A new blog that focuses on the history of French-speaking (en
français, bien entendu). So far, very promising, with an entry
(with a nice map) on Nouvelle-France in the 18th century
preceded by a Le Figaro article on the Cajuns finally getting an
apology from the Canadian government for their deportation (only
two and a half centuries late) and a Les Echos piece on the
Louisiana Purchase. (Via La Grande Rousse.)     1. Languagehat:
Yup. This is the super duper project started several years ago
by the Canadian and French governments to ensure that all the
documents relating to the New France colonization will be
available online free of charge. It took 5 years to assemble and
digitize the materials. There are many new technologies that
have been created to assist the users.     Pretty neat I think
and for the linguists a gold mine of immense proportions    2.
Why on Earth should the _Canadian_ government apologize for
deporting the Cajuns?     Canada didn’t exist as a state then.
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