
oh, right so the acadians are all part native american because the original acadian settlers who came from near the loire valley in france were all male - bangor daily news 'In the late 18th century, the British deported the Acadians (French colonists in Acadia) from eastern Canada after defeating France in the Seven Years' War and taking over their territories in North America east of the Mississippi River. Some Acadian refugees were resettled in Louisiana along the Mississippi River; their descendants became known as Cajuns.[11] They also put pressure on the Chitimacha population because they took over their land. Eventually some Chitimacha (of which the Grand Caillou/ Dulac Tribe are members of) married Acadians and gradually became acculturated to their community, including converting to Catholicism.[11] Others absorbed Europeans into Chitimacha society. Mixed-race children born to Chitimacha women were considered to belong to their mother's families and ge...