About

Artist and storyteller

Yann-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

Yann-Abel Chachai
Hervey Richard Junior Chachai
Marie-Anne Méquish
Marie-Jeanne Awashish

French-language narrators

Yann-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

Yann-Abel 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

Ideation and Drafting of Educational Components

Yann-Abel Chachai
Ève Picard
Nicole Petiquay
Marilyne Soucy

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