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Why Évangéline shouldn't be an Acadian Icon (Anymore) | Experiencing History? | Episode 6

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Why is Évangéline an Acadian icon? Why does she dominate the Grand-Pré world heritage site?
To answer these questions, walk with Erin through the UNESCO world heritage site at Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia, as she speaks with Stephanie Pettigrew, an expert in Acadian history. This site is focused on Le Grand Dérangement of 1755-63 during which time between 10 and 15 thousand Acadians were forcefully removed from their homelands. Much of the site pays service to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's heroine, Évangéline. Erin and Stephanie discuss why Évangéline shouldn't be an Acadian icon and why she became so infamous in the first place.
🎬 Footage for this video was taken in August 2020 according to Covid-19 regulations.
🎵 Theme music by Broke For Free. Learn more: brokeforfree.bandcamp.com
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Historia Nostra is written, produced, and created by Erin Isaac (PhD student in History, Western University). In our Experiencing History series, Erin visits museums and heritage sites across North America to review how history is taught on site.
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📚 Further Reading:
Grand Pre Website: www.pc.gc.ca/e...
Naomi Griffiths, “Longfellow’s Evangeline: The Birth and Acceptance of a Legend,” www.acadian.or...
Michael Gagné, “‘Memorial Constructions":’ Representations of Identity in the Design of the Grand-Pré National Historic Site, 1907-Present,” Acadiensis 42 no. 1 (Winter/Spring 2013), 67-98.
Brown, Wayde. "Percy Nobbs and the Memorial Garden at Grand Pre." The Journal of the Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada (2007).
The Acadians and the Creation of the Dykeland 1680-1755,” The Landscape of Grand Pré, www.landscapeof...
Thériault, Joseph Yvon. Évangéline: contes d’Amérique. Montréal: Québec Amérique, 2013. 399 p. books.google.c...
More from Stephanie Pettigrew
Stephanie Pettigrew, “Ordinary Women - Jeanne Dugas of Acadie,” Borealia (March 11, 2019), earlycanadianh...
Stephanie Pettigrew, “An Interview with Historica: Making a Heritage Minute,” Unwritten Histories (August 13, 2019), www.unwrittenh...
While you’re at Unwritten Histories, check out their other resources on Acadian history: www.unwrittenh...

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@mmeb7250 3 года назад

Hello Erin. This is very well done. We are talking about the Acadians and the Cajuns in my course, and I will be sharing parts of this video with my students. Excellent research, reflections, discussions, and visuals in this video! Merci beaucoup!

@HistoriaNostratube 3 года назад

@Mme B thank you so much! I’m glad you enjoyed it.

@monicapharo2330 3 года назад

Thank you Erin and Stephanie for a beautiful depiction of my Acadian ancestors 💕

@HistoriaNostratube 3 года назад

Thanks Monica!

@kennethdelatorre7046 Год назад

Fantastic content, thank you for this

@RBB52 2 года назад

As an Acadian, I am not offended by the depiction of the Acadian culture through the character of Évangéline . Indeed, many of my relatives steeped in the Acadian culture in years past learned not to offend the English as they were powerful and often vengeful. The community my father was from on the Eastern Shore of Nova Scotia was very poor and Évangéline would not have been out of place in this community even in the early 20th century. However, in this 21st century things have changed dramatically. Acadians are no longer subjugated by the English and take great pride in their Acadian and first nation heritage. They were never a weak people but were a people who felt powerless due to very real circumstances. They adapted to the realities of their time and continuing to do so now that those realities have changed. I believe Évangéline was a realistic snap shot of a random Acadian women of that time and it is wrong to try to judge her by the realities of the 21th century.

@akacadian3714 2 года назад

The Histoire of L"Acadie is more represented at the Museum at University of Moncton. L Banner de L"Acadie, Lobster, et probably the most modern example would be the fictional La Sagouine. But her comedy is Chiac French.

@timmymctwist 3 года назад

Thanks for this great video!! I’m currently reading “Piau: Journey to the Promised Land” which is based off the life of my Acadian ancestor, Pierre (Piau) Belliveau! He has an incredible story of escaping the deportation and hiding from the British expulsion; while his brother Charles actually pirated the ship back to Acadia that he and hundreds of other of Acadians were being deported on! So there are definitely some great Acadian tales that should be taught and included in the history. And they for sure did not leave willingly!

@waynemclaughlin8937 2 года назад

A great book to read about the expulsion of the French Acadians from present day Nova Scotia ( Acadia ) is Madawaska by the author Willo Davis Roberts it gives a historical event of what it was like for the Acadians in the 18th century before 1755. The story concentrates on the love between two people Soleil Cyr and Remie Michaud who found love among the turmoil and upheaval of the Acadians plight in Acadia specifically in Grand Pré where the story starts off. Soleil Cyr gets separated from her family, her siblings, her parents and nieces and nephews as she and her husband Remie Michaud make their way North to the Quebec border to an area in Northern New Brunswick known as Madawaska that borders the State of Maine.

@jonathansgarden9128 2 года назад

I am crying. I had no idea anyone had honored my mother's side's history. She is a LeBlanc by birth, direct descendant of Daniel LeBlanc the original (many of us are), and i seek to reconnect to my acadian roots

@rockeiroaxemeister8422 3 года назад

Let's face it. The park itself and the Longfellow depiction of the Acadians and Evangeline was seized upon as a marketing opportunity and fully exploited to increase tourist traffic on the D.A.R. For that we can be thankful that regardless of their motivation, this valuable area and it artifacts will now be forever cared for and never forgotten. While the D.A.R continued the association with Evangeline on such a great scale that eventually all the steam locomotives were branded with the Evangeline Heralds, it was in fact one of the predecessors of the D.A.R., the Windsor and Annapolis Railway that adopted the Longfellow Evangeline theme on their marketing, locomotives and coaches names such as Evangeline, Gabriel, Grand Pre, Acadia, St. Eulalie and Benedict. The Acadians themselves, whether Evangeline is depicted correctly or not by Longfellow, were courageous, industrious and independent, the latter being their downfall for failing to pledge allegiance to the British Crown. Pity. On the DARWiki, the Acadian culture has been a part of the identity of the railway and you can learn more from these links: dardpi.ca/wiki/index.php?title=Grand_Pre dardpi.ca/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Windsor_and_Annapolis_Railway dardpi.ca/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Logos dardpi.ca/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Named_Locomotives

@EdinburghFive 2 года назад

You may wish to note the Acadians did not fail "to pledge allegiance to the British Crown." The oaths had been given a number of times over the years between 1713 and 1755. In 1755 the Acadians were given several chances to renew their oath on an unqualified basis. They refused at first. Upon realizing their error, the Acadian Deputes representing the Acadians relented but at this stage any trust the British may have had in the Acadians had been lost. The offered oath was felt to be meaningless at that point. An odd statement: "Let's face it. The park itself and the Longfellow depiction of the Acadians and Evangeline was seized upon as a marketing opportunity and fully exploited to increase tourist traffic on the D.A.R." Isn't that exactly one of the main reasons for establishing any historic site is all about? It is not all just a matter of memorializing.

@EdinburghFive 3 года назад

Hi Historica Nostra Did you delete thread of comments? I was not able to read all your comment "Hi there, thanks for your thoughts and feedback. It’s always great to hear from someone with an interest in the topic! Your comments about Steph’s research reads as a quite dismissive (as if to su..." as it was truncated and you seem to have deleted it as well. I had certainly not meant be dismissive, quite the opposite, looking to engage in broader discussion. Readers often place their own tone on other people's words. I try not to do that. Also, as an academic, Ms. Pettigrew understands and must accept critical review of her work. This is how we learn. I could have taken it that she was dismissive of my comments, but I don't think that was her actual intent, and on my part, I would certainly provide her with the benefit of a doubt. As you may recall I started my comments off stating it was great she was engaging with people who were leaving comments. So, you can see I appreciate her work and also have an interest in her ongoing research. We need more young academics doing this and not just teaching from the platform of universities. If you can, it would be good for you to replace the comments. Having removed it in the first place seems to smack of controlling the narrative to only your point of view, denying academic freedom. This to you and Ms. Pettigrew should be abhorrent. If the university tried to shut down your discussions and inquiry there would be an outcry; and rightly so. Keep up the great work producing the videos.

@HistoriaNostratube 3 года назад

Hi there, it appears that the original commenter removed the thread, which means that I can no longer see it. Such is the reality of a comment section! I agree that academics should engage in scholarly discussions, but there are problems as you’ve noted with interpreting tone on the internet. There other other limitations (space for response, unfriendly platform for citations, etc) that make it difficult to keep up threads here. Perhaps in the future I’ll compile a list of a scholar’s publications so they can be reviewed by interested parties.

@HistoriaNostratube 3 года назад

As to my original comment, I don’t have the exact wording I used but essentially I said “read as dismissive, as if to suggest that because she has not yet defended her dissertation she is not an expert in this topic. I realise your interest in her work is likely genuine and I would encourage you to check out her publications or profile on her department’s website but I don’t think this is the right venue for this particular discussion.”

@EdinburghFive 3 года назад

HI@@HistoriaNostratube. That is a shame.

@EdinburghFive 3 года назад

Hi@@HistoriaNostratube. Ah, I understand. My comments were not related to her research and dissertation but purely directed to the narrative supplied in the thread. My understanding as well is her dissertation may not directly relate to Acadian history. Ms. Pettigrew clearly has a level of expertise in Acadian history and it will grow over time. I suspect her classes are quite engaging and informative.

@EdinburghFive 3 года назад

I believe the Herbin family pronounces their last name as "her - bin" not "hair-bey".

@HistoriaNostratube 3 года назад

Hi there! You may be right-the pronunciation I arrived at while researching for this video was closer to the French pronunciation, but Huguenot names can be tricky. You might check out my video on Notre Dame de Montréal for a larger sample of poor pronunciation 😉

@EdinburghFive 3 года назад

Hi@@HistoriaNostratube - I suspect the Herbin name now has an anglicized pronunciation. I have wondered about the origins of the Herbin name. It does not appear as a colonial Acadian name or a variation but I have thought it might be a variation of Herbert. On his mother's side he was definitely Acadian.

@HistoriaNostratube 3 года назад

@@EdinburghFive You’re right-it’s not an Acadian name. I think you might find Gwendolyn Davies’s write up for the Dictionary of Canadian Biography an interesting starting place if you’re not already familiar with it. Davies reports that Herbin’s father was an Huguenot who migrated from Cambrai in the 1850s. Link: www.biographi.ca/en/bio/herbin_john_frederic_15E.html

@EdinburghFive 3 года назад

@@HistoriaNostratube Ah yes, I do recall reading the DCB about Herbin, although it has been a number of years.