What US state has the most Cajuns?
Cajuns Cajuns The Cajuns (; Louisiana ), also known as "Acadians" (Louisiana ) are an ethnic group mainly living in the U.S. state of Louisiana, and in the Canadian maritimes provinces as well as Québec consisting in part of the descendants of the original Acadian exiles—French-speakers from Acadia ("L'Acadie") in what are now the Maritimes of Eastern Canada. In Louisiana, "Acadian" and "Cajun" are often used as broad cultural terms without reference to actual descent from the deported Acadians. Today, the Cajuns make up a significant portion of south Louisiana's population and have exerted an enormous impact on the state's culture.
Cajuns in what is now Canada and New England. The Cajuns retain a unique dialect of the French language and numerous other cultural traits that distinguish them as an ethnic group. Cajuns were officially recognized by the U.S. government as a national ethnic group in 1980 per a discrimination lawsuit filed in federal district court. Presided over by Judge Edwin Hunter, the case, known as "Roach v. Dresser Industries Valve and Instrument Division" (494 F.Supp. 215, D.C. La., 1980), hinged on the issue of the Cajuns' ethnicity: The British Conquest of French Acadia happened in 1710. Over the next 45 years,