Evangeline Parish is Creole

And yet Evangeline Parish is very Cajun.  I think more history has to be shown.  But John LaFleur and Mardell Sibley, in their own ways, will slowly show that.  The Ville Platte Gazette had a survey done on what people consider themselves.  They're codeck.  We're Cajun because we're prairie Creoles.  More history is needed.  I'm going to Aux Village demain get a marriage license.  Denise will become a Milan.

 

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History of Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana - by Corinne L. Saucier. New Orleans, LA : Pelican, c1943.

“The word “Acadian" is now never heard. A prosperous or educated Acadian is called a "Creole." An ignorant, or poor person, or tacky person, even though Creole in origin, may be called a Cajun. Words have a history just like persons, and their meanings change very often. In this age of rapid economic changes a Creole today may be a Cajun tomorrow or vice-versa. It is all a matter of affluence and no longer origin, as it was a century ago. This is a democratic age, as one can verify at every turn. “(102)