Long before Broussard became home to oil field service companies along U.S. 90, early Acadian settlers had an intriguing name for the region: Côte Gelée, which means Frozen Hills or Frozen Coast.

EUNICE – The Acadian Cultural Center, which is a part of the Jean Lafitte National Historic Park and Preserve Louisiana system, is helping to preserve the heritage of those who settled Acadiana’s ...

Some of the original Acadian settlers are represented in portraits of their descendants that will be on display as part of the 16th Acadian Memorial Heritage Festival in St. Martinville this weekend.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A small memorial and museum in St. Martinville has become something of a pilgrimage for people who feel they have a family connection to Louisiana’s earliest Acadian settlers ...

The interplay between the French-speaking peoples of Canada and the residents of Connecticut and the rest of New England has gone on for more than 250 years. Wars, forced dispersals, economic ...

LAFAYETTE, La. (WAFB) - “But these are the colors that they mainly dressed in,” says portrait artist, Ceci Neustrom. Neustrom is an artist on a mission. “Mimics the look that the early Acadians would ...

It’s been 250 years since Acadians first arrived in a region that would one day bear their name: Acadiana. In honor of this, the Grand Réveil Acadien (The Acadian Awakening), is now underway through ...

The heritage of the local Cajun people and the blessing of the French Acadians that settled in this area hundreds of years ago will be celebrated later this month. Bishop Sam Jacobs will head an ...

Note: This story originally ran as part of the 250th anniversary of the Acadians arrival in Louisiana. There’s a real good chance Le Grand Derangement was the first episode of state-sanctioned ethnic ...

NEW ORLEANS, La. (WVUE) - Our great-great ancestors often had to find remedies for illness in their own gardens. Those healing traditions are still being taught at an Acadian village in Lafayette.

It’s been 250 years since Acadians first arrived in a region that would one day bear their name: Acadiana. Take a look at how they shaped the culture that exists today in the heart of Cajun country.