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Christina Keppie is a scholar in residence at the UMFK Acadian Archives, conducting research on the nuances of Maine Acadian identity here in the Valley. She is conducting an online survey with the following:
Target audience are individuals:
over 18 years of age
self-identify as Acadian (even partially)
have lived in the Valley for the majority of their life.
Participants can access the survey by scanning the QR code in the image above or by clicking on the following link directly: https://wwu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cAN4LDbMT2GErKm

The posters for the 55th Annual Rendezvous at Fort de Chartres have arrived, and we kindly request your assistance in distributing them within your local areas. If you are willing to help by posting them around your town, please send us a message with your name, address, and the quantity required, and we will promptly mail them to you.

Experience the true francophone culture of the Midwest through traditional Missouri-French music and films to wrap up this year's Festival de la Francophonie! Co-sponsored by our FHS Chicago-Midwest Chapter, join us for a special evening of the “Tales of the Francophone Midwest” with featured animated shorts by visual artist, Brian Hawkins, and the screening of a gripping documentary about the French community of Old Mines, Missouri (La Vieille Mine) by Montréal director, André Gladu. Explore the unique and enduring history of French culture in the heart of the FHC!

But wait…ce n’est pas tout! Following the screening, you’ll have the chance to speak directly with the artists, connect to people in Old Mines, and enjoy a complimentary cup of steamy bouillon, a Missouri French foodways tradition. Kids can join in on the action too as they participate in fun activities led by the Alliance Youth Program instructors. You won’t want to miss out on this final hurrah of our month-long celebration of La Francophonie!

⚜ We are so excited to be offering our 2nd LOUISIANA FRENCH class this October! Dr. David Cheramie will be teaching this class again.

📣 Online classes will be twice weekly (Tuesday and Thursday 5:30-6:30pm) for 5 weeks (10/10-11/9). At most 10 students in the class! First come, first served!

💻 https://www.northamericanfrench.com/product/louisiana-french-october-2023/40

👩‍🏫 As learners and teachers of the North American dialects, we've developed a frustration for the lack of coherent and modern North American French resources.

📘 To fill this gap, we've started a project to provide a textbook, an audio companion, and an online feature rich course for every major dialect of French spoken in North America.

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⚜ We are so excited to be offering our 2nd LOUISIANA FRENCH class this October! Dr. David Cheramie will be teaching this 5 week class.

📣 Online classes will be twice weekly (Tuesday and Thursday 5:30-6:30pm) for 5 weeks (10/10-11/9). At most 10 students in the class! First come, first served!

💻 https://www.northamericanfrench.com/product/louisiana-french-october-2023/40

👩‍🏫 As learners and teachers of the North American dialects, we've developed a frustration for the lack of coherent and modern North American French resources.

📘 To fill this gap, we've started a project to provide a textbook, an audio companion, and an online feature rich course for every major dialect of French spoken in North America.

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💵 We have a flash sale happening 24-26 August 2023! Our discount code 25AUG2023 will earn you $30 off our September Louisiana French class.

⚜ Visit our website to enroll in the Louisiana French cohort for September 2023. Online classes will be twice weekly (Tuesday and Thursday 5:30-6:30pm) for 5 weeks (9/5-10/5). Less than 5 seats are now available! First come, first served!

💻 https://www.northamericanfrench.com/s/shop

👀 The sale lasts until 23:59 (11:59pm) Central Time on Saturday, August 26, 2021.

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⚜ Bonne Fête à l’Acadie! Happy Celebrations to Acadia!

✨ Acadia (without the "r") represents a colony of New France in northeastern North America. The French government specified land bordering the Atlantic coast, roughly between the 40th and 46th parallels. Acadia existed as its own entity from 1604-1713, after being chartered by Henri IV of France.

📣 "Arcadia" comes from the Arcadia district in Greece, which meant "refuge" or "idyllic place". An alternative theory suggests that the word is derived from the indigenous Canadian Miꞌkmaq language -- Cadie means "fertile land".

Being an identity doesn't stop. It's a year around commitment.
🇨🇦 07-01 = Canada Day
🇺🇸 07-04 = Independence Day
🇫🇷 07-14 = Bastille Day
⭐️ 08-15 = Acadian Day

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📚 NAF presents "Spaniards, Planters, and Slaves" by Gilbert C. Din. The Spanish influenced the phonology and defintion of some words in Louisiana -- along with the culture.

💻 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4848558-spaniards-planters-and-slaves

🔗 What Spanish influences do you see in Louisiana?

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🇺🇸 Last fall, a member of our team attended the Missouri Folklore Society (MFS)'s Annual Meeting from November 3-5, 2022, in Hannibal -- "America's Hometown". Taylor looked at how folklore does/not embody traits of Colin Woodard's book entitled American Nations within the state.

💻 She is currently preparing a joint (non-French) presentation for the 2023 Annual Meeting in Boonville, November 2-4. There is still time to send in a proposal!

For more information about NAF-region folklore, check out these websites:
🔗 Missouri: https://missourifolkloresociety.org/.
🔗 Louisiana: https://www.louisianafolklore.org/.
🔗 Quebec: https://aqlf-quebec.org/ & https://www.quebecfolklore.qc.ca/.

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👋🏻 Let's meet DAVID CHERAMIE! He will be our Louisiana French teacher for our upcoming course.

📚 https://www.northamericanfrench.com/product/louisiana-french-virtual-september-2023/23

⚜ David Cheramie was born in New Orleans but grew up on the banks of Bayou LaFourche. He graduated cm laude from Loyola University in 1981 with a B.A in History, and from the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now called the University of Louisiana at Lafayette), in 1992 with an M.A. in French and again in 1999 with a Ph.D. in Francophone Studies. Upon returning to Louisiana after having lived in France for 7 years, he decided to become active in the renaissance of the French language and culture. He is a founding member of Les Amis de l'Immersion and Action Cadienne -- two organizations dedicated to the preservation of the French language through Immersion education. After having worked as the Director of Programming and Communication for the Congrès Mondial Acadien-Louisiane, he was named Executive Director of the Council for the Development of French in Louisiana. In 2004, he was named Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by the French government. In 2007, the Conseil Supérieur de la Langue Française, a branch of the Québec Provincial Government, named him to the Ordre des Francophones d’Amérique. He now spends his time between the community, his writing, his teaching, and the francophonie.

📸 https://discoverlafayette.net/podcast/david-cheramie-ceo-of-bayou-vermilion-district

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⚜ BIG NEWS!! We are offering again our Louisiana French class! David Cheramie will be our instructor!

💻 Visit our website to enroll in the Louisiana French cohort for September. Online classes will be twice weekly (Tuesday and Thursday 5:30-6:30pm) for 5 weeks (9/5-10/5). Less than 10 seats are available.

📣 https://www.northamericanfrench.com/product/louisiana-french-virtual-september-2023/23

👩‍🏫 As learners and teachers of the North American dialects, we've been frustrated about the lack of coherent and modern North American French resources.

📘 To fill this gap, we've started a project to provide a textbook, an audio companion, and an online feature rich course for every major dialect of French spoken in North America. Petit à petit, nous le ferons pour nôtre communité !

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📚 NAF presents the "Dictionary of Louisiana French." Many editors made this book possible: Albert Valdman, Kevin J. Rottet, Barry Jean Ancelet, Richard Guidry, Thomas A. Klingler, Amanda LaFleur, Tamara Lindner, Michael D. Picone, & Dominique Ryon.

💻 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6675490-dictionary-of-louisiana-french

⬇️ Drop us a comment on other book recommendations.

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