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"On the Wild Path"

"On the Wild Path"

Indigenous Peoples in North America
  • Editorials
    • The eleven Nations in Quebec
    • Immersion
    • Impacts of forced assimilation
    • Reconciliation in Antropocene Times
    • The Garden’s Keepers Paradox
    • Evolution has unbalanced the planet
    • “Dig, baby, dig…”
  • Nations
    • Apachu
      • Apache Crown Dancers
    • Anishinaabeg
      • The Anishinaabeg
      • Jeffrey Papatie, an Anishinabee from Lake Simon
      • Escape to Val d’Or
    • Atikamekw
      • The Atikamekw
      • Escape to Atikamekw Territory
      • Gilles Moar, Guardian of Tradition
      • The Black Bear
      • Manawan Pow wow
    • Innu
      • The Innus
      • Escape to Innu Territory
      • Mike Paul Kuekuatsheu, Innu musician
      • Benoît Thisselmagan, the « Innu-Aitun »
      • Denyse Xavier, an Innu Kukum
      • Mashteuiatsh Pow wow
    • Kanien’kehá:ka
      • The Kanien’kehá:ka
      • Leonard Atonnion Bordeau, retired kanien’keha’ka iron-worker
      • Barbara Kaneratonni Diabo, a Kanien’keha’ka Choregraph
      • MC Snow, a kanien’keha’ka artist from Kahnawake
      • Al Harrington, an Ojibwe at Kanehsatà:ke
      • Ahkwesáhsne Pow wow
      • Kanehsatà:ke Pow wow
      • Portraits of Mc Gill Pow Wow dancers
    • Waban-Aki
      • The Waban-Aki
      • W8linak Pow wow
  • Photos galleries
    • Portraits I
    • Portraits II
  • Pow Wow
    • « Pow Wow »
    • Ahkwesáhsne Pow wow
    • Kahnawà:ke Pow wow
    • Kanehsatà:ke Pow wow
    • Manawan Pow wow
    • Mashteuiatsh Pow wow
    • Portraits of Mc Gill Pow Wow dancers
    • W8linak Pow wow
  • Thanks
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    • Denis Wolfsong Tribute
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Impacts of forced assimilation

Impacts of forced assimilation

Textes & Photos : Ninka North Dedicated to the First peoples… This site unveils the impact of assimilation and its…

admin June 7, 2023
Apache Crown Dancers

Apache Crown Dancers

Text & photos : Ninka North Apache Crown dancers are also known as “Mountain spirit dancers” – “White Moutain dancers”…

admin January 28, 2019
Portraits I

Portraits I

Text & Photos : Ninka North These portraits of dancers in traditional costumes called “regalias” were all made during summer…

admin September 22, 2021
Portraits II

Portraits II

Text & Photos : Ninka North These portraits of dancers in traditional costumes called “regalias” were all made during summer…

admin February 2, 2019
“Pow Wow”

“Pow Wow”

Text & Photos : Ninka North “In the powwows, there is a lot of medicine”, say the dancers…” Drumbeats in…

admin April 23, 2019
The Garden’Keepers paradox

The Garden’Keepers paradox

Text & Photos : Ninka North Image of colonial past When I came to see the boreal forest and saw…

admin March 15, 2022
Reconciliation in Antropocene Times

Reconciliation in Antropocene Times

Text & Photos : Ninka North A reconciliation with two faces… According to the Larousse dictionary, reconciliation literally means “the…

admin March 16, 2024
Denis Wolfsong Tribute

Denis Wolfsong Tribute

Text & Photos : Ninka North “The one who dreams in colors”… Denis Wolfsong does not live in the Mohawk…

admin May 10, 2019
MC Snow, a kanien’keha’ka artist from Kahnawake

MC Snow, a kanien’keha’ka artist from Kahnawake

Text & Photos : Ninka North “Invitation to a journey” As you stroll along Peel Street, you may have come…

admin June 27, 2023
Al Harrington, an Ojibwe at Kanehsatà:ke

Al Harrington, an Ojibwe at Kanehsatà:ke

Text & Photos : Ninka North I first met Al Harrington at the Kanesatake Pow Wow. At the time, I…

admin February 4, 2020
Leonard Atonnion Bordeau, retired kanien’keha’ka iron-worker

Leonard Atonnion Bordeau, retired kanien’keha’ka iron-worker

Texts & photos : Ninka North The original Lac Saint-Louis bridge was christened the “Honoré-Mercier Bridge” when it was inaugurated…

admin December 1, 2023
Barbara Kaneratonni Diabo, a Kanien’keha’ka Choregraph

Barbara Kaneratonni Diabo, a Kanien’keha’ka Choregraph

Text & Photos : Ninka North Barbara Kaneratonni Diabo, a choreographer renowned in the entertainment world, had agreed to meet…

admin December 5, 2023
The Black Bear

The Black Bear

Text & Photos : Ninka North Black Bear is a very popular drumming group in North America. The band has…

admin February 28, 2023
Gilles Moar, Guardian of Tradition

Gilles Moar, Guardian of Tradition

Text & photos : Ninka North “When I was “still living in the city”, I wasn’t interested in my culture…”…

admin September 22, 2020
Rykko Bellemare, a multifaceted Atikamekw artist

Rykko Bellemare, a multifaceted Atikamekw artist

Text & Photos : Ninka North Singer, drummer and actor Singer, drummer and producer of the group Northern Voices, Rykko…

admin December 5, 2023
Escape to Atikamekw Territory

Escape to Atikamekw Territory

Text & Photos : Ninka North On the road to Manawan… At the exit of Saint Michel des Saints, after…

admin September 22, 2021
Benoît Thisselmagan, the passion of “Innu-Aitun”

Benoît Thisselmagan, the passion of “Innu-Aitun”

Text & Photos : Ninka North When Mike Paul and Dany left for the hunt, I joined Benoît in the…

admin February 23, 2022
Mike Paul Kuekuatsheu, Innu musician

Mike Paul Kuekuatsheu, Innu musician

Text & Photos : Ninka North Musician and Environnemental activist Mike, whose Innu nickname “Kuekuatsheu” means wolverine, is a singer-songwriter…

admin February 23, 2022
Denyse Xavier, an Innu Kukum

Denyse Xavier, an Innu Kukum

Text & Photos : Ninka North _____________ I went to Mashteuiatsh – also called Pointe Bleue -, the Innu community…

admin August 17, 2022
Escape to Innu Territory

Escape to Innu Territory

Text & Photos : Ninka North   After leaving Montreal, my partner and I took the road to Trois Rivières…

admin February 23, 2022
Jeffrey Papatie, an Anishinabee from Lake Simon

Jeffrey Papatie, an Anishinabee from Lake Simon

Text & Photos : Ninka North Lake Simon – originally named in original dialect “CîcîpSagahigancîcîp”, and – is…

admin February 22, 2023
Women in the Tradition – SOON –

Women in the Tradition – SOON –

PS : Mikis Gina, an Atikamekw dancer on the cover photo. In working progress

admin January 25, 2022
Kahnawà:ke Pow wow

Kahnawà:ke Pow wow

Text & Photos : Ninka North “To the rapids”… Kahnawà:ke, called “Kahnawake 14”, is located in Montérégie, southwestern Quebec, eleven…

admin March 16, 2024
Escape to Val d’Or

Escape to Val d’Or

Text & Photos : Ninka North Ozawaconia Odena, the valley of gold Taking the Trans-Canada Highway 117 from Montreal, you…

admin January 31, 2023
Ahkwesáhsne Pow wow

Ahkwesáhsne Pow wow

“Where the partridge flaps its wings”… From Montreal, you must drive to Cornwall Island to reach the Ontario site of…

admin October 1, 2021
Kanehsatà:ke Pow wow

Kanehsatà:ke Pow wow

Text & Photos : Ninka North “At the bottom of the mountain” Kanehsatà:ke, whose name means “At the bottom of…

admin February 23, 2022
Portraits of Mc Gill Pow Wow dancers

Portraits of Mc Gill Pow Wow dancers

Established in 1821, the University was founded by James McGill (1744-1813), a Montreal fur trader of Scottish origin. Internationally renowned,…

admin January 24, 2024
Manawan Pow wow

Manawan Pow wow

Manawan, formerly Manouane, is an atikamekw community located in the Lanaudière region of Matawinie. Its name means “where eggs are…

admin December 8, 2020
W8linak Pow wow

W8linak Pow wow

Wôlinak from its original name, “W8linak” is located on the Bécancour River in the Centre-du-Québec region. Its name means “the…

admin December 5, 2023
Evolution has unbalanced the planet

Evolution has unbalanced the planet

Our evolution has led to environmental imbalance throughout history; culminating in the Industrial Revolution with the exploitation of coal mines…

admin January 29, 2024
“Dig, baby, dig…”

“Dig, baby, dig…”

Text & Photos : Ninka North An ecocide in progress The European Parliament recognized ecocide in European law on March…

admin March 16, 2024
Mashteuiatsh Pow wow

Mashteuiatsh Pow wow

Because of its geographical location, Mashteuiatsh, “Ka Mesta8iats” from its original name which means “Where there is a point”, has…

admin October 14, 2022
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