Yankois (yang-kwah) Yankoise (yang-kwahz, feminine):  New Englander of French descent.

The name yankois comes from "yankee," the New England culture into which we have been assimilated, and the French ending -ois, as in Québécois, meaning "the people of." While this obviously doesn't mean the literal translation, "the people of yankee," it instead is meant to give a sense of its meaning: French Yankees.

This distinguishes Yankois as Franco-Americans from their Québécois, Cajun, Haitian and Acadian cousins. National boundaries, thousands of miles, an ocean and/or a century of American life apart have given rise to a culture independent of its origins.

The Yankois, like the Cajuns, are truly American with a culture, steeped in their unique history and intense pride in their heritage, that does not exist outside their country. 

We are not French as in France.  We are not "hyphenated Americans."  We are Yankois.