American Reacts to Heritage Minutes: Rocket Richard, Acadian Deportation, & Myrnam Hospital
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As an American I don't know much about Canadian history, and Canadian heritage moments are a fantastic way to learn about important events and people in Canada's past. Today I am very excited to learn about the stories of Rocket Richard, the Acadian Deportation, and Myrnam Hospital. If you enjoyed the video feel free to leave a comment, like, or subscribe for more!
I'm Acadian on my mothers side of the family. A lot of Acadians resettled in New Orleans where their descendants are known as Cajuns. I hope you watch all the rest of the Heritage Minutes.
Edited for clarity. Southern Louisiana. Not in New Orleans. There is a distinction. The Creoles were based New Orleans.
Louisiana is the State New Orleans the City. Our Family was sent to Louisiana then live in the city of New Orleans! Years later they returned to "home" New Bruswich@@smiling_chaos
Nope. State and city @@smiling_chaos
The Cajun can directly link their heritage back to the Acadians. After their deportation they eventually made their way to South Louisiana.
@@Meowdoesart
a-ca-dien, a-ca-jun
I consider Maurice Richard (pronounced Ri-SHARD as he is french) to be on the Mount Rushmore of Hockey Players, also with Wayne Gretzky, Bobby Orr, and Gordie Howe. Easily considered one of the most important and impactful hockey players in NHL (and world) history. If you're interest, watch the entire movie about his career (and the city-wide riot that also bears his name from 1955), called "The Rocket" - in 2006, it was filmed and it starred the same actor that played Maurice in the heritage minute you see here. Excellent Canadian film about a big part of more recent Canadian history.
You beat me to it, about the pronunciation. I'm not even French & it "triggered" me. 😅
I agree. If ever a hockey landmark would be created in Canada - perhaps on Mount Thor - The Rocket must be there. I saw him play in 1959 when he captained the Stanley Cup champions, yet again.
The actor is Roy Dupuis ❤
Kinda like when American broadcasters say: "MAWN-tree-all Canadi-ENNNNNS" instead of the english/franglais pronunciation "MUNN-chree-all Canadians" or "MOE-RAY-ALL CAN-A-DYENNE". Though everyone gets "Habs" right. (And when they, more rarely, say "Ca-NOOKS instead of Ca-NUCKS it makes my ears hurt.)@@oib0y
@@t.a.k.palfrey3882 As a non-sports Canadian, I have to say "Please deface/graffiti a less naturally photogenic mountain"... especially when doing so would probably destroy the "Earth's greatest vertical drop" record.
I am acadian. We still prosper in the maritime provinces of Canada... We have our unique Culture and still speak our own dialect of French... We have also our own institutions such a Universities and Cultural scene
Y'all also have one of the sickest flags in the country.
My Great Grandmother was a LeJeune, descended from Pierre LEJeune, one of the most famous Coureur du Bois in Acadian history
Roy Dupuis, who plays Maurice Richard in this Heritage Minute also played him in an EXCELLENT biopic about him. Watch the French version with subtitles.
"Acadie" is the French word for Acadia, and is pronounced "a-ka-DEE" with emphasis on the last syllable. The Acadians are the direct ancestors of the Cajuns in Louisiana. If you think of how English speakers would have pronounced "Acadian", it likely would have become something like "a-KAY-jun" which eventually became "A Cajun" and then just "Cajun". During the French and Indian war, they needed to get anyone potentially loyal to France OUT of British-controlled North American.
Lots of Ukranian immigrants settled in Central and Western Canada, hence why half of the Myrnam Hospital Minute is in Ukranian.
The Heritage Minutes used to play during commercial breaks on TV. This was extra common during children's TV blocks.
I think you mean the English version of “The Rocket” with subtitles, because the French version has French subtitles over the parts speaking English instead of English subtitles over the spoken French parts(they should make a bilingual version with both English subtitles over the French and French subtitles over the English). If there’s a version out there where they actually dubbed over the French parts with spoken English, that sounds horrible…and confusing, since the fact that they aren’t speaking the same language is part of the plot(it’s close to a 50/50 split with the amount of lines in English vs French, making it a rare Canadian movie that actually feels bilingual. Only other one off the top of my head is “Bon Cop, Bad Cop”). Great movie though. Both a historical drama AND a sports film all in one.
I was trying to remember who that was, who played Maurice Richard in the vid. Thanks!
I love that he was so good in the Heritage Minute they cast him for the movie.
If you re-listen to the Heritage Minute on Maurice Richard, you will hear the correct pronunciation of his last name. Remember he was French Canadian!
Also, while this free hospital was built in Alberta, it was Tommy Douglas of Saskatchewan who started us on the road to free healthcare.
The fact free healthcare was born in Saskatchewan makes what’s happening in Saskatchewan now (ie. longest wait times in the country for knee & hip surgery and days in ER hallways) even sadder
Yes, as Premier of Saskatchewan, he created a universal healthcare system for the province which caused every other province to follow suit. His daughter married Donald Sutherland and Kiefer Sutherland is his grandson.
@@kenludlow7391 I think I knew that but forgot. Also he witnessed a few Winnipeg Police kill civilians in the protests of 1917 or whatever year it was from a rooftop. That incouraged him to want to help others seeing all the injured bodies lay in the streets of Winnipeg after the Municipal government treating it's citizens so badly. And after WWI, nobody had jobs to come back to.
It is Maurice "Rocket" Richard (pronounced "r"ee" "chard".
In the day, when one country defeated another, the citizens of the defeated country were often sent back to their "home" country. France and England both did the same thing. It was a security thing.
You really "don't get out much" do you?
Those deportments were not generational, maybe one generation, but mostly more recent arrived.
You are a complete idiot! Pick up a history book and check your own history. That deportation thing was before the USA was started. Maine and the new England states were part of the English north American colonies at the time, and therefore English.
When my dad worked for a property management company in Montreal in the mid 50's, he had to meet with a furnace salesman from a coal company. The salesman was Rocket Richard. Back then hockey players needed an offseason job to support themselves and their families.
The most infamous case of a hockey player needing an offseason job was Tim Horton.
My uncle also worked in a Montreal factory with Maurice Richard at the beginning of his career. It's crazy to think he had to earn a living outside the ice ring!
In those days, hockey players were not paid very much at all. Not like today. Gump Worsley (Canadiens goalie) worked at Northern Electric Company. Fun fact: John Ferguson had a horse named "Gump Worsley"!
when I was a baby Maurice babysat me, sadly the only time I got to meet him and I don't remember
As an Acadien, I so appreciate you taking the time on our story. I still live in Acadie.
Acadians represent! 🇨🇦⭐️🇫🇷
I love Acadians!
Hello Cousin :) You out East or down South? Where ever you are keep safe!! It is nice to see people learning and talking about our history.
Fun fact, alot of Acadians ended up in New Orleans, which is why you can be served in french there in most shops to this day and Louisianna as a whole has such a big french culture and presence. You can even spot a few Acadian flags downtown.
We’re also in Haiti.
For how much longer though? French is disappearing fast, younger generations aren't learning or using it much.
The word "cajun" comes from Acadia
That was painful to listen to you pronounce Maurice Richard. He's French. Maurice Richard is pronounced Maurice Reeshard, all across Canada.
@@stephenmccormack5272 as well as A-CAY-dee versus the correct Ah-CA-dee.
This heritage minute about Maurice Richard only mentions his hockey feats. For french canadians, he means so much more. He is still a national hero to this day more than 20 years after his death.
Maurice Richard was played by Roy Dupuis, and eventually he would end up playing the Rocket in the feature film « Maurice Richard ». The Rocket for Quebec represents our people, he became a legend because of his caracter and determination in life and especially on the ice. The Montreal Canadiens are to Hockey what the Yankees are to baseball. He was basically the Babe Ruth of hockey.
They spell Canadiens with an E because it's in french ;)
And at the end of each seasons, various trophies are given out to players for different stats, the Maurice Richard trophy is the one given to the player with the most goals scored during that season.
The Canadiens' junior team is the Lavals Rocket.
Acadian and Cajun from Louisiana have the same roots, even the word Cajun is a transformation of the word Acadian. it is also the reason why french ppl live in Louisiana as some Acadians moved there after being deported, so it is also a part of USA history.
Maurice was an icon to Quebecers, he also became a political icon to us.
Really? How so?
The Richard Riot was one of the events that started the Quiet revolution (Révolution tranquille) @@zatnikatel1472 He was apolitical himself but was a cultural icon so in a way he became political despite not wanting it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Riot Historical interpretation. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quiet_Revolution
@@zatnikatel1472 In the 50's, french-speaking Quebecers were essentially second-class citizen in Canada. Poorly educated, low wages and under the boot of rich anglophones and the catholic Church. Maurice, despite being an hockey god and mostly apolitical, was unfairly treated by the english-speaking NHL and a series of punishments led to the "Richard riot"(you can read about it on wikipedia). Quebecers stood together against this unfair treatment of their hero and it awakened something in the population (Hockey is sacred here and you DO NOT mess with it!).This is one of the events that led to the Quiet Revolution in the early 60's, where Quebecers rejected the status quo and the province underwent major transformations leading to secularization, affordable education for everyone (university is less than 10k$ per year), nationalism and plenty of economic projects (like Hydro-Quebec).
The Quiet Revolution is one of the biggest event in french canadian history and the Richard riot was the first time in a while Quebecers stood up to the abuse.
For those commenting about the number of pauses - please understand that in order for a channel reacting to content created by someone else, “fair use” means that the new information must be transformative, meaning he has to add commentary and often forces them to pause frequently to break up the original content. The same is true for things like music or movie reactions as well.
He just likes to hear himself talk. I mean he didn't even listen to the proper pronunciation of Rocket Richard's name for crying out loud...try listening more, Tyler!
exactly, you can only use so much of another video and have to add a certain amount of ur own content or else u will struck for copyright
Canadian is spelled with an E in French.
The canadiens used to be called “Les Habitants du Canada(the inhabitants of Canada)”, and still have the nickname “habs”.
Montreal was the biggest city in Canada and the de facto capital since before we even became a country.
In many ways, Montréal is the birthplace of our nation. A mix of French and English, heavy immigration, native cultures and practices adopted by the Europeans, and were the first to adopt the title “Canadian” as they felt a stronger connection to North America than to Europe
Un cours d’histoire SVP. C’est urgent.
I'm from Toronto and I literally watch this channel to learn more about Canada just as any American would lol The heritage minutes are super cool
If you want to learn about Canada, you could do a lot worse than going on the Historica Canada site he's on and watching all of those. It's how many of us learned about our country as kids.
It's hilarious how impatient Tyler is. In the Rocket Richard one, he was only 2 seconds in before asking 'where's the action?' lol
More like “annoying”.
@marklewis3579 then don't watch? B t w he's doing this to keep us engaged, that's how youtube works
It's an American thing kinda. They really seem to lie hockey when it's UFC style violence and rage and seem to get annoyed at the rules like offsides. Hilarious
I found it funny he never heard of the Montreal Canadiens lol, theyve been in the NHL for how many decades lol
@@personincognito3989 Do You think Tyler gets no remuneration from his UA-cam adventures in Canada?🤣
Not sure if you’ll actually read this, but a group of Acadians went to the Louisiana area and intermingled with the Creoles and became Cajun. There was a lot more involved, but that is the gist of it. This is a fascinating, to me, period of history, well worth studying.
Sorry, I confused Creoles with Cajun apparently. I was trying to remember history class. Thanks for those who corrected me.
Yeah I'm surprised they didn't mention Louisiana at all in the Minute, I know at that point that becomes US history instead of Canadian, but it's kind of an important detail that a sizeable amount of the descendants of those people ended up in a specific US state
@@Fanafranky probably because the genocide failed and the Acadians lived on to spread their culture throughout the maritimes, and arguably the foundation of Canadian culture as they were intermarrying with the native Mi’kmaq, and then later with the Scottish, Irish, and African refugees.
Sir John A McDonald was said to have been inspired by the cooperation of all these people in the maritimes, and wanted to reunite the 3 provinces into a country.
One drunken night in Charlottetown later, and those ambitions grew to include all of Canada.
The cajuns became more a part of US history as they resettled and shaped their own destiny, often intermarrying with the freed slaves, which is a testament to how inclusive and ahead of their time the Acadians always were.
We’ll mix with everyone regardless of skin colour :)
I’m French Acadian. We didn’t intermingle, Cajun’s are Acadians. We’re the same. We’re in Canada, USA and Haiti.
They are a part of Louisiana still
Acadiana, everyone! 🎉
You must do a full episode on Maurice richard. With the riots and everyhting, it's a large part of the french Canadians history in Canada. He was more than just a hockey player... The police ask them to talk to the people and stop the riots that happened after he go ejected from the game.
The Richard Riot is considered by some to be a beginning part of Quebec's Quiet Revolution.
Maurice Richard is not only a legend, but for Quebec nation, he's a hero. One reason, beside his scoring achivement was he had to fight against english NHL organisation to give more respect toward french players.
The expulsion of the Acadians is very much an American story also as they settled mainly in Louisiana and the reason for the strong French heritage there.
Well, sort of! Louisiana (named for the French king)was a part of New France, you know, most of the eastern half of North American, and even still after the English settled the 13 little Colonies (which became the beginning of the USA). So,the French culture was already well established and open to the arrival of the Acadians, which although of French origin, were VERY different culturally - even to this day the remaining Acadian language/culture of Canada's East coast is different from those of Quebec and especially France itself.
Some of them resettled in various areas in Québec. There's a river named L'Acadie east of Montréal and it's no coincidence.
It is very much an American story. Not just because of resettlement to Louisiana but the New Englanders’ made up the forces under British command, New Englanders and the other British colonies down south executed the actual attack and roundup for deportation of our Acadian ancestors circa 1755,1758, and 1763. New England and New Hampshire militia groups commanded by the British ‘red coats’ made up the majority of the British forces who sacked the fortress of Louisbourg in 1758. Americans should learn more about the pre-revolution years. It can give you much insight into the years leading up to the American Revolution. They’d be shocked to learn how much we are connected by a shared history.
Hello, Bonjour Tyler happy you are enjoying learning some of our history. My family is Acadian (1635) what you will find with us is we are known as the Happy French. Family reunions take place in both Canada and the US bouncing back and forth as most have families in both going back and forth. Years ago friends ended up in the middle of a parade out East by accident everyone laughed and said you are now family. It was a great day all around!
I’m from NB and learned about the Acadian expulsion as a child. This tragedy is made even worse when we know not all those ships that transported the Acadian people to Louisiana made it. The ships were lost in storms, and there were whole family lines that were wiped out along the way. There is a famous poem, Evangeline by Longfellow that tells of the two lovers that were separated in this tragic moment in our Provinces history. Definitely worth a look.
As a former Acadian Museum guide, let me correct a bit here. None of those ships were bound for Louisiana. Acadians made their way there on their own because the region was then owned by the Spanish and therefore Catholic, like they were.
Acadians were deported principally to New England, the Caribbean and back to France. Very often, they were received poorly, being sent back on another ship, etc. In Boston, some were stoned to death. So a migration to Louisiana for those in the South made sense.
For Maurice Richard:
The film takes place in a single day. He moved apartments the same day and moved all furnitures by himself. He was promised a day off, but ended not getting it.
He was already famous by that time, but this ended up being one of his greatest game, ever.
You have to understand that at this time, pro hockey players were not the pampered millionaires they are today, their salaries were that of middle class.
The 'lesson' in this one is to remember how the sport evolved, as well as how we treated pro athletes in general. Maurice was a real badass that played in one of the most violent, brutal era of the sport. This would be the same as if, in 2024, we'd pay Sidney Crosby $60k/year and had a part-time job as a mechanic, or something.
Healthcare was implemented provincially by Tommy Douglas, premier of Saskatchewan during , I think, the late 40’s. He was a pastor as well. He was voted “ the greatest Canadian “ in a poll several years ago.
My mom’s family is Acadian. My family was removed but they walked back to Acadia from the US. We still have a large family in NB.
Wow! That is a such a cool story!
My family joined the Mi’kmaq in resistance, taking refuge in the forests of NB until the exile was lifted.
@@Viennery yes, one of my family was beheaded for resisting. My mom has Mi’kmaq cousins .
My dad is from NB. My biological grandmother was Acadian and spoke the language. Her ancestors were one the first French settlers to arrive in the 14th century.
Cajuns are Acadians who resettled in Louisiana. The “D” is often slurred as sounding more like a “J” in French, so it’s easy to see how this happened.
Acadian
Acajian
Acajun
A Cajun
It was a failed Genocide. France had ceded the territory to Britain as part of a treaty because the Acadians were operating independently and intermarrying with the native Mi’kmaq to form a new culture. Britain had their sights on capturing Quebec and felt the Acadians might try to assist the Québécois and hinder those efforts, thus the solution was exile.
France did not give the territory because the Acadians had become too "independent" and mixed with the Mi'kmaq. France ceded the territory at the end of the War of Spanish Succession by the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713. It was one of the concessions Louis XIV had to make to allow him to place his grand-son Philippe on the throne of Spain. Spain has been ruled by Bourbons since then.
Quebecois is really a recent word for a long time after the capture of nouvelle France ( New France) by the British. People of French descend called themselves French- Canadian. After 1960 the term Quebecois was specific for french Canadian that lives in the province of Quebec
Louisiana is ours brother and sisters quebecois is ours cousins.
@@user-eg7by5hl6o yes, but the Quebec territory was a separate colony and the city of Quebec was the center of power for all the French colonies of nouvelle France.
@@Xerxes2005 yes, the treaty is what caused the ceding of land.
But France never went back for those people. The French King made no effort to recover them. They were seen as less than European and abandoned to the hands of an English king.
I am acadian. I looked on Ancestry and I found out that I have 19 ancesters who were deported, some to Britan some to France and some to Louisiana. Many died, wives were separated from husbands, parents from their children, siblings were also separated making it almost impossible to organize some rebellion.
Thank you Tommy Douglas! He gave us everything we have today.
You give him TOO much power! So many others, like Pearson made Canada it’s own nation.
There's a movie called The Rocket about Maurice Richard. It's not bad. Some of those scenes (stare-down) were from the movie. Back then they didn't earn enough to just play hockey hence his other job.
The Heritage Minute was filmed years before the movie though.
The movie and the heritage minute are not the same footage. Same actor but in the movie you can see he's a bit older. He was better in the movie anyway hehe. He was moving his family and was ill, wasn't working.
As a French Acadian from Nova Scotia whose family is rooted back 400 years, a lot more than just this happened. French Acadians can still be found today in Nova Scotia( and Maritime provinces) throughout the USA (Maine, Louisiana, ect) and even to Haiti as there are French creole Acadians there as well. Most only know bits and pieces, but it’s a lot more. As it was illegal to be Acadians and in the USA, they referred to themselves as Cajun in order not to be put in forced free labour.
First, I want to say that I am sorry this happened to your family & those of your community. (I will also say that neither myself of course, nor any of my distant relatives [though you CAN'T really be responsible for what someone else in your family does, now NOR in the past] had anything to do with it. In fact, my family [& others] were also forced from their home in Eastern Europe by an invading group [& no, I am not Jewish either.])
Growing up in Canada you DO learn about the expulsion of the Acadian people, but not a lot of it. I am hoping that you may be able to give me more information & will be kind enough to do so as I would like to know (& really should know as a Canadian.)
First, what I WAS taught is that of course the British invaded & were successful & required the Acadians (who were French heritage) to swear an oath of allegiance to Britain. We were also taught that IF the Acadians DID swear that allegiance to Britain that they would be allowed to remain. If they were unwilling to swear this allegiance (& therefore - & this of course IS true politically - be a potentially dangerous threat to British rule) they would be forced to leave.
One thing I always assumed is that the Acadian community which does exist "out East" were made up of the descendants of those that DID swear this allegiance to Britain. (I wonder if that allegiance was ever tested as well.) Is this false? or only partly true? Were all Acadians actually forced from their homes & if so, when did they think it was safe to return?
While I HAD heard that most/all had settled in Louisiana, I never knew it was illegal to be there. Is this because it was also British at the time & therefore you were still a danger if you had refused to give that oath of allegiance back in Nova Scotia? I hadn't ever really thought of this before but it WOULD make sense. The "free labour" would in fact be like being put in jail, right? Was America STILL a prison colony back then for Britain anyways?
I don't know if you (or any other Acadians) would be willing to fill me in as I DO want to know the honest, factual truth - which can be hard if you have an emotional tie to it & yet you would also be one of the best sources if you were willing to provide the information.
Also, someone else's comments above are the FIRST I am hearing about the French (Acadians) mixing with the Mi'kmaq. Can you (or anyone else) tell me more about this? Does this heritage now give you (as descendants "Indian status"?) What about language? Was a new language being formed (or did it form) that was a hybrid of the 2 or was French stuck to as the language? (I am pretty sure, but not positive that the people did NOT adopt the Mi'kmaq language as the chosen one, but please let me know.)
Thanks to you & anyone else who can & will provide me with truthful (if painful) information.
@@Carrie-so3ro Hey, for you last question, the Métis (and Inuits, for that matter) do not have Indian status, but are still managed by the federal govt. Basically getting the worst of both worlds.
Also the mixing happened with many more nations than the Mi'kmaqs, and most of their European ancestors are French, though there others as well. As for their language they basically created a hybrid language called Métchif which is still spoken to this day, although it is close to disappearing.
@@Imsemble Thank-you so much for giving me this information. As to the Indian Status question, all I can say is ....???!!! (MAYBE I can see this?? if there is only 5% - 10% Aboriginal blood??) Even there, I don't know.
In regards to the Metchif language (sorry I don't know how to use/get French accents on my keyboard) can you tell me what it is like? Is it mostly French, mostly one of the Indigenous languages, is it some words from one & others from the other or have the words THEMSELVES been mixed together?
I hate to hear that the language is near disappearance! This is apart of (your, I am assuming) CANADIAN (in general for ALL of us), heritage! I TRULY think the governments for the Acadian provinces should be made (by the people/voters) to ensure the continuance of this important piece of the country's heritage! Each of these provinces should have the language be a REQUIRED SET OF COURSES in reading, writing, speaking & culture - for A NUMBER OF YEARS (like French is) to ensure that it is not forgotten. Furthermore, they should set up a program (like either working/living away from home for a week) in a historical Acadian village (the best) or even just in some camp grounds or log cabin/camp type setting, doing outdoor activities learning about nature & outdoor things for 1 week or 2 - at the end of the set of years of Metchif class study - where everyone is required to speak in ONLY the Metchif language for that 1 -2 week period. By the end , I think that it will be well cemented in the brain.
For any students whose family are NOT Acadian, it would STILL be a good thing to know as they are living in Acadian provinces & it is still a part of the Canadian heritage.
I don't know if there is, but there should ALSO be an Acadian cultural studies program at each of the universities - with teaching the history, culture & language - to any students from other provinces to take to get to know this part of our heritage better. (Which of course could easily be run by some of the high school graduates in the provinces who would all know how to use it.)
(I don't think that these classes should however stop kids learning the French language in school too. The more languages you know in life, the more opportunities open up for you & the more people you can communicate with & make feel welcome.)
Thank-you once again for responding to me with your provided information. I am grateful.
@@Carrie-so3ro Hey, if you want to hear what Métchif sounds like you can look it up here on youtube, there are a couple of examples.
As a French Canadian from QC, I can understand about 15% of it, maybe a bit more depending on the context. It sounds grammatically closer to the indigenous languages with some French words mixed in to me but I may be wrong on this.
@@Carrie-so3ro After doing a bit of research, I definitely recommend the following channels for learning more about the Métis: Festival du Voyageur and Louis Riel Institute. Some videos are in French but I think they all have English subtitles.
There seems to be several different versions of Métchif, depending on which language they are based on. Cree-Métchif I understood about 15% but French-Métchif I understand everything.
Good luck and stay curious!
One of my ancestor was an Acadian from New Brunswick and was deported by the British to Louisiana but she made her way back to New Brunswick and part of my family still lives in the same New Brunswick village.
That actor did a decent job capturing that Rocket stare. They said when he walked in the room he had the presence of royalty. Another vignette to watch is "The sweater" a cartoon about growing up in Quebec when hockey night in Canada was the center of peoples lives. They said the kids played hockey after school and it in their minds it was five Maurice Richards against five other Maurice Richards haha cute
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I am acadiens living in Montreal, my mon is a Franco American Acadian from northern Maine ,,, deportations of acadiens to Louisiana are Cajun
Good morning, my husband is an Acadian and a few facts….Acadians are called that because the King of France chose people from the Acadia region of France to be new settlers in “the new world”. My husband’s ancestors fled into the woods and were hidden and protected by the MicMac Indigenous people and were able to return to their homes once the British forces left.
Oh and Maurice the Rocket Richard (pronounced Reecharred) he played for the Montreal Canadiens (spelt with an “e” because it's the French spelling and pronunciation of Canadian. Acadians by the way have a very unusual French way of speaking…a mix of French and English with the French they use being very old style French. Have a great day!
There is no region in France called Acadia. The etymology of the name is complicated with some theories suggesting that it is a misspelling of the Greek name Arcadia - suggesting it's a beautiful land. The story being that Verranzano named the place Arcadia which morphed to La Cadie and, eventually, Acadia. The other theory is that is related to a Mi'kmaq word that also refers to fertile land. The original Acadians were from Poitou-Charentes area of France - principally the Vienne region.
The Rocket was known for that stare. His brother, Henri also a hockey player was called the pocket rocket.
Last name for the rocked is. Reeeeshard😮
I'm Acadian by marriage - met my husband online, but grew up in Ontario and Florida. I had absolutely no idea about any of the history of this area before I met him.
Acadian heritage is still VERY strong in a lot of pockets in the Maritime provinces. Where my in laws live the main language is still French, and they have the largest Acadian day celebration in Canada on August 15.
I actually worked on a made for TV movie about the deportation and the Acadians who escaped and went to live among the native Mi'qmaq to hide. My husband's family was deported to Boston, but eventually made their way back to resettle in New Brunswick.
When i was growing and going to school in Quebec in the 50s and the 60s thats the first thing we learned in HISTORY of CANADA.How the British tore families apart .Tore babies from mothers and threw them in another boat .
Fun Fact, Acadians called people from the new england colonies "Bastounais" in reference to Boston (meaning Bostonners). In the early days of Acadie, trade between Acadie and Boston (illegal) was more important than between Acadie and France. Acadians would also call them "notre amis l'ennemi" (our Ennemi Friend)
Rocket Richard (pronounced ReeShard) played in the NHL before expansion so he in fact scored 50 goals in FAR FEWER games than Wayne Gretzky, for example. He was a tremendous player and everyone in Montreal loved him.
Nope, Richard scored 50 goals in 50 games. Gretzky did it in 39 games !
It wasn't a hospital, doctors use to have beds for patients in their homes/offices. This event showed the need to have a hospital.
Exactly
Maurice Richard was moving his family that day. It wasn't his job. In that time, players played injured all the time. You talked about his stare down. He wasn't one to walk away from a fight. Even though he was one of the best players of all time.
Exactly
Many were resettled in what we now call Louisiana. The term Cajun is derived from Acadien. Pronoinced A-ca-di-n(Ca-di-N), which over time formed into Cajun. To this day Louisiana/New Orleans has a rich heritage of French culture. The French Quarters, street names, and the dialect is an offshoot of French.
Fun fact the cajun of america or the result of the deportation of the acadien
Tyler,,, great job with the Canadian minutes stuff,, you'll get there. We here in the great white north, love your efforts. Much appreciated ☄️✨ thank you, thank you, thank you!!! 🙏🌎☮️💫🐈🏂❄️🏔️🌟
The Rocket is a king in Canada, but he’s a god in Quebec.
Funny to hear him talking about the American connection being Maine, not realizing they ended up in Louisiana and "Cajun" comes from Acadian. It's very much part of American history.
The Acadian topic I was soo looking forward you open up and dive into, helps understand so much of both US and CA culture and history. Why do they have good cuisine and french in Louisiana for example.
I guess because the Heritage Minute is supposed to be focused on Canadian history, they decided to leave out how many Acadians relocated to Louisiana. It's really a Canadian and American story.
Tyler, you might be interested to know that Maurice's younger brother, Henri, also played for les candiens. He carries the record for the most Stanley Cup wins. It ran in the family.
I believe he is on the cup 11 times.
Henri was an extremely talented player in his own right. He was often dubbed the “Pocket Rocket” as he was smaller in stature than his brother.
Joseph-Henri-Maurice Richard, "Rocket," PC, CC, OQ, hockey player (born 4 August 1921 in Montréal, QC; died 27 May 2000 in Montréal). Known as the “Rocket,” Richard was perhaps the most iconic player in the history of the Montreal Canadiens.
Many Acadiens wound up in the Southern States, in parts that were then French colonies, such as Louisiana. Have you ever listened to Cajun people and there are a few dialects? The one with the Newfoundland-ish twang,......... those are descendants of our Acadiens.
The USA hadn't fought for their independence from Britain yet so technically the British who deported the Acadians were actually living in what is now the USA.
Myrnam was first public built-funded hospital in Canada. Our "universal healthcare" was influenced by other nations and medical tragedies(Spanish flu) through out the world. To point to a person "most" responsible for our system would be Dr. Norman Bethune(communist) but even he was only one part. Great Canadian and a hero in China went there during revolution and provided medical care to everyone. Invented many surgical technics and instruments and was VERY vocal on socialized medicine.
That Maurice Richard heritage minute led to that actor starring as Maurice Richard in the movie they made about his life. 2005's "The Rocket".
Tyler, did you not notice the way Richard's name was pronounced by the announcer? Not Richard but "Rish- ARD'" That is the way his name is pronounced by English AND French Canadians. In Canada we care about such things. 🙂
More like "Rish-are". You don't pronounce the D!
Actually (& I COULD be mistaken, but) the "D" IS pronounced - it is just a VERY soft "D" so it is ALMOST silent - but not quite. Am I wrong here?@@Xerxes2005
@@Carrie-so3ro Yes, you are. The D is completely silent. Like in canard, motard, cafard, Bouchard, Blanchard, Picard...
@@Carrie-so3ro Nope, we don't pronounce the "D" (its my surname) :)
If anyone should know, it would be you I guess, 😁 - EXCEPT an actual descendant OF "The Pocket Rocket". Is there anything else you might like to add?? 😄
Isn't there even the tinsiest, TINSIEST little HINT of an ALMOST SILENT D??? That is what I was always taught in school. I will take your answer here as final though, UNLESS an actual relative of Maurice Richard shows up in these comments to state something different - & I'm doubting that is about to happen! Take care.@@AnikRichard
Cajun comes from Acadian. Lots were deported to southern states like Louisiana and their influence is massive in New Orleans where you have French district which came from deported Canadians. It's a very French influenced city
After the game the coach remarked "If you can play like THAT after helping your friends move all day maybe I should have everybody lug around heavy boxes before a game."
The ROCKET did that performance THE SAME DAY he was moving with his family. You missed that. :) He was a machine.
You are one of my favorite Americans to watch on UA-cam that is not a history based channel.
Please keep making the reaction videos, I love the one with the memes. Some even as a Canadian I laugh at and can't believe.
Heritage Moments were some of my favorite TV spots to watch.
Thank you again for all your hard work.
The famous poem “Evangeline” (look it up) is based on the expulsion of Acadians to New Orleans( Creole culture) is where they ended up.
Alright, let's begin.
Acadie, or in English, Acadia is the name given by Giovani De Verrazzano, an Italian (Genoese?) explorer sailing under the French flag, to the area indicated back in 1524. A small French settlement was erected on a small island -- name of which is escaping me atm -- in the St. Croix River, dividing what is New Brunswick and Maine, in 1604. In 1605 they left that island & rebuilt their settlement, L' habitation, on the Nova Scotian side of the Bay of Fundy. Today it's referred to as Port Royal and is reconstructed and is a national historic site. It is home to the 1st apple trees, 1st social club, 1st theatrical performance in North America. It wasn't until about 1632 that serious settlement began. Now, Port Royal also lends its name to a fortified town not too far from the original settlement. It was the Acadian capital. And the British wanted it. So, setting another North American record, the little town of Port Royal was fought over 13 times, and changed hands seven times. The British finally captured Port Royal in 1713 and made their capital, renaming it Annapolis Royal. At the conclusion of Queen Anne's War -- 1701-1714 -- Acadia, was ceded to the British, which at the time, also included New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island, and a wee bit of Maine. But *not* Ilse Royal, or, Cape Breton Island on the eastern end of Nova Scotia. That's important.
At first the British and the Acadians got along fairly well. The Acadians had been there long enough to establish farms and mills, the output of which the British needed to feed their troops. The Acadians also did construction, logging, etc; things the British needed as more & more settlers arrived. Then along came 1754 and the Seven Years War (French & Indian War was the North American theatre of the larger conflict) kicks off and the Protestant British have about 14,000 Catholic French, who are allied with the indigenous Mi'kmaq people, in their territory, during wartime. And a bloody great fortress up on Ilse Royal called Louisburg. New Brunswick borders Quebec and the French forces there. Halifax was founded in 1749, but was still growing & not yet a match for the French.. The nearest British reinforcements were in Boston. So here's what the British did: They called together representatives of the Acadians to Halifax where they presented to them an oath. They wanted the Acadians to swear allegiance to Britain, convert to Protestantism, not aid the French military, and if needed, take up arms to help British fight the French. The reps took the news back to their people and returned a couple days later to Halifax. They wanted a different oath. The Acadians did not consider themselves to be French as a Parisian or someone from Quebec was French. They were a separate people. They held no allegiance to France, they flew their own flag -- the Stella Maris -- and they wanted no allegiance to Britain either. They were separate and neutral. They were willing to swear to not aiding the French, but not willing take up arms for England, and they wanted to keep their priests. The British said yes to the priests, but that was it. A new demand got the same reply so in 1755, the Grande Derangement -- the Expulsion of the Acadians -- began. They were allowed to take whatever monies they had and whatever they could carry on their backs. herded onto ships, they were initially deposited among the 13 colonies, some to the Caribbean, and a large number sent back to France. In 1785 those in France were sent to that country's last stronghold on the N American coast; Louisiana. Hence, Cajuns.
With the Acadians gone, the Governor of Nova Scotia, Charles Lawrence sent out invitations to New Englanders to come up & takeover Acadian farms, which they readily did. They were known as the New Englander Planters (old word for farmer) Over time though, the Acadians drifted back home, reclaiming what they could, starting over where they had to. Today, the Acadian culture is alive and vibrant. the festivals, the music, food, and the language. It's great to see and an integral part of the cultural makeup of the Maritimes. they can keep the rappie pie though.
Sorry to be so wordy, but this is my thing. Part of what I talk about when I'm giving a tour.
Phew, finally, someone with the goods ;) All correct and I was just waiting for someone to really expand upon this and get to the rest of the story. Thank you very much. I too have spent much time with this in order to educate my own daughter of her roots. An original Landry family. Arrived Grand Pre 1640. Ta. 👏👏👏
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Happy to be of service.
I grew up in the valley of Nova Scotia. It is some of the most fought over land in all of North America. Heck the town i grew up in changed hands 13 times between the Brittish and the French .
Maurice Richard was one of the best hockey players ever in the NHL. He is French, from Montreal Quebec. The reason the Montreal Candiens is spelled with an “e” is that is the French spelling. His last name is pronounced re-chard, not Richard. They even said his name in the bio you were watching on your video. He was one of the most beloved hockey players throughout out Canada, and especially in Quebec.
What they dont mention in that Acadian Heritage minute is that the French and the Native Micmac lived in unison together and helped each other build dikes farm and fish and intermarried together. Please also look up the history of the handful of brave men who fought at Rivier Oullet if it wasnt for them Quebec wouldnt exist, its an incredible story!
There’s a movie about The Rocket that’s also in french and stars the same actor who played him in this!
Props to that one sick guy willing to give up his bed.
You could do a full episode on Maurice Richard. He was not only a great hockey player, but also a french canadian legend. The unfair treatment he received from nhl was one of the major starting point of the "Révolution tranquille" (quiet revolution). An amazing story about the french speakers, Québécois, fight against assimilation!
In a time when french-canadians in Quebec were still treated as a lower-class, Maurice "The Rocket" Richard was a hero to our province.
He showed the world that a french-canadian can become the best.
Good job pronouncing Acadie Tyler!!! And canadiens with an e is the French spelling, it’s in Montreal, province of Quebec!
Cajun is derived from Acadian. Some of the displaced people settled in the southern USA, starting that culture.
FYI: Canadien what the "french Canadian" were used to be called. The English speaking Canadian were just called "the English". Later, after the confederation,"Canadian" was used for everyone living in Canada. A lot of Quebecers at that time felt that the English robbed them of their identity. Quebecers was invented in the 60 or 70 to re-aquire an identity. So the Montreal Canadiens (with a E) is of some import.
Same thing with the O Canada, it was a Quebec anthem before it was used for the whole Canada. English Canada, struggled to differentiate with the old country, so they appropriated a lot of french Canadian, métis and other cultural elements.
It’s Pronounced ‘Reeshar’. He was francophone.
Never heard of this hospital in my 59 years in Canada
The word Cajun is the contraction of the word Acadian. With time and the progressive loss of language when we asked them how they define themselves They said in french I am Acadian while people understood Cajun. The word I am Acadian became I am Cajun. A good part of the deportees from Acadia were transported to Louisiana. This is why they speak an archaic French which dates from 1755. Cajun became a dialect of old French spoken by Acadians in the eighteenth century. They preserved their own folklore, songs and music. They also transported leur Joie de Vivre wich is surviving in the songs of the bayous. The most famous representative of this Culture is Zacharie Richard who sings with his Cajun accent. His most famous song is The Tree is in its Leaves : L'arbre est dans ses feuilles.
Thank you for the history lesson
Tyler says 99 the same way Mike the TV does. Acadian=Cajun
re SHARD - The Richard Riot reflected the mood that led to the Quiet Revolution. That was a time when all the workers were French and all the bosses were English. Where the ref would hold Richard in place so the opposing player could punch him. He once scored a goal while carrying an opposing player piggyback. The Rocket was #9 because his daughter Hughette weighed 9 lbs when she was born.
The discussion on what happened to the Acadians is timely. Well done!
The phone call told him that after he asked for the night off, in order to move his family and belongings across the city, he had to play the game because he was told he would let the entire team down. He finished the move, suited up and used his frustration to score the most goals scored by one player I one game.
These are targeted to Canadians, who already know who Rocket Richard is. I'd love to see a reaction on a video about The Rocket or a history on the Habs (Les Habitants - i.e. Montreal Canadiens.)The UA-cam video The Sweater depicts the love for the Habs during my father's generation.
I'm an Acadian. My first language is French and most of my extended family barely speak English, like many people in northern New Brunswick. The New England Rangers who came north from the colonies, committed atrocities to the Acadian people, killing and scalping even women and children. The generational trauma is still felt and suffered by this attempted genocide today. Most of my ancestors escaped Pointe Saint Anne and Beaubassin with the help of the Mi'kmaq people, and formed the community of Tracadie NB. Many families were separated and sent to different colonies, France and the camp in Bristol, England. The Queen gave an apology in 2003 and declared 28 July as the day of "Commemoration of the Great Upheaval."
I do a lot of family tree research and found out my sons have a connection to Noel Doiron on their dad’s side. His brother Charles Doiron is my ex’s 6 time great grandfather. Noel was known as a leader of the Acadians in the 1700s. Noel & his family, & Charles & his wife & many other drowned in a ship in 1758 when they were expelled from Nova Scotia. The Duke William! Their adult children moved to Quebec.
Watch the entire minute, then go back again for your reactions...we've missed these and would love to see it all again. from Ontario
You should do a video learning more about Acadians. As lots of people in the comments here have said, their history has a deep connection to the USA, which I think you’ll find interesting!
As a French Acadian thank you for taking the time to learn about my culture. You might like to learn that many Acadians were also deported across the United States.
It's pronounced (Murnum) "phonetically". I grew up in Myrnam and lived there for 20 years. It's a Ukrainian community that was settled when the Ukrainians started to immigrate into Canada. There is an area within Alberta called the Ukrainian Belt where A LOT of Ukrainians settled and made towns and villages. Best heritage minute just because this was about my hometown
I’m currently helping my friends family immigrate from Ukraine to Alberta - it’s so meaningful to know the Ukrainian community there is still so strong. My family fled Ukraine (Russian empire) in the 1890s and were settled in Saskatchewan. Much gratitude to Canada for providing safe havens to so many (though of course I recognize the impact this had/has on indigenous communities)
2:47 The actor portraying Maurice Richard, Roy Dupuis, would later reprise the role in the feature length biopic about him in 2005.
I'm an Acadian! I'm very proud of my culture, and how its modest little spark keeps glowing inside us. We display the Acadian flag proudly all over, still!
You should watch this movieThe Rocket - The Legend of Rocket Richard. Great movie.
What happened to acadians is really sad and horrible. Thanks for learning about Canada
The word Cajun comes from the word Acadian. Louisiana took a large number of displaced Acadians.
Oh also the Heritage Minute Dextraze in the Congo is a good one too..... I wish Peacekeeping was something we still focused on mostly unfortunately it doesn't seem to be the case anymore.
For the Rocket he asked to have a day off has he was moving house on that day. He also injured himself during his movement as you can see to his shoulder however he needed to play on that night same as the video explains. Even injured he had an amazing performance on that day.
Tyler, of note, some Acadians settled in Louisiana and became Cajuns. The culture lives to this day. Check out Zachary Richard a singer who celebrates Cajun culture.
Thank you Tyler for being a positive minded person! i'm from QC, we boarder 4 states , New York , New Hampshire, Vermont, and maine. Never forget you are your friends and neighbours. Love your show! my favorite place to visite is still people from south of the border.
"There are non more beds."
Sounds like Canadian hospitals today.
(Source: CBC News)
Thank you for finally learning about the Acadian. The first French arrived in L’Acadie (Nova Scotia) in 1604. As more French came, the settlement grew to encompass Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Maine. The “ownership” of the land would go back-and-forth between French and British hands with the signing of each treaty. The 1713 Treaty of Utrecht ceded the territory to Great Britain. By the mid 1700s, the governor of Nova Scotia and Massachusetts decided they wanted the land for “good British citizens”. The Acadians (as they become known as) had always had amicable relationship with the British but had never agreed to sign in “unconditional” allegiance to the British king. (They did not want to be forced to fight against the French or the native tribes - the Mi’kmaq - who had become working partners with.) In 1755, the governors of Nova Scotia and Massachusetts decided to use their refusal to sign as a way of arranging the deportation leaving the land free. They arranged for 3 to 8 ships to be anchored off shore of each villages and the Acadians were shepherd onto the ships. What they did not realize at the time was that each of these ships were going to different ports. The ships were scheduled to go anywhere from colonies in Maine down to South Carolina, others to France, etc. Once the Acadians arrived at their designated port, they realized that the other ships were not there. The rules/regulations that the Acadians had to live by were extremely strict. They were not allowed to travel to nearby villages to see if family had arrived there. In one community, the children were taken off the ship, and put into servitude to pay for the cost of the feeding the people on the ship. In another community, the Acadians were forced to stay on the ship and most died of smallpox. Even though they were Catholic, priest in these communities were not allowed to speak to the Acadians, because they were French. Eventually, they are allowed to travel, and some made their way down to Louisiana and would become known as the Cajuns. Some Acadians were allowed back to Nova Scotia as the Acadians were the only ones who knew how to maintain the dyke system that they had developed (over a 100 year period) to hold back the worlds highest tide differences in the Bay of Fundy to create rich, fertile land which the British desperately wanted. They were not allowed to own the land they had worked for over 100 years, but they were allowed to work for the new owners - the British citizens who had taken over the land lots. The British did allow small groups to create communities in the parts of Nova Scotia were not considered good farmland, but insisted that each community maintain a days walk between each - to prevent any uprise against the British. So, to this day, there are still have communities of Acadians in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and the Cajuns of Louisiana to this day. Approximately every five years, the “World Acadian Congress” is held and Acadian heritage is celebrated.
hi. Tylor I am. A Acadian. From New Brunswick Canada , it a French era . We belong to France . In the beginning a Acadian we situated in new Scotia . We celebrated Acadia (acadie ). 15 since 1881, the year in which the first national Acadian convention was held in Memramcook, New Brunswick. The National Acadian Day Act was passed by the Government of Canada in 2003.
Many Acadians emigrated to Louisiana, USA. Cajun, is from the word Acadian.
The actor who plays Maurice Richard is widely recognized as a hearthrob by the 50+ ladies here in Quebec
I watched enough La femme Nikita to agree with those ladies. 😍
You can get an Acadian license plate in Nova Scotia still. Still a good size population in the highlands of Nova Scotia. Their ancestors are the Cajun people of the us south. France and England never got along
Nicknamed Rocket Richard because he was skating very fast: as fast as a rocket, as his coach said. He was already a good player before this day, but the fact that he scored 5 goals after moving furnitures all day made him a legend. Wayne Gretzky cited the Rocket as one of his heros in hockey, and they even were friends at the end of the 1990's before Rixhard's death.
The Acadians and the Mi'kmaq worked closely together on the land. There even were mariages between the two nations, which I found in my family tree not too long ago.
The Montreal Canadiens are the OG NHL team. They predate the formation of the league by 8 years, - 1909 v 1917 -and are part of the original 6. They've won 24 Stanley Cups including a record 5 in a row in the 1950's. Maurice is one of many legendary Habs (Canadiens' nick name) players including his brother Henri "Pocket Rocket" Richard (pronounced Reeshard) He was known for the intensity of his play (look up the Richard Riot) Montreal's Farm Team is named after him- The Laval Rocket.
Acadian culture is particularly strong in New Brunswick; where they make up about 15% of the population. They represent about 5% of the populations of Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia. These populations aren't spread evenly about the provinces but are concentrated in certain regions. In New Brunswick they extend mostly along its north coast from Moncton to the Baie de Chaleur. In Nova Scotia they are found along the southwest coast between Digby and Yarmouth and on Cape Breton Island (Isle Madame and Cheticamp). In PEI they are mostly found west of Summerside.