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Borrowing the sociologist Fernand Dumont’s concept of “grouping by referenceˮ, the author provides in this article a summary of the synchronic and diachronic evolution of the collective identification of Madawaska residents. He shows that a distinctive sense of belonging as well as an Acadian national consciousness has always prevailed in the region since the last quarter of the 19th century. He concludes by arguing that the appropriation of the pejorative term “brayonˮ, as constructed largely by tourism promoters, represents – in the absence of any political project – a strictly economic form of regionalism.Copyright for articles published in this journal is retained by the author(s), with Acadiensis being granted a non-exclusive licence to each and every right in the work throughout the world. After publication of the work, the author(s) shall have the right to self-archive the work and to reprint the work in whole or in part in books authored by or edited by the author(s) without the payment of any fee. In these other formats, however, the author or authors are required to acknowledge the original publication of the work in the pages of the journal. In the case of any requests to reprint the work, Acadiensis will require a standard permission fee -- to be divided equally between the journal and the author. In the event that such requests are received by the author(s), the author(s) shall direct such requests to the journal.