{"id":739,"date":"2017-04-17T10:21:45","date_gmt":"2017-04-17T14:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voixmultiples.com\/waban-aki-abenaquis\/02-prologue\/"},"modified":"2017-09-25T04:00:16","modified_gmt":"2017-09-25T08:00:16","slug":"02-prologue","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/voixmultiples.com\/en\/waban-aki-abenaquis\/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, colonial mentality 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 <a class=\"lightbox_trigger\" href=\"#\" data-description=\"In the Abenaki language, there are several different concepts, which refer to what is grouped under the term \u201cshaman\u201d. Moreover, the concept of \u201cshaman\u201d officially derives from Siberian aboriginal cultures. For the Abenaki, we have identified: 1. mdawlinno  \u201cone who is related to the loon\u201d, the loon is considered a bird possessing magical powers; 2. chamocha, \u201cone who functions through thought\u201d, who possesses the powers of thought; 3. kigawad  \u201cthe healer\u201d, one who uses his powers to heal.\">shaman<\/a> 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.<br \/>\nWe 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, <a class=\"lightbox_trigger\" href=\"#\" data-description=\"To express the concept of \u201cresilience\u201d in the Abenaki language, I have defined \u201cforgetting malice, forgetting bad stories and remembering the good ones.\">resilience<\/a> 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. A&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":991,"parent":735,"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\/739"}],"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=739"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/voixmultiples.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/739\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1671,"href":"https:\/\/voixmultiples.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/739\/revisions\/1671"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voixmultiples.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/735"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voixmultiples.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/voixmultiples.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voixmultiples.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voixmultiples.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}