Naomi Elizabeth Saundaus Griffiths (born 1934) is a Canadian historian. The historian

John Grenier John Edward Grenier (August 24, 1930 – November 6, 2007) was a figure in the 1964 presidential campaign of Barry Goldwater. Grenier is one of the figures credited with using the Southern Strategy in that campaign and one of the figures responsib ...

writes that she is "the premier scholar of the

Acadians The Acadians (french: Acadiens , ) are an ethnic group descended from the French who settled in the New France colony of Acadia during the 17th and 18th centuries. Most Acadians live in the region of Acadia, as it is the region where the de ...

" and that her "magnum opus", ''From Migrant to Acadian'', "on the growth of Acadian society and identity is the natural starting place for any study that touches on Acadian history." She is a Distinguished Research Professor in the history department at Carleton University. ''From Migrant to Acadian: A North American Border People'' received the Lionel Groulx Prize in 2006, which recognizes the best literary work published over the last year on the history of the French in North America.

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Living people Historians of Atlantic Canada Writers from Nova Scotia Acadian history Canadian women historians 20th-century Canadian historians 20th-century Canadian women writers 1934 births {{Canada-historian-stub