The topic of Acadian identity contributes to this problematic idea of Canadian history being generalized, covered up, or simply unknown. Acadian immigrants mainly came from France but also came from Ireland, Scotland, England and Mimac. The article “Acadian Identity” by Naomi Griffiths explains the specifics of Acadia which helps us in avoiding generalizing these people. She claims they had strong cultural traditions but that there were also areas where they didn’t and allowed for the creation of new and unique traditions to develop. Their rich culture and economic opportunity can tend to overshadow the hardships such as illness and the deportation they faced due to the control struggle between France and England. In a broad sense we have to make sure that we don’t take interpretations of historical events and generalize them to an entire population or otherwise just as we can’t take characteristics of a certain group of people and generalize them to that entire population because it’s most likely inaccurate.
