Credits and acknowledgments
Artist and storyteller
Yan-Abel Chachai
The artist would like to thank members of his family such as his great-grandfather Mowk, his grandfather Jérome Méquish, his mother Marie-Jeanne Awashish and other inspiring people like Nicole Petiquay, who carry and transmit ancestral knowledge through Atikamekw tales and legends.
Advisory Committee (Cultural experts)
Annie Coocoo – Mikisiw Secondary School Vice-Principal & Teacher, Opitciwan
Noëlla Chachai – Techno-linguist, Antropologist & Cultural Development Officer, Opitciwan Band Council
Jacques Newashish – Artist, Wemotaci
Atikamekw language narrators
Abel Chachai
Hervey Richard Junior Chachai
Marie-Anne Méquish
Marie-Jeanne Awashish
French-language narrators
Abel Chachai
Kehoe Picard
Cody Simon
Eve Picard
Marcel Ambroise
Jean-François Vachon
Anastasia Bacon
English-language narrators
Marie-Céleste Kennedy
Raphaël Tremblay
Catherine Lamontagne
François Thibault-Einish
Illustrators
Atikw ka wi namesiwit
Jacques Newashish – Atikamekw, Wemotaci
Ka waweiaki
Sabryna Godbout – Huronne-Wendat, Wendake
Koctatci atisokan
Marcel Ambroise – Innu, Uashat mak Mani-utenam
and La Boîte Rouge VIF
Nehirowi aiamihe tapweritamowin kaie matotasowin
Maïtée Michel-Fontaine – Innue, Uashat mak Mani-utenam
and La Boîte Rouge VIF
Mos ka ki kospitc notcimik
La Boîte Rouge VIF
Apicerinic
Raymond Weizineau – Atikamekw, Opitciwan
InterNations Exchanges on indigenous storytelling (Atalukan Festival) in Mashteuiatsh in collaboration with Kamishk’arts on October 27, 2023
Evan Launière – Ilnu, Mashteuiatsh
Tania Jourdain – Ilnue, Mashteuiatsh
Pierre Larouche – Ilnu, Mashteuiatsh
Bibiane Courtois – Ilnue, Mashteuiatsh
Patrick Courtois – Ilnu, Mashteuiatsh
InterNations Exchanges on indigenous storytelling (BRV Annual gathering) at the Hôtel-Musée (Wendake) on November 9, 2023
Yanabel Chachai – Atikamekw, Opitciwan
Jacques Newashish – Atikamekw, Wemotaci
Akienda Lainé – Wendat, Wendake
Oscar Kistabish – Anicinabe, Pikogan
Rita Mestokosho – Innue, Ekuanitshit
Consultants
Véronique Chachai – Techno-linguist – Opitciwan Band Council
Nicole Petiquay – Techno-linguist – Atikamekw Nation Council (CNA)
Sylvie Létourneau – CNA Archives Services Coordinator
Project co-coordinators
Ève Picard and Jean-François Vachon – BRV
Audiovisual and graphic design; integration, quality assurance | BRV
Raphaël Tremblay
Antoine Le Blet
Rosalie Guay
Jimmy Fortin
Valérie Blackburn
Digital platform : design, animation 2D, programing, integration, quality assurance | CREO
Caroline Julien, Project management
Laëtitia Monnier, Project management
Cyrille Redureau, Technology Management
Wim Bruyninckx, Art Direction, Animation
Malik Benhsain, Programmation & Integration
Adèle Bédard, Programmation & Integration
Justignin Brouillat, Quality Assurance
Audio Postproduction | Cardinal Audio
Jean-Philippe Jourdain – Cardinal Audio
Partners and sponsors
This project was made possible thanks to funding from Canadian Heritage’ Indigenous Languages and Cultures Program | Indigenous Languages Component.
We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada.
