Textes & Photos : Ninka North Dedicated to the First peoples… This site unveils the impact of assimilation and its…
Apache Crown Dancers
Text & photos : Ninka North Apache Crown dancers are also known as “Mountain spirit dancers” – “White Moutain dancers”…
The eleven Nations in Quebec
The 10 Aboriginal nations and the Inuit nation represent about 1% of the population of Quebec.The Aboriginal people of Quebec…
Portraits I
Text & Photos : Ninka North These portraits of dancers in traditional costumes called “regalias” were all made during summer…
Portraits II
Text & Photos : Ninka North These portraits of dancers in traditional costumes called “regalias” were all made during summer…
“Pow Wow”
Text & Photos : Ninka North “In the powwows, there is a lot of medicine”, say the dancers…” Drumbeats in…
The Garden’Keepers paradox
Text & Photos : Ninka North Image of colonial past When I came to see the boreal forest and saw…
Reconciliation in Antropocene Times
Text & Photos : Ninka North A reconciliation with two faces… According to the Larousse dictionary, reconciliation literally means “the…
Denis Wolfsong Tribute
Text & Photos : Ninka North “The one who dreams in colors”… Denis Wolfsong does not live in the Mohawk…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The Black Bear
Text & Photos : Ninka North Black Bear is a very popular drumming group in North America. The band has…
Gilles Moar, Guardian of Tradition
Text & photos : Ninka North “When I was “still living in the city”, I wasn’t interested in my culture…”…
Rykko Bellemare, a multifaceted Atikamekw artist
Text & Photos : Ninka North Singer, drummer and actor Singer, drummer and producer of the group Northern Voices, Rykko…
Escape to Atikamekw Territory
Text & Photos : Ninka North On the road to Manawan… At the exit of Saint Michel des Saints, after…
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…
Mike Paul Kuekuatsheu, Innu musician
Text & Photos : Ninka North Musician and Environnemental activist Mike, whose Innu nickname “Kuekuatsheu” means wolverine, is a singer-songwriter…
Denyse Xavier, an Innu Kukum
Text & Photos : Ninka North _____________ I went to Mashteuiatsh – also called Pointe Bleue -, the Innu community…
Escape to Innu Territory
Text & Photos : Ninka North After leaving Montreal, my partner and I took the road to Trois Rivières…
Jeffrey Papatie, an Anishinabee from Lake Simon
Text & Photos : Ninka North Lake Simon – originally named in original dialect “CîcîpSagahigancîcîp”, and – is…
Women in the Tradition – SOON –
PS : Mikis Gina, an Atikamekw dancer on the cover photo. In working progress
Kahnawà:ke Pow wow
Text & Photos : Ninka North “To the rapids”… Kahnawà:ke, called “Kahnawake 14”, is located in Montérégie, southwestern Quebec, eleven…
Immersion
They have crossed ice ages, oceans, wild territories, survived the greatest genocide on the planet and remain more vulnerable than…
Escape to Val d’Or
Text & Photos : Ninka North Ozawaconia Odena, the valley of gold Taking the Trans-Canada Highway 117 from Montreal, you…
Ahkwesáhsne Pow wow
“Where the partridge flaps its wings”… From Montreal, you must drive to Cornwall Island to reach the Ontario site of…
Kanehsatà:ke Pow wow
Text & Photos : Ninka North “At the bottom of the mountain” Kanehsatà:ke, whose name means “At the bottom of…
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,…
Manawan Pow wow
Manawan, formerly Manouane, is an atikamekw community located in the Lanaudière region of Matawinie. Its name means “where eggs are…
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…
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…