{"id":702,"date":"2017-04-17T10:17:57","date_gmt":"2017-04-17T14:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voixmultiples.com\/migmaq-micmacs\/09-ensemble\/"},"modified":"2018-05-06T14:40:53","modified_gmt":"2018-05-06T18:40:53","slug":"09-ensemble","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/voixmultiples.com\/en\/migmaq-micmacs\/09-ensemble\/","title":{"rendered":"09 &#8211; Ensemble"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>BEING  TOGETHER<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Before  the  creation  of  the  bands,  there  were  family  clans.  To  live  together  in  clans,  there  needed  to  be  a  leader,  clan  mothers,  a  hierarchical  system,  because  to  survive,  we  had  to  be  together.  Community  spirit  was  not  an  incidental  value;  it  was  a  focus  of  our  concerns.  Like  mutual  aid,  between  young  and  old.  Like  sharing,  between  rich  and  poor.  Like  hard  work,  during  times  of  famine.  If  the  ancestors  could  share  with  us  their  life  story,  they  would  without  a  doubt  tell  us  that  they  didn\u2019t  have  a  choice,  that  this  was  how  it  was.  Each  role,  established  for  survival.  Man  was  the  provider,  the  hunter,  the  protector.  He  drew  from  everyday  labors,  daily  pride  and  contentment.<\/p>\n<p>Following  the  hunters  were  the  clan  mothers.  Women  of  authority.  They  educated,  organized,  baked  bread  and  fed  their  family.  With  men  gone  for  long  periods  of  time,  they  ensured  the  survival  of  their  own,  took  charge  in  quarrels,  enforced  justice.  All  day  long  and  even  during  the  night,  they  made  sure  that  all  went  well.  These  grandmothers,  100  years  old;  these  mothers,  barely  pubescent.<\/p>\n<p>In  the  past,  we  were  autonomous  beings.  Women  gave  birth  in  tents.  Families  were  self-sufficient.  Meat,  abundant  at  times.  Autonomy  was  based  on  knowledge  acquired  in  past  centuries.  Free  to  think,  free  to  act,  survival  was  the  sole  priority.<\/p>\n<p>Family  ties  were  the  core  of  our  nations,  our  foundation.  Family  was  the  tight  circle  in  which  our  People  grew.<\/p>\n<p>This  was  before  reservations,  before  assimilation,  before  residential  schools.  At  one  point,  there  was  disengagement.   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BEING TOGETHER Before the creation of the bands, there were family clans. To live together in clans, there needed to be a leader, clan mothers,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":996,"parent":686,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"temp-side-by-side-separate.php","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/voixmultiples.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/702"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/voixmultiples.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/voixmultiples.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voixmultiples.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voixmultiples.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=702"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/voixmultiples.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2379,"href":"https:\/\/voixmultiples.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/702\/revisions\/2379"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voixmultiples.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/686"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voixmultiples.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/voixmultiples.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voixmultiples.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voixmultiples.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}