{"id":707,"date":"2017-04-17T10:18:26","date_gmt":"2017-04-17T14:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voixmultiples.com\/migmaq-micmacs\/12-chemin\/"},"modified":"2018-05-06T15:31:32","modified_gmt":"2018-05-06T19:31:32","slug":"12-chemin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/voixmultiples.com\/en\/migmaq-micmacs\/12-chemin\/","title":{"rendered":"12 &#8211; Chemin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>THE PATH<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The past tells us a story. The\u00a0<a class=\"lightbox_trigger\" href=\"#\" data-description=\"When the missionaries came out to the Cree territory, they told our people 'your drums are evil, burn them all', and most of the people did. But the people used to dance for the animals every season, because it was important, it was paramount. So our people get rid of all their drum and they pick up the fiddle. And everybody thought it's Scottish jigging style, that's not traditional. But what the priests didn't know, it's that they were watching at people jigging, dancing and playing the fiddle to people actually dancing for the animals. It was the only way we could still dance for the animal and their spirits without the priests knowing. That blew my mind. Every nation held something, have hold on to one secret that also belongs to all nations in Quebec, and even across Canada.\">brutal transformations<\/a>\u00a0of 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.<\/p>\n<p>A word must be said regarding the inability of this colonial mindset to foster a genuine convergence with the mindset of Others.<\/p>\n<p>This story built from bits of memory, shows us how\u00a0<a class=\"lightbox_trigger\" href=\"#\" data-description=\"It's crazy what we have to do just to keep our head off the water. People talk about the drunken Indian in the city, but there's drunken White people too! Most of the people I see homeless in Montreal are all White people. I don't know why people are judging Native people when they see a couple of Indian who are not in their environment and struggling to survive. Stick any non-native in the bush and they'll have zero survival skills, but we're not going to judge the whole nation.\">resilient<\/a>\u00a0humans are. Even through loss and suffering, it is able to survive, rise up, restructure and be reborn. It is able to find its way.<\/p>\n<p>To represent all of reality\u2019s beauty and diversity, we stand at the cultures\u2019 junction; our current identity is situated here, within the entanglement of what is possible, within this wealth of miscegenation inherent in a vibrant culture.<\/p>\n<p>Hence, the\u00a0<a class=\"lightbox_trigger\" href=\"#\" data-description=\"Being Native is starting to be cool. I do a show, with a DJ and 4 dancers that are with me. We played at the Old Port of Montreal for the New Year. They put us on at 9:20 PM, on TV the Prime Minister introduced me. There were thousands of people. Me with the music, I put native chants in it, the dancers in full regalia. At first the people were not sure, but it was a half hour set; after 15 minutes, people realized they could dance to this. It was amazing. My agent and the organization didn't expect that kind of show from us. Apparently, the rest of the night struggled to follow what we had done, we came up with so high energy, great outfits, it looked amazing on television, people where founding it quite of cool. A Tribe Called Red opened that door a little bit. It's definitely opened up the possibilities for kids to discover their culture and not be ashamed of it anymore; 'get that stage man! go to Pow Wow, find yourself in the best way possible.'\">Aboriginal Being [and art] is developing<\/a>; 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE PATH The past tells us a story. 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