Maine Acadian Heritage Coucil

Conseil d'héritage

acadien du Maine

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Preserving Acadian Culture, Language, and History in the St. John Valley

Pour préserver la culture, la langue, et l'histoire des Acadiennes et Acadiens de la vallée du

Haut St-Jean

Look for info soon on Summer 2017 Project

Discovering Our Roots Project

Projet Découvrons nos racines

  The Maine Acadian Heritage Council, an organization in the St. John Valley dedicated to the preservation and dissemination of the local history and culture  of Maine's Acadians, is conducting an oral history project over the course of the summer, 2016. The project is a collaboration between the Council and its sponsoring body, the United States National Park Service.

Researchers on the project will focus on the traditional arts of the St. John Valley,and how those arts are expressed and practiced in language and culture from within the community to which they belong. Traditional arts include such things as weaving, cooking, medicinal uses of plants, music and song, among many other artistic traditions and practices within everyday life. Subjects will be encouraged to express themselves in "Valley French" the common everyday language of their lives. The project is also charged with formulating ways to engage the youth of the Valley to stimulate interest in local history and culture.

Anyone who knows these arts or who may know someone who has this knowledge is encouraged to contact the project liason, Ken Theriault Jr. at 728-3606 or 895-3734. The project may be reached through e-mail at maineacadianheritage@gmail.com.