Goals
1:20 min. - Traditional Innu gatherings had two main goals: to socialise among far-flung communities and avoid inbreeding by allowing young people to meet.
Transcription
Narrator - The great Innu gatherings had two main objectives: to avoid inbreeding by mixing bloodlines, and to socialize among distant communities, thus providing an opportunity for young people to meet.
It should be remembered that, prior to the era of Catholic priests, a good hunter could have many wives and children. Since the Innu spent most of the year in the bush, with only their close family members and a few neighbours, opportunities to meet were rare. Innu Nikamu, which has been in existence since 1984, is the most contemporary version of these gatherings.
Music - William Mathieu Mark, drum; Rodrigue Fontaine - Metshu, Innu Nikamu music festival
- anikatash
- purple pitcher plant
- ashpikuashu
- she embroiders
- innu-Nikamu unashinataikan
- Innu Nikamu logo
- ka uitshinanut
- camp
- kanikamusht
- singer
- kanimishiht
- dancers
- mamuitun
- gathering
- mitshishunanu
- they eat
- niminanu
- they dance the makusham
- nimuat auassat
- the children dance
- nimuat tshishennuat
- the elders dance
- shatshimeu-akunishkueun
- mosquito hat
- tshitaimatsheu
- he sets the tone
- tshitaimuakanuat
- the drum is played to make them dance
- uapitsheushkamiku
- caribou moss
- uepashtashun
- flag
- uishatshipaku
- medicinal plant (sheep laurel)
- Summer
- Summer
- Summer
- Fall
- Fall
- Fall
- Fall
- Fall
- Winter
- Spring
- Spring
- Spring
- Summer
Nametau innu: Memory and knowledge of Nitassinan, a website dedicated to the Innu nation in which elders pass on their skills and knowledge to younger generations.
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