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‘Muskrat French’: Origins of a Culture, a Language, and a People
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March 7, 2014 by LeVoyageur

The following is a paper I have written on the topic of the French Canadian culture of the Detroit River …
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Category: Detroit, Ethnic Americans, French Canadian, History, Identity, Metis, Michigan, Traditions | Tags: Detroit, Mushrat French, Muskrat French
Bayou Détroit presents Creole du Nord September 21
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September 7, 2013 by LeVoyageur

Detroiter Kevin Lucey has founded Encore Détroit as a means to promote the French culture that has been part of …
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Category: culture, Detroit, Music | Tags: Detroit, French Canadian, Great Lakes, Louisiana, Michigan
The Nain Rouge of Detroit, a French Canadian folktale retold
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March 1, 2013 by LeVoyageur

The Nain Rouge is a folktale originating in the earliest days of Detroit and French settlement in the area. An …
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Category: Creative Writing, culture, Detroit, Folklore, French Canadian, Michigan, Quebec, Superstitions, Symbols | Tags: banish evil, Cadillac, curse, Detroit, event, Facebook, folktale, History of Detroit, legend, Legends of le Detroit, march, Marche du Nain Rouge, Nain Rouge, project, story
Detroit is Not a Ruin
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January 9, 2013 by LeVoyageur

Detroit Self-Portrait is a collaborative project between the Detroit Free Press and The Detroit Institute of Arts that provides a …
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Category: Detroit, Michigan, Photography | Tags: Detroit, Detroit Free Press, Detroit Institute of Arts, Romain Meffre, ruin porn, White flight, Yves Marchand
The NITC: Voyageur Bridge?
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June 16, 2012 by LeVoyageur

On Friday June 15, Canadian and American officials gathered in Detroit and Windsor to announce plans to build a new …
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Category: automobiles, Canada, Detroit, French Canadian, History, Polemic, Politics, Travel, Work | Tags: Ambassador Bridge, Bridge, Crain's Detroit, Detroit, Gordie Howe, Governor Rick Snyder, Matty Maroun, NITC, Ontario, PM Stephen Harper, Tecumseh, Windsor

'Muskrat French': Origins of a Culture, a Language, and a People