Dreams
2:14 min. - “In my dream, there was a caribou trail. My grandfather was sitting at the end of the trail. And my grandmother was sitting on the plain. I saw that the caribou wanted to feed us”. Jean-Baptiste Bellefleur, from Unaman-shipu Please note that some scenes may contain images that may offend the sensibilities of visitors.
Transcription
Jean-Baptiste Bellefleur - Two nights ago, I dreamed about the caribou, I saw that this one wanted to feed us. In my dream, I saw the place where the caribou lost its velvet, and the path beside it. I should have seen the caribou by the water yesterday...
In my dream, there was a caribou trail. My grandfather was sitting at the end of the trail. And my grandmother was sitting on the plain. I knew I would kill where my grandmother sat...
I killed it here in the lake, since the caribou had time to come here. We were a little late, and the caribou came to meet us, to offer itself to us.
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Dreams
2:14 min
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- akutakanu eshkanat
- we hang the antlers on a tree
- amipushu
- quiet water surface
- anasseu
- she makes a floor of fir branches
- atuaitsheu
- he shows something
- kapeu-kuashkutu atiku
- the caribou comes out of the water
- kashkuanapan
- misty morning
- kuashkutipeu atiku
- the caribou jumps into the water
- mamitsheshkaneu
- the caribou has big antlers
- mannateikanashku
- tree where the caribou rubbed its antlers
- massekuashkueiau
- swamp bordered by trees
- nekakatamu ukatshishapishteshim
- he puts sand in his frying pan
- nutapuenanu
- skim the bone broth
- pashkaipu
- even out the ground for the tent
- passikan
- rifle
- pimipitshuat
- they move around, pulling a toboggan
- pimishkau atiku
- the caribou is swimming
- pimuteshapan atiku
- a caribou has been here
- puitakaishkaitsheu
- he splits wood chips with an axe
- pushtashameu
- he puts on his snowshoes
- shakassineu pishimu
- the moon is full
- tashkaimiteu
- split wood
- tshitapuat
- they look at something
- utinikan-atiku
- caribou’s shoulder blade
- utitikumeu
- caribou’s tracks
- Fall
- Fall
- Fall
- Winter
- Spring
- Spring
- Spring
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- Fall
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1 Comment
il a fait un beau film mon grand-pere jean-baptise