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Cajuns spark a Canadian led study of Cajun revival in Louisiana
Paul Leventhal, a Quebec graduate student, joins Laval York and McGill researchers in Golden Meadow to study a Cajun renaissance. The project, funded by Ford Foundation since 1976, surveys daily life, language, religion, and heritage through in home French interviews. The team notes increased Cajun pride and broader use of French among locals.
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