{"id":640,"date":"2017-04-17T10:11:03","date_gmt":"2017-04-17T14:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voixmultiples.com\/inuit-toc\/02-prologue\/"},"modified":"2017-08-28T09:23:22","modified_gmt":"2017-08-28T13:23:22","slug":"02-prologue","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/voixmultiples.com\/en\/inuit-toc\/02-prologue\/","title":{"rendered":"02 &#8211; Prologue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>PROLOGUE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The past tells us a story. This story is white. It transpires submission. As they say, <a class=\"lightbox_trigger\" href=\"#\" data-description=\"I don\u2019t know what those people were thinking, taking Aboriginal children and bringing them to residential schools. They did that with Inuit too, not too long ago; these people are still alive today. Another example, there were children from Puvirnituq, they took them to a political school, so they would become politicians, but it didn\u2019t work. It was stupid; you can\u2019t do that, even if it's done with good intentions. The rationale is narrow-minded; they never thought that when these children would become adults, they would not necessarily like this job. The human race isn\u2019t so evolved; generally, it\u2019s cruel. Here\u2019s another example, the other day my boyfriend and I were at the park, it was one of the first days when it was nice and hot, there were many people at the park. There were also geese; I have great respect for animals. There was a child, about 3 or 4 years old. The parent probably never taught the child this respect, since the latter took a piece of wood and threw it at the goose. It made me so angry; I wanted to scold the child: \u201cHey! Don\u2019t do that to the animal!\u201d This cruelty is within us. Intimidation is part of the human race; there are some who perceive a nation as inferior, so they take advantage of these people. I say it very crudely, without nuances, but it\u2019s in some way how I see it. Probably at the time of residential schools, given their mentality, they perceived it as appropriate. Slavery also hits home. Even though we were not necessarily slaves, just to have treated human beings this way, to justify this treatment because they\u2019re not of the same mentality, it upsets me.\">colonial mentality<\/a> in the face of savagery. A few pictures here and there, in a Quebec history textbook. Native Americans growing corn, the others, nomads who hunt and gather. Animal skins on their shoulders and shaman healers. Cone-shaped tents, others in the shape of semicircles and longhouses, in which we lived by the dozen. The imaginary just stands there, observing lifestyles significantly different from those civilized. Often the story does not reveal any more.<\/p>\n<p>We wish to take a look at the story, not as a distant disappointment, but rather as being part of it, as having taken part in its development. The story we wish to share with you, is no longer only white, it takes place inland, at sea and within men. The aim is try to look at who we are and to accept where we come from. This story has flaws and it also has incredible power, resilience and temerity. Its main purpose; a desire for change.<\/p>\n<p>We want to resolve collective amnesia. Tell. Share. Translate into reality. Withstand the test of time. Accompany the world\u2019s affairs. Establish a foothold. To recreate a we to populate the present territories, these territories that made us.<\/p>\n<p>This we which we wish to shout out, this we in turmoil in which we carry all fragmented hopes. This we whom we are trying to tame.<\/p>\n<p>To experience diversity again that now resides within us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PROLOGUE The past tells us a story. This story is white. It transpires submission. As they say, colonial mentality in the face of savagery. 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