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72-726: The district serves Vermilion Parish , with its official territory matching parish boundaries, and operates most public schools there. However, public schools serving Delcambre are located in Vermilion Parish but are operated by the Iberia Parish School System . The Vermilion Parish district pays money to the Iberia parish district to educate Delcambre students in Vermilion Parish. In 2000 the Iberia Parish district signed an inter-district agreement with

144-678: A Raid on Chignecto (1696) and the siege of the Capital of Acadia at Fort Nashwaak . At the end of the war England returned the territory to France in the Treaty of Ryswick and the borders of Acadia remained the same. During Queen Anne's War , some Acadians, the Wabanaki Confederacy and the French priests participated again in defending Acadia at its border with New England. They made numerous raids on New England settlements along

216-433: A "set up" and blamed "the poor little woman" for the incident, saying, "She could have walked out and nothing would have happened." As a result, Fontana resigned on January 19, 2018. There is a mandatory Discipline Plan for grades 4 through 12. Corporal punishment may be administered by teachers and administrators. An adult witness must be present. There is a maximum of five strokes per punishment, which must be delivered to

288-552: A campaign lasting many years to convince the Vatican to appoint an Acadian bishop. In 1917, the premier of Prince Edward Island resigned to accept a judicial position, and his Conservative Party chose Aubin-Edmond Arsenault as successor until the next election in 1919. Arsenault thus became the first Acadian provincial premier of any province in Canada. In 1923, Peter Veniot became the first Acadian premier of New Brunswick when he

360-510: A distinct people which should have a national holiday distinct from that of Quebec ( Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day ). The second convention in 1884 adopted other national symbols including the flag of Acadia designed by Marcel-François Richard, and the anthem Ave maris stella . The third convention in 1890 created the Société nationale L'Assomption to promote the interests of the Acadian people in

432-558: A major expedition to recover Acadia in 1746. Beset by storms, disease, and finally the death of its commander, the Duc d'Anville , it returned to France in tatters without reaching its objective. French officer Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Roch de Ramezay also arrived from Quebec and conducted the Battle at Port-la-Joye on Île Saint-Jean and the Battle of Grand Pré . Despite the British capture of

504-400: A median income of $ 53,658 versus $ 33,327 for females. About 21.3% of the children under 18 lived at or below the poverty line, and 17.6% of the total population was below the poverty line. The median income for a household in the parish was $ 29,500, and the median income for a family was $ 36,093 in 2000. Males had a median income of $ 31,044 versus $ 18,710 for females. The per capita income for

576-555: A result of Father Rale's War, present-day central Maine fell again to the British with the defeat of Sébastien Rale at Norridgewock and the subsequent retreat of the native population from the Kennebec and Penobscot rivers. King George's War began when the war declarations from Europe reached the French fortress at Louisbourg first, on May 3, 1744, and the forces there wasted little time in beginning hostilities. Concerned about their overland supply lines to Quebec , they first raided

648-501: A result of exposure to European diseases. French, Spanish, enslaved Africans , and French-Canadians from Acadia expelled after the Seven Years' War won by Great Britain , had all entered the area by the end of the 18th century. As the population became mostly Cajun , the primary language was French for years. In the mid- to late 19th century, they were joined by European Americans; immigrants from Italy , recruited to work on

720-593: A sector of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu ) was founded by expelled Acadians. After the siege of Louisbourg (1758) , a second wave of the expulsion began with the St. John River Campaign , Petitcodiac River Campaign , Gulf of St. Lawrence Campaign and the Île Saint-Jean Campaign . The Acadians and the Wabanaki Confederacy created a significant resistance to the British throughout the war. They repeatedly raided Canso, Lunenburg, Halifax, Chignecto and into New England. Any pretense that France might maintain or regain control over

792-854: A struggle for recognition of Acadians as a distinct group starting in the mid-nineteenth century. Some Acadian deputies were elected to legislative assemblies, starting in 1836 with Simon d'Entremont in Nova Scotia. Several other provincial and federal members followed in New Brunswick and in Prince Edward Island. This period saw the founding of Acadian higher educational institutions: the Saint Thomas Seminary from 1854 to 1862 and then Saint Joseph's College from 1864, both in Memramcook, New Brunswick . This

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864-493: Is a public school that has practiced sex segregation which ACLU alleges is a violation of Title IX . Vermilion Parish, Louisiana Vermilion Parish ( French : Paroisse de Vermillion ) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana , created in 1844. The parish seat is Abbeville . Vermilion Parish is part of the Lafayette metropolitan statistical area , and located in southern Acadiana . At

936-562: Is derived from the Arcadia district in Greece, which had the extended meanings of "refuge" or "idyllic place". Henry IV of France chartered a colony south of the St. Lawrence River between the 40th and 46th parallels in 1603, and he recognized it as La Cadie . Samuel de Champlain fixed its present orthography with the r omitted, and cartographer William Francis Ganong has shown its gradual progress northeastwards to its resting place in

1008-405: Is located to the south of the parish. Home to a number of Cajun peoples, at the 2000 U.S. census , there were 53,807 people, 19,832 households, and 14,457 families residing in the parish. The population density was 46 people per square mile (18 people/km ). At the 2019 American Community Survey , there were 59,865 people living in the parish, up from 57,999 at the 2010 U.S. census . By

1080-567: Is served by one institution of higher education: For most of the 20th Century, Vermillion was a Democratic-leaning parish, voting Republican only in landslide elections such as 1972 , 1980 , and 1984 . However, like other Acadian parishes with large Cajun populations, the county has turned sharply right in the 21st century based on cultural issues and Democrats' discomfort with the oil and gas industry. 29°49′N 92°19′W  /  29.81°N 92.31°W  / 29.81; -92.31 Acadia Acadia (French: Acadie )

1152-458: The 1875 riots in the town of Caraquet . Finally in 1875 a compromise was reached allowing for some Catholic religious teaching in the schools. In the 1880s there began a series of Acadian national conventions. The first in 1881 adopted Assumption Day (Aug.15) as the Acadian national holiday . The convention favored the argument of the priest Marcel-François Richard ( fr ) that Acadians are

1224-656: The 2020 U.S. census , the population was 57,359. In the past several decades, much of the southern portion of the parish has been swept away by water erosion, especially after Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita in 2005. Indigenous peoples lived in the area for thousands of years, from different cultures. By historic times, the Chitimacha and Atakapa inhabited the area and were the American Indians encountered by Spanish and French explorers and settlers. The tribes' numbers were drastically reduced as

1296-438: The 2020 United States census , there were 57,359 people, 22,086 households, and 15,143 families residing in the parish. In 2000, were 22,461 housing units at an average density of 19 per square mile (7.3/km ). The racial makeup of the parish was 82.68% White , 14.17% Black or African American , 0.30% Native American , 1.82% Asian , 0.01% Pacific Islander , 0.26% from other races , and 0.76% from two or more races ; 1.38% of

1368-651: The Dutch occupation of Acadia ) and Jean-Vincent d'Abbadie de Saint-Castin was established at the capital of Acadia, Pentagouêt. From there he worked with the Abenaki of Acadia to raid British settlements migrating over the border of Acadia. British retaliation included attacking deep into Acadia in the Battle off Port La Tour (1677) . In response to King Philip's War in New England , the native peoples in Acadia joined

1440-562: The Iberia Parish School System . The Vermilion Parish district pays money to the Iberia parish district to educate Delcambre students in Vermilion Parish. Public Schools that are run by the Vermilion Parish School Board include: Vermilion Parish is also served by the Diocese of Lafayette with three schools: Additionally, Vermilion Parish is served by two unaffiliated private schools: Vermilion Parish

1512-480: The Kennebec River in southern Maine and in present-day peninsular Nova Scotia. The latter involved preventing the British from taking the capital of Acadia, Port Royal (See Queen Anne's War ), establishing themselves at Canso (See Father Rale's War ) and founding Halifax (see Father Le Loutre's War ). From 1640 to 1645, Acadia was plunged into what some historians have described as a civil war. The war

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1584-555: The Treaty of Paris which formally ended conflict between France and Great Britain over control of North America (the Seven Years' War , known as the French and Indian War in the United States),. The demonym Acadian developed into Cajun , which was first used as a pejorative term until its later mainstream acceptance. Britain eventually moderated its policies and allowed Acadians to return to Nova Scotia. However, most of

1656-647: The Wabanaki Confederacy and the French Priests participated in defending Acadia at its border with New England, which New France defined as the Kennebec River in southern Maine. Toward this end, the members of the Wabanaki Confederacy , on the Saint John River and in other places, joined the New France expedition against present-day Bristol, Maine (the siege of Pemaquid (1689) ), Salmon Falls and present-day Portland, Maine . In response,

1728-553: The Wabanaki Confederacy to form a political and military alliance with New France. The Confederacy remained significant military allies to New France through six wars. Until the French and Indian War the Wabanaki Confederacy remained the dominant military force in the region. There were tensions on the border between New England and Acadia, which New France defined as the Kennebec River in southern Maine. English settlers from Massachusetts (whose charter included

1800-457: The siege of Port Royal (1710) , while the Wabanaki Confederacy were successful in the nearby Battle of Bloody Creek (1711) and continued raids along the Maine frontier. The 1710 conquest of the Acadian capital of Port Royal during the war was confirmed by the Treaty of Utrecht of 1713. The British conceded to the French "the island called Cape Breton , as also all others, both in the mouth of

1872-554: The Acadian capital in the siege of Port Royal (1710) , Nova Scotia remained primarily occupied by Catholic Acadians and Miꞌkmaq. To prevent the establishment of Protestant settlements in the region, Miꞌkmaq raided the early British settlements of present-day Shelburne (1715) and Canso (1720). A generation later, Father Le Loutre's War began when Edward Cornwallis arrived to establish Halifax with 13 transports on 21 June 1749. The British quickly began to build other settlements. To guard against Miꞌkmaq, Acadian and French attacks on

1944-539: The Atlantic provinces of Canada. As an alternative theory, some historians suggest that the name is derived from the indigenous Canadian Miꞌkmaq language , in which Cadie means "fertile land". During much of the 17th and early 18th centuries, Norridgewock on the Kennebec River and Castine at the end of the Penobscot River were the southernmost settlements of Acadia. The French government defined

2016-434: The British siege of Port Royal in 1710, mainland Nova Scotia was under the control of British colonial government, but both present-day New Brunswick and virtually all of present-day Maine remained contested territory between New England and New France, until the treaty of Paris of 1763 confirmed British control over the region. The wars were fought on two fronts: the southern border of Acadia, which New France defined as

2088-486: The British fishing port of Canso on May 23, and then organized an attack on Annapolis Royal , then the capital of Nova Scotia . However, French forces were delayed in departing Louisbourg, and their Miꞌkmaq and Wolastoqey allies decided to attack on their own in early July. Annapolis had received news of the war declaration, and was somewhat prepared when the Indians began besieging Fort Anne . Lacking heavy weapons,

2160-536: The French priests persisted in defending Acadia, which had been conceded to the British in the Treaty of Utrecht, at its border against New England. The Miꞌkmaq refused to recognize the treaty handing over their land to the English and hostilities resumed. The Miꞌkmaq raided the new fort at Canso, Nova Scotia in 1720. The Confederacy made numerous raids on New England settlements along the border into New England. Towards

2232-426: The Indians withdrew after a few days. Then, in mid-August, a larger French force arrived before Fort Anne, but was also unable to mount an effective attack or siege against the garrison, which had received supplies and reinforcements from Massachusetts . In 1745, British colonial forces conducted the siege of Port Toulouse (St. Peter's) and then captured Fortress Louisbourg after a siege of six weeks. France launched

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2304-583: The Maine area) had expanded their settlements into Acadia. To secure New France's claim to Acadia, it established Catholic missions (churches) among the four largest native villages in the region: one on the Kennebec River ( Norridgewock ); one further north on the Penobscot River ( Penobscot ); one on the Saint John River ( Medoctec ); and one at Shubenacadie (Saint Anne's Mission). During King William's War (1688–97), some Acadians,

2376-517: The Maritimes. Other Acadian national conventions continued until the fifteenth in 1972. In 1885, the author, historian and linguist Pascal Poirier became the first Acadian member of the Senate of Canada . By the early twentieth century, some Acadians were chosen for leadership positions in New Brunswick. In 1912, Monseigneur Édouard LeBlanc of Nova Scotia was named bishop of Saint John , after

2448-512: The Mi'kmaq, agreed to act as custodians of the settlement. When the former lieutenant governor, Jean de Biencourt de Poutrincourt et de Saint-Just , returned in 1610, he found the Port Royal habitation just as it was left. During the first 80 years of the French presence in Acadia, there were numerous significant battles as the English, Scottish, and Dutch contested the French for possession of

2520-670: The New Englanders retaliated by attacking Port Royal and present-day Guysborough . In 1694, the Wabanaki Confederacy participated in the Raid on Oyster River at present-day Durham, New Hampshire . Two years later, New France, led by Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville , returned and fought a naval battle in the Bay of Fundy before moving on to raid Bristol, Maine , again. In retaliation, the New Englanders, led by Benjamin Church , engaged in

2592-462: The Nova Scotia theatre . In response to the blockade of Annapolis Royal, at the end of July 1722, New England launched a campaign to end the blockade and retrieve over 86 New England prisoners taken by the natives. One of these operations resulted in the Battle at Jeddore . The next was a raid on Canso in 1723. Then in July 1724 a group of sixty Miꞌkmaq and Wolastoqiyik raided Annapolis Royal. As

2664-565: The Vermilion Parish district over those payments. Another such agreement was signed in 2022. Vermilion Parish is headed by Superintendent Jerome Puyau. Puyau's leadership style has been called intimidating and in January 2018 a teacher was handcuffed during a public discussion of his pay raise. The Superintendent of Vermilion Parish, Jerome Puyau, worked in Vermilion Parish before becoming the district's supervisor of maintenance in August 2006. He

2736-506: The Virginia Company of London attacked and burned down the fortified habitation in 1613. A new centre for Port-Royal was established nearby, and it remained the longest-serving capital of French Acadia until the British siege of Port Royal in 1710. There were six colonial wars in a 74-year period in which British interests tried to capture Acadia, starting with King William's War in 1689. French troops from Quebec, Acadians,

2808-557: The Wabanaki Confederacy and the French priests during Father Rale's War . During King George's War , France and New France made significant attempts to regain mainland Nova Scotia. The British took New Brunswick in Father Le Loutre's War , and they took Île Royale and Île Saint-Jean in 1758 following the French and Indian War . The territory was eventually divided into British colonies. The term Acadia today refers to regions of North America that are historically associated with

2880-461: The Wabanaki Confederacy, and French priests continually raided New England settlements along the border in Maine during these wars. Acadia was conquered in 1710 during Queen Anne's War , while New Brunswick and much of Maine remained contested territory. Prince Edward Island (Île Saint-Jean) and Cape Breton (Île Royale) remained under French control, as agreed under Article XIII of the Treaty of Utrecht . The English took control of Maine by defeating

2952-509: The abstract, Acadia refers to the existence of an Acadian culture in any of these regions. People living in Acadia are called Acadians , which in Louisiana changed to Cajuns , the more common, rural American, name of Acadians. Explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano is credited for originating the designation Acadia on his 16th-century map, where he applied the ancient Greek name "Arcadia" to the entire Atlantic coast north of Virginia . "Arcadia"

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3024-426: The administration of justice. In general, these changes tended to reduce economic inequality between regions of the province, and therefore tended to favour the disadvantaged Acadian regions. The New Brunswick Official Languages Act (1969) declared New Brunswick officially bilingual with English and French having equal status as official languages. Residents have the right to receive provincial government services in

3096-596: The arrival of Europeans, the Mi'kmaq had been living in Acadia for at least two to three thousand years. Early European settlers were French subjects primarily from the Poitou-Charentes and Aquitaine regions of southwestern France, now known as Nouvelle-Aquitaine . The first French settlement was established by Pierre Dugua de Mons , Governor of Acadia , under the authority of the French King, Henri IV , on Saint Croix Island in 1604. The following year,

3168-591: The border in the Northeast Coast Campaign and the famous Raid on Deerfield . In retaliation, Major Benjamin Church went on his fifth and final expedition to Acadia. He raided present-day Castine, Maine and continued with raids against Grand Pre , Pisiquid, and Chignecto. A few years later, defeated in the siege of Pemaquid (1696) , Captain March made an unsuccessful siege on the Capital of Acadia , Port Royal (1707). British forces were successful with

3240-408: The borders of Acadia as roughly between the 40th and 46th parallels on the Atlantic coast. The borders of French Acadia were not clearly defined, but the following areas were at some time part of French Acadia : The history of Acadia was significantly influenced by the great power conflict between France and England, later Great Britain, that occurred in the 17th and 18th century. Prior to

3312-577: The capital from being attacked. In July 1722, the Abenaki and Miꞌkmaq created a blockade of Annapolis Royal, with the intent of starving the capital. The natives captured 18 fishing vessels and prisoners from present-day Yarmouth to Canso. They also seized prisoners and vessels from the Bay of Fundy . As a result of the escalating conflict, Massachusetts Governor Shute officially declared war on 22 July 1722. The first battle of Father Rale's War happened in

3384-440: The colony. These battles happened at Port Royal, Saint John , Cap de Sable (present-day Port La Tour, Nova Scotia ), Jemseg , Castine and Baleine . From the 1680s onward, there were six colonial wars that took place in the region (see the French and Indian Wars as well as Father Rale's War and Father Le Loutre's War ). These wars were fought between New England and New France , and their respective native allies. After

3456-484: The construction of Fortress Louisbourg on Île Royale, now Cape Breton Island. The British grew increasingly alarmed by the prospect of disloyalty in wartime of the Acadians now under their rule. French missionaries worked to maintain the loyalty of Acadians, and to maintain a hold on the mainland part of Acadia. During the escalation that preceded Dummer's War (1722–1725), some Acadians, the Wabanaki Confederacy and

3528-566: The end of January 1722, Governor Samuel Shute chose to launch a punitive expedition against Sébastien Rale , a Jesuit missionary, at Norridgewock . This breach of the border of Acadia, which had at any rate been ceded to the British, drew all of the tribes of the Wabanaki Confederacy into the conflict. Under potential siege by the Confederacy, in May 1722, Lieutenant Governor John Doucett took 22 Miꞌkmaq hostage at Annapolis Royal to prevent

3600-478: The fertile former Acadian lands were now occupied by British colonists. The returning Acadians settled instead in more outlying areas of the original Acadia, such as Cape Breton and the areas which are now New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. Among the Acadian descendants in the Canadian Maritime provinces, there was a revival of cultural awareness which is recognized as an Acadian Renaissance, with

3672-555: The first Acadian to be elected premier of a Canadian province. He was elected premier of New Brunswick in 1960 and served three terms until 1970. The Robichaud government created the Université de Moncton in 1963 as a unilingual French-language university, corresponding to the much older unilingual English-language University of New Brunswick . In 1964, two different deputy ministers of education were named to direct English-language and French-language school systems respectively. In

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3744-470: The lands, descendants, or culture of the former region. It particularly refers to regions of the Maritimes with Acadian roots, language, and culture, primarily in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, the Magdalen Islands and Prince Edward Island, as well as in Maine. "Acadia" can also refer to the Acadian diaspora in southern Louisiana , a region also referred to as Acadiana since the early 1960s. In

3816-408: The major Acadian communities: present-day Windsor ( Fort Edward , 1750); Grand Pre ( Fort Vieux Logis , 1749) and Chignecto ( Fort Lawrence , 1750). (A British fort already existed at the other major Acadian centre of Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia . Cobequid remained without a fort.) Numerous Miꞌkmaq and Acadian raids took place against these fortifications, such as the siege of Grand Pre (1749). In

3888-491: The new Protestant settlements, they erected fortifications in Halifax (Citadel Hill) (1749), Dartmouth (1750), Bedford (Fort Sackville) (1751), Lunenburg (1753) and Lawrencetown (1754). There were numerous Miꞌkmaq and Acadian raids on these villages such as the Raid on Dartmouth (1751) . Within 18 months of establishing Halifax, the British also took firm control of peninsular Nova Scotia by building fortifications in all

3960-690: The next few years, the Université de Moncton absorbed the former Saint-Joseph's College, as well as the École Normale (teacher's college) which trained French-speaking teachers for the Acadian schools. In 1977, two French-speaking colleges in Northern New Brunswick were transformed into the Edmundston and Shippagan campuses of the Université de Moncton. The New Brunswick Equal Opportunity program of 1967 introduced reforms of municipal structures, of health care, of education, and of

4032-399: The parish was $ 14,201. About 17.40% of families and 22.10% of the population were below the poverty line , including 30.00% of those under age 18 and 21.40% of those age 65 or over. Vermilion Parish School Board has an official territory covering the entire parish. It operates most public schools in the parish. Schools serving Delcambre are located in Vermilion Parish but are operated by

4104-429: The plantations, as well as Jewish immigrants from Germany and eastern Europe, who tended to settle in towns and become merchants. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the parish has a total area of 1,542 square miles (3,990 km ), of which 1,173 square miles (3,040 km ) is land and 369 square miles (960 km ) (24%) is water. It is the fifth-largest parish in Louisiana by total area. The Gulf of Mexico

4176-465: The population were Hispanic or Latin American of any race; 24.89% reported speaking French or Cajun French at home, while 1.64% speak Vietnamese and 1.02% Spanish . In 2019, the racial and ethnic makeup was 81.4% non-Hispanic white, 14.5% Black and African American, 0.5% Native American, 2.0% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 0.4% some other race, and 1.1% from two or more races. An estimated 3.5% of

4248-417: The population were Hispanic and Latin American of any race. At the 2000 U.S. census, there were 19,832 households, out of which 37.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.50% were married couples living together, 13.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.10% were non-families. 23.10% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.90% had someone living alone who

4320-645: The remnants of Acadia came to an end with the fall of Montreal in 1760 and the 1763 Treaty of Paris , which permanently ceded almost all of eastern New France to Britain. In 1763, Britain would designate lands west of the Appalachians as the "Indian Reserve", but did not respect Miꞌkmaq title to the Atlantic region, claiming title was obtained from the French. The Miꞌkmaq remain in Acadia to this day. After 1764, many exiled Acadians finally settled in Louisiana , which had been transferred by France to Spain as part of

4392-457: The river of St. Lawrence, and in the gulph of the same name", and "all manner of liberty to fortify any place or places there." The French established a fortress at Louisbourg , Cape Breton, to guard the sea approaches to Quebec. On 23 June 1713, the French residents of Nova Scotia were given one year to declare allegiance to Britain or leave the region. In the meantime, the French signalled their preparedness for future hostilities by beginning

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4464-433: The settlement was moved across the Bay of Fundy to Port Royal after a difficult winter on the island and deaths from scurvy . There, they constructed a new habitation . In 1607, the colony received bad news as Henri IV revoked Sieur de Mons' royal fur monopoly, citing that the income was insufficient to justify supplying the colony further. Thus recalled, the last of the French left Port Royal in August 1607. Their allies,

4536-508: The student's posterior. The paddle used is of wood, 14 to 15 inches long, 6 inches wide and a half-inch thick. Other discipline management techniques include suspension (in or out of school) and expulsion. Also, students aged 15 through 18 who are persistently absent from or tardy to school may have their driving privileges revoked by the State of Louisiana. The district requires all students to wear school uniforms . Rene A. Rost Middle School

4608-476: The vital supply lines Acadians provided to Louisbourg by deporting them. This process began in 1755, after the British captured Fort Beauséjour and began the expulsion of the Acadians with the Bay of Fundy Campaign . Between six and seven thousand Acadians were expelled from Nova Scotia to the lower British American colonies . Some Acadians eluded capture by fleeing deep into the wilderness or into French-controlled Canada . The Quebec town of L'Acadie (now

4680-416: The years after the British conquest, the Acadians refused to swear unconditional oaths of allegiance to the British crown. During this time period some Acadians participated in militia operations against the British and maintained vital supply lines to Fortress Louisbourg and Fort Beausejour. During the French and Indian War , the British sought to neutralize any military threat Acadians posed and to interrupt

4752-418: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.16. The 2019 American Community Survey determined there were 22,086 households and 26,586 housing units; there was a home-ownership rate of 77% and the median housing value was $ 122,200. The median gross rent from 2015 to 2019 was $ 685. In 2019, the median income for a household in the parish was $ 51,945; males had

4824-678: Was a colony of New France in northeastern North America which included parts of what are now the Maritime provinces , the Gaspé Peninsula and Maine to the Kennebec River . The population of Acadia included the various indigenous First Nations that comprised the Wabanaki Confederacy , the Acadian people and other French settlers . The first capital of Acadia was established in 1605 as Port-Royal . Soon after, English forces of Captain Argall, an English ship's captain employed by

4896-404: Was asked by a marshal to leave the room after she questioned the Vermilion Parish School Board on their decision to increase the salary of superintendent Jerome Puyau but keep teacher salaries stagnant. After she walked out into the hallway, the marshal handcuffed and arrested her. The city's prosecutor and the board declined to press charges. Board president Anthony Fontana described the incident as

4968-554: Was between Port Royal, where the Governor of Acadia Charles de Menou d'Aulnay de Charnisay was stationed, and present-day Saint John, New Brunswick , where Governor of Acadia Charles de Saint-Étienne de la Tour was stationed. There were four major battles in the war, and d'Aulnay ultimately prevailed over La Tour. During King Philip's War (1675–78), the governor was absent from Acadia (having first been imprisoned in Boston during

5040-853: Was chosen by the Liberal Party to complete the term of the retiring premier until 1925. The expansion of Acadian influence in the Catholic church continued in 1936 with the creation of the Archdiocese of Moncton whose first archbishop was Louis-Joseph-Arthur Melanson , and whose Cathédrale Notre-Dame de l’Assomption was completed in 1940. The new archdiocese was expanded to include new predominantly Acadian dioceses in Bathurst, New Brunswick (1938), in Edmundston (1944) and in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia (1953). In 1960, Louis Robichaud became

5112-531: Was followed by the founding of Acadian newspapers: the weekly Le Moniteur Acadien in 1867 and the daily L'Évangéline in 1887 ( fr ), named after the epic poem by Longfellow . In New Brunswick the 1870s saw a struggle against the Common Schools Act of 1871 , which imposed a non-denominational school system and forbade religious instruction during school hours. This led to widespread Acadian protests and school-tax boycotts, culminating in

5184-431: Was named superintendent-elect in July 2012, and took over the position permanently in January 2013. His January 2017 contract renewal was controversial, as board members called his style intimidating and found that he lacked strategic vision. On January 8, 2018, teacher Deyshia Hargrave was arrested for questioning the school board about its decision to increase Payau's salary but keep teacher salaries unchanged. Hargrave

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