Lake Charles. DVDs are available and can be ordered by contacting Conni Castille at [email protected]. • On February 22, Michel-Antoine Goitia-Nicolas of New Orleans lectured and led a discussion on “From Akkadia to Acadia to Acadiana: the History of Louisiana Basques” at the Lafayette South Regional Library. According to Dr. Michael Martin, the presentation was sponsored by the Center for Louisiana Studies, UL Lafayette. Special guest was Evangeline Richard and Raymond Gaudet of Quebec who were in Lafayette for Mardi Gras. We hosted them for a tour of the museum. They donated to the museum three historic photos of Sen. Dudley Leblanc’s visit to Canada in 1950. • Many thanks to Governor Jindal who has reappointed me to serve another term–my 18th–on the board of the Council for the Development of French in Louisiana. • Yvon Cyr reported that a 250-year old document has been found in the Archives of Paris, purporting to be a list of Acadian prisoners at Fort Amherst, Port-Lajoie, Prince Edward Island in 1763. The list is currently being examined by archivists and it is hoped that a complete list will be made available soon. • The Louisiana Bicentennial Commission is preparing a publication to commemorate 200 years of statehood. Jennifer Ritter Guidry and Kelly Briggs are searching for 200 artifacts/objects that convey the story of Louisiana’s statehood. For information, call (337) 482-1320. • Please note below that we have added to the list of films dealing with Cajuns, Creole, Acadians/native Americans/Metis/the French and Indian War. Please submit the titles of any other films so that we may add to our list: ENGLISH: FRENCH: Réveil La Contesse de Bâton Rouge Full Blast Zarico The Man Who Came Back Huit Piastres et Demie Cigarettes & Nylons La Fièvre Jaune (Yellow Fever) The Scoundrel's Wife Le tapis de Grand-Pré (The Hooked Rug of Belizaire the Cajun Grand-Pre) Evangeline (1928) Le secrét de Jérôme (Jerome’s Secret) Evangeline - A True Love Story Gumbo Oh La La Louisiana Story Évangeline en quête The Last of the Mohicans Les années noires Dirty Rice Contre vents et contre marées Black Robe L'Acadie L'Acadie Against the Tide Déliverance (Pierre II Surette and Beausoleil Mon Cher Camarade Broussard -Acadian Resistance-Dan Tebeau) Dance for a Chicken Acadie Liberté Cajun Renaissance Man: Dudley J. LeBlanc Le Souvenir Necessaire Passion Fish L’Acadie Retrouvée The Patriot Terre D’Acadie T-Boys Wife La Sagouine Little Chenier Coeurs batailleurs (Acadia: North and South) Anything I Catch....The Handfishing Story Le Chien de Lune I Always Do My Collars First Tintamarre. La Piste Acadie en Amérique by Raised On Rice and Gravy André Gladu King Crawfish •La Table Française, The French Table meets in Lafayette and is opened to individuals who want to speak French. For information on the dates and times, contact Mike Leblanc at (337) 291-7179. • I have been invited by Claude Boudreau to be a guest speaker at series Les Causeries Du Mardi (July and August) in Memramcook. • TV5MONDE has launched America’s first French-language channel devoted solely to children’s programming. DISH subscribers will be offered programing which includes TVMONDE USA, America’s 24/7 French language entertainment channel. The new channel is being programmed to appeal to children and youth audiences ages 4-14. • UL Lafayette Performing Arts Program production of Antonine Maillet’s “The Rabble” opened the College of the Arts SPARK Festival of the Arts 2012 on March 22. The museum and The History Channel are sponsors for the event. The History Channel has been a long- time supporter of the Acadian Museum and other historical organizations in Louisiana that work to preserve the heritage and culture of the Acadian people. The network contributed to the Antonine Maillet symposium as part of its Emmy-Award winning Save Our History initiative which fosters historic preservation and history education efforts nationwide.
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