Natau Nikamuna 2
https://vimeo.com/1159789310?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci Length: 12 minutes The Teueikan, a sacred drum in Innu culture, serves many purposes, including giving thanks to the animals that offer themselves during the hunt. Charles-Api performs an ancestral hunting song passed down from his ancestors, meant to ensure a successful hunt. Credits Storyteller: Charles-Api BellefleurStudio production: Shikuan VollantDirector of Photography: Elie-John JosephSound…
Accordion
https://vimeo.com/1159789103?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci Length: 6 minutes Listen to Charles-Api play the accordion, an instrument often played during festivities on the Côte-Nord. Credits Storyteller: Charles-Api BellefleurStudio production: Shikuan VollantDirector of Photography: Elie-John JosephSound Recording: Kim FontaineEditing: Jani Bellefleur-KaltushCoordination – postproduction: Jean-Sébastien LétourneauEditing assistant: Anne-Claire St-OngeInnu Translation: Louise Canapé, Hélène St-Onge, Sylvie Basile, Evangeline Canapé, Sabine Mestokosho, Kathy Moreau-Lacasse,…
Natau Nikamuna 1
https://vimeo.com/1159789205?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci Length: 7 minutes The Teueikan, a sacred drum in Innu culture, serves many purposes, including giving thanks to the animals that offer themselves during the hunt. Charles-Api performs an ancestral hunting song passed down from his ancestors, meant to ensure a successful hunt. Credits Storyteller: Charles-Api BellefleurStudio production: Shikuan VollantDirector of Photography: Elie-John JosephSound…
Tshishei
https://vimeo.com/1159788648?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci Length: 14 minutes Tshishei is the story of an old woman with magical powers who helped her survive. She looked like a man, but she was indeed a woman. This may refer to the presence of a two-spirit person among the Atanukana. Credits Storyteller: Charles-Api BellefleurStudio production: Shikuan VollantDirector of Photography: Elie-John JosephSound Recording:…
Kaupakuashu
https://vimeo.com/1159788803?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci Length: 23 minutes Kaupakuashu, a Tipatshimun that presents a mythical place with a large area of water, like a large lake near Kanapeushkau. Credits Storyteller: Charles-Api BellefleurStudio production: Shikuan VollantDirector of Photography: Elie-John JosephSound Recording: Kim FontaineEditing: Jani Bellefleur-KaltushCoordination – postproduction: Jean-Sébastien LétourneauEditing assistant: Anne-Claire St-OngeInnu Translation: Louise Canapé, Hélène St-Onge, Sylvie Basile, Evangeline…
Mishapush
https://vimeo.com/1159783865?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci Length: 18 minutes All the animals behaved like humans and lived together. At a certain point, each one had to find a place to live. Since the Earth was no longer dangerous, they separated to find a new home. In this story, we follow Mishapush, the big hare with mischievous tendencies. He meets a…
Meminiteu
https://vimeo.com/1159787752?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci Length: 42 minutes Meminiteu has a human form and a hairy body. In this story, the animals behave in ways that resemble those of humans. Their actions remind us that we have learned how to live by following their example. Meminiteu was not easy to live with; he had to be killed by a…
Aiashess ka nakatakut utauia minishtikut
https://vimeo.com/1159785316?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci Length: 27 minutes Aiashess, who was abandoned on an island by his father A little boy had a stepmother who did not like him. She took advantage of this to tell many lies about him and criticize Aiashess’s actions. She reported everything to the boy’s father. His father decided to go looking for eggs…
Kauitamishkumet
https://vimeo.com/1159788305?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci Length: 29 minutes The Man Who Married A Female Beaver In times immemorial, humans and animals lived together. Humans had relationships with different animals: they lived with otters, then with bears, and we learn how bears hide their dens. In this story, we understand the origins of our behaviors, learned from animals, and discover…
Mesh
https://vimeo.com/1159779447?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci Length: 1h45 The story begins when Earth was not a place suitable for life. Mesh was the first. In his fish form, he emerged from the water onto dry land. He climbed a tree and remained there for a long time before transforming into a being resembling a monkey. This atanukan, passed down from…