Naskapis

Translation: Tshiueten Vachon

Narration: Georges Guanish

ᐊᐱᒧᑕᒥᑲᒡ

ᒋ ᐎᑎᐸᒪᑯᐅᓄᐤ ᑎᐸᒋᒧᐅᓐ ᐎᐱᒡ ᐊᓐᑕ ᐅᑕᒡ ᑲ ‍ ᐃᔅᐱᔨᒡ᙮

ᑲ ᒥᔅᑎ ‍ ᓇᐧᑲᒋᔪᐅᑦ ᐊ ‍ ᐎᒥᔅᑯᑎᓂᑎᓱᐅᑦ ᐊᓐᒡ ᒥᓯᐛ ᐃᔪᐅᒡ᙮

ᑲ ‍ ᐱᒻᐱᒋᒡ ᑭᔭ ᐊᑎ ‍ ᐊᓐᒋᔭᐱᒡ, ᑲ ‍ ᐱᑲᔅᒋᑎᓱᑦ ᑭᔭ ᐊ ᐱᑲᔅᒐᑭᓄᐅᑦ᙮

ᑲ ᐃᔅᐱᑕᔨᒥᓱᑦ ᑭᔭ ᐊᑲ ‍ ᐊᔭᐱᑕᔨᒥᓱᑦ ᐊᓴᒂᔨᒧᐅᑦ᙮

ᑲ ᐊᒋ ‍ ᒥᓯᓇᑕᐃᑭᓄᐅᒡ ᐅ ᑎᐸᒋᒧᐅᓐ ᐊᔅᐱᔅ ᐊᓄᒡ, ᓇᒪ ᒋᑭ ᒋ ‍ ᑲᓯᐱᑕᓇᓄᐤ᙮

ᑎᑯᓐ ᐊᓐᑕ ᒐᒋ ᒋᔅᒋᑎᒪᐤ ᐊ ᐱᔅᑎᓐᑎᓱᔭᐤ ᐊᓐᑕ ᒋᒥᑐᓇᔨᒋᑭᓄᐛᒡ ᒐᒋ ᑲᓯᐱᑎᓐ ᐊᓂᔭ ᑕᓐ ᐊ ᐃᓯ ‍ ᒋᑕᐱᒥᑎᓱᐎᓐ ᑭᔭ ᐊ ᐃᓯ ‍ ᓂᔅᑐᐛᐱᒥᑎᓱᐎᓐ, ᑭᔭ ᐊ ᐃᑎᔅᑲᓇᓯᒡ, ᑭᔭ ᐊᓐᒡ ᒥᓯᐛ ᐃᔪᐅᒡ᙮



ᒋᑭ ᐎ ‍ ᑎᑯᓐ ᓂᔅᑯᒧᐅᓐ ᒐᒋ ᒋᑕᐸᑎᑭᓄᐅᒡ ᐊᓄᒡ ᐊ ᐃᓯ ‍ ᒪᒥᑐᓇᔨᑎᒪᐤ ᒐᒋ ᒥᓐ ᒥᔪ ‍ ᒪᒥᑐᓇᔨᑎᒪᐤ ᐊᓂᔭ ᐎᐱᒡ ᑲ ᐊᒋ ᐃᓯ ‍ ᐱᑲᔅᒋᔪᑦ ᐎᐱᒡ ᐃᔪᐅᒡ᙮



ᐅ ᑎᐸᒋᒧᐅᓐ ᒋ ᐅᒋ ‍ ᐅᑎᓂᑭᓄᐤ ᐊᓐᑕ ᐅᒥᑐᓇᔨᒋᑭᓂᒡ ᐊᐛᓐ ᑭᔭ ᒋ ‍ ᐛᐸᑎᔨᑯᓄᐤ ᑕᓐ ᐊᔅᐱᔅ ᐊᓱᒋᔨᒡ ᐃᔪᒡ᙮

ᐊᑎᓱ ᑲ ‍ ᒥᔅᑎ ‍ ᐅᓂᑕᒡ ᑭᔭ ᐊᓂᓇᐧᑲᑕᔨᑕᒡ, ᐊᔅᒃ ᒋ ᐸᒋ ‍ ᐱᒪᑎᓯᓐ, ᒐᒋ ᐱᓯᑯᐎᓐ, ᒥᓐ ᒐᒋ ᐅᓯᑕᔨᓐ ᑭᔭ ᒥᓐ ᒐᒋ ᒂᐤ ᐱᒪᑎᓯᔨᓐ᙮



ᒐᒋ ᐛᐸᑎᔨᐛᓄᐅᒡ ᐊᓐᑕ ᐊᓄᒡ ᐊᒥᔽᔅᒡ ᐊᔅᒋᔾ ᑭᔭ ᐊ ᐃᓯ ‍ ᒪᒧᐎᑐᒡ ᒥᓯᐛ ᑎᐸᓐ ᐊ ᐃᑎᔅᑲᓇᓱᑦ ᐃᔪᐤ᙮

ᒋ ᓇᓂᐸᓄᐤ ᐊᓐᑕ ᐃᔪᐤ-ᐃᔨᑐᐅᓂᒡ; ᒧᔭᒻ ᐊᓐᑕ ᐸᐃᒄ ᐊ ᐃᓯ ‍ ᐃᑎᔅᑲᓇᓯᔭᐤ ᒋᑦ ᐃᓯᓇᑭᓯᓄᐤ, ᐊᓐᑕ ᐊ ᒪᒧᒋᑭᒧᔭᐤ ᒐᒋ ᑎᒂᒡ ᐊᓐᑕ ᐊᐛᔭᑎᓯᔭᐤ ᒐᒋ ᒥᓐ ᓱᒋᒥᑯᐛᒡ ᐃᔪᐤ ᐃᑐᐅᓐ᙮



ᐊᑯ ᐊᓄᒡ ᐃᔪᐤ ᑭᔭ ᐃᔪᐤ ᐊᐅᓯᑕᒡ ᐊᑐᔅᒐᐛᑭᓇ ᓂᑕᐅᒋᓇ, ᒧᔭᒻ ᐊ ᐱᒪᑎᓯᔨᒋ, ᒥᓯᐛ ᐊᓐᑕ ᐊᔅᒋᒡ ᑎᑯᓐ ᒐᒋ ᐱᔅᑎᓂᒪᑐᔭᐤ ᑭᔭ ᐊᓐᑕ ᒪᒂᒡ ᐊᓐᑕ ᐊᓱᒋᑲᐱᔅᑎᒪᐤ ᐃᔪᐤ-

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Naskapis

THE PATH

The past tells us a story. The brutal transformations of the First Peoples, from nomadic to sedentary, from self-sufficient to dependent, from prideful to shameful. Since this story is written in time, it can not be erased. It exists to remind us that the settlement mentality can destroy identities, nations, humans.

A word must be said regarding the inability of this colonial mindset to foster a genuine convergence with the mindset of Others.

This story built from bits of memory, shows us how resilient humans are. Even through loss and suffering, it is able to survive, rise up, restructure and be reborn. It is able to find its way.

To represent all of reality’s beauty and diversity, we stand at the cultures’ junction; our current identity is situated here, within the entanglement of what is possible, within this wealth of miscegenation inherent in a vibrant culture.

Hence, the Aboriginal Being [and art] is developing; it is interacting, open to the world and to exchanges, while remaining firmly rooted to its traditions. Its future may reside in the improvement of this dualism.

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