Emergence and Progression of Acadian Ethnic and Political Identities: Alliance and Land-Based Inter-Peoples Relations in Early Acadia to Today

This article provides an ethnohistorical overview of the emergence and progression of Acadian ethnic and political identities over time. Strongly based in their relations with the Mi’kmaq during the colonization of Nova Scotia, the Acadians became a unique political entity who identified themselves...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: MacLeod, Katie K
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Scholarship@Western 2015
Subjects:
Acadian
Mi’kmaq
alliance
colonialism
ethnohistory
political identity
ethnic identity
land
Indigenous-settler relations
Cultural History
Social and Cultural Anthropology
Online Access:https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/totem/vol23/iss1/7
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Summary:This article provides an ethnohistorical overview of the emergence and progression of Acadian ethnic and political identities over time. Strongly based in their relations with the Mi’kmaq during the colonization of Nova Scotia, the Acadians became a unique political entity who identified themselves as neutral. Through the advances made in the colony, British authorities soon realized that the alliance formed between the Acadians and Mi’kmaq could present a threat. This article provides background for the reemerging Acadian-Mi’kmaq relations occurring today around environmental and land-based concerns and seeks to provide the reader with an overview of the shifting Acadian socio-political ideologies throughout their history.

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