Episode 15: The Islands of Berthe Vigeau

00:52 - Zach Richard discusses how hard it is for people to stay in touch with their Acadian roots;

03:11 - Zach and Berthe Vigeau discuss where she grew up on the island;

03:46 - Zach and Frederic Landry discuss how walruses are no longer can be found around the island due to overhunting;

04:29 - Zach and Frederic talk about the relationships and connections that still exist between the Acadian people even though they were displaced to different parts of North America;

05:28 - Zach asks what Frederic would identify himself as first: Acadian/Magdalen Islander or Quebecker;

06:00 - Frederic discusses founding a museum in 1969 and how he flew the Acadian, the Quebecois, and the Canadian flags all side by side;

07:31 - Berthe discusses how the Acadians would settle on the beaches because they were fishermen;

07:55 - She talks about her parents' and grandparents' beliefs that Acadians should not make too much noise in the community. They should listen and not act.

08:28 - She and Zach talk about if she would ever live anywhere else;

09:24 - Zach, Berthe, Jean-Marc Cormier, and Claude Painchaud discuss what it means to be Acadian (family, get-togethers, suppers, celebrations);

10:15 - Berthe says that she is Acadian first - Everything about her lifestyle is different from the rest of Quebec or Canada (the music, food, her accent, the architecture);

11:48 - Group discusses that Acadia is like a virtual country in your mind. Although it is not a physical space it comes from the traditions that are passed down;

13:14 - Zach and Berthe discuss the bright colors of the houses on the island;

14:14 - Berthe discusses how islanders are taking back ownership of their island and their fishing industry

15:38 - She talks about being mayor at the time that the bottom fell out of the fishing industry

16:00 - Berthe, Zach, and Frederic discuss erosion on the island and how that causes fish to leave too

18:13 - Berthe talks about her childhood on the island

19:06 - People begin playing music and starting to cook for a get together

21:16 - Zach starts singing and playing guitar

22:46 - Rita Bechard sings the Acadian national anthem