Cajun-French Interview: Persecutions, Ashamed Generation, Memories with Grandpas, Hopeful Youth

On our way to Pierre Part on November 6th, we stopped at Vermilionville Historic Village in Lafayette to spend some time with Kevin Rees, who kindly agreed to sit down for an interview. Thank you, Kevin! 🤗
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🚀 Chapters:
0:00 🙏
0:08 Preview of the video
0:33 FTE Louisiana intro
0:40 Vermilionville Historic Village
1:14 "I will not speak French"
1:33 The interview begins
2:22 The French language when you grew up
3:19 Why did you learn French?
4:54 Memories with the old family
5:45 French Cowboys in Louisiana
6:26 Preservation of the language
6:56 The importance of music in traditions
7:33 French language today? Is it coming back?
9:09 Creole is part of Cajun
9:38 French people in Louisiana
10:27 Persecutions
11:40 Translators in the army
18:16 A couple of books to check out
21:40 My ancestors
22:36 Teach me a couple of Cajun words
23:31 Working on preserving the language
24:27 Indian words in Cajun French
24:57 A rich culture
25:03 People don't speak it anymore
25:23 When you lose the language you lose the culture
29:34 American or Cajun French?
29:46 Before WW2
30:19 Kevin plays the accordion for us
31:51 THANK YOU SO MUCH KEVIN!!
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