View the interview and presentation posted by Explorer Guide:

Chris Boudreau's article, "An Ethnographic Report on the Acadian-Métis (Sang-Mêlés) People of Southwest Nova Scotia," restores the miserable story of the conflict between the PUR and the Mixed-blood people of SW Nova Scotia to its rightful place in North American history. My Anne Marie roots are among these people -- as are the roots of the descendants of Germain Doucet b. 1641. Not only were we expulsed, but the memory and history of the fact were erased from the National consciousness.

It was called "ethnic cleansing." Were it not for a targeted research of the text as Chris and his team have done, and the comprehensive DNA testing of descendants of our Acadian Metis ancestors that has gone on for the past dozen years, this awful plan that we may attribute to the conquerors of our ancestral lands may have actually succeeded completely (resulting in the total loss of our history). Thanks to Chris for his acknowledgements -- and for crediting our Acadian Amerindian Ancestry DNA  and articles as he did throughout the report. DNA is a piece of our puzzle -- and sometimes it's the only piece that makes the others fit together! Read: http://acadiens-metis-souriquois.ca/1/post/2018/03/news-and-reflections-an-ethnographic-report-on-the-acadian-metis-2018-boudreau-et-al-march-28-20183414855.html

Acadians Were Here Maryland Historical Trust 2018 Excellence in Media and Publications Acceptance Speech delivered by Marie Rundquist mrundqui@shentel.net February 1, 2018 at the Maryland Senate Office Building in Annapolis, Maryland. Reference: http://acadianswerehere.org for Dr. R. Martin Guidry, Contributor and Historian, Greg Wood, Author, Contributor and Historian, Marie Rundquist, Author, Contributor and Website Developer

"The website, Acadians Were Here, which receives today the MHT award for Excellence in Media and Publications, delivers the lesser-known history of Acadians in Maryland to new audiences: tourists and tour guides, researchers, historical societies and organizations, journalists, documentary producers, family genealogists, and regular people interested in traveling to the places where over 900 Acadians were exiled after being forcibly removed from their lands in Nova Scotia in November of 1755. They travel by bus, by car, by bicycle and on foot to visit the areas around the Chesapeake Bay where Acadian families lived – and they connect to the Acadians Were Here website from the US and Canada to plan their trips. 

Thank you, Maryland Historical Trust for this excellent recognition of the Acadians Were Here organization and thanks to all whose support and endorsement we are so grateful to have received, and thanks to our guests today, Lynn Wood, Sean Carney, and my husband Edward Nowicki for their support. We honor Nell Ziehl and the Maryland Historical Trust Program staff for elevating the vital role of Acadians In Maryland’s history to the mainstream, and through this MHT award, recognizing our project, and that Acadians Were Here."
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About the Maryland Historical Trust 2018 Awards: https://mht.maryland.gov/awards_2018.shtml
Press Release: ​2018-0201-press-release-2018-md-preservation-awards.pdf
Slideshow: mht.maryland.gov/awardsphotos2018.shtml

For information about the sash worn by site developer and contributor, Marie Rundquist,  pictured here (https://acadianswerehere.org/about-the-authors.html) on the Acadians Were Here website, please visit the following website: ​http://acadiens-metis-souriquois.ca/index.html where you will find the history and culture of an acadien-metis people discussed at length.

Mélançon / Melanson: New Y DNA results in the Acadian Amerindian Ancestry Project, and a match, add to a growing Y DNA signature for legacy Acadian surname Mélançon / Melanson.

Those who travel to the Melanson Settlement National Historic Site ("pc.gc.ca/en/lhn-nhs/ns/melanson/index") in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, will experience the family history of Charles Melanson and his wife, Marie Dugas, in Acadia. Research of Mélançon / Melanson history will show much debate about the possible origins of the surname progenitor, Pierre dit Laverdure Melancon, and his wife, Priscilla. A visitor to the "AcadiansWereHere.org" website may find the names of Mélançon / Melanson descendants who were exiled to Snow Hill and Annapolis, Maryland in 1755, recorded on the 1763 Acadian Census taken at these locations.

Mélançon / Melanson men who have Y DNA tests discover that throughout history, passed down from fathers to their sons, is a consistent set of markers, encoded in their Y DNA, that prevails among Mélançon / Melanson male descendants today. Y DNA tests reveal historic Acadian lineages among living male descendants. Find out how: https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/acadian-amerindian/about/background