https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VV5wR80UsPw&lc=UgwW2gLW7qmFmF6v2Qx4AaABAg 5.4K views 8 comments CHER WHOSE NAME IS FRENCH (IT MEANS *DEAR* OR *EXPENSIVE*) IS AN AN AMERICAN POP CULTURE ICON. SHE, LIKE ERNEST HEMINGWAY, IS MÉTIS: PART NORTH-AMERICAN INDIAN + PART FRENCH. THAT HAS EVERYTHING TO WITH FRENCH-CANADIANS CONTOLLING THE CENTRE OF THE US FROM THE APALACHIAN MOUNTAINS TO THE ROCKIES WITH THE MISSISSIPPI SMACK IN THE MIDDLE. IT WAS FRENCH-CANADIANS WHO BUILT THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS WHOSE NAME HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH SAINT JOAN OF ARC. MY MOTHER'S MAIDEN WAS DESJARDINS, THE MOST RESPECTED FAMILY NAME IN FRENCH CANADA. :D Ken, Toronto, CANADA