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<\/span><\/div>Papakinese, which means \u201cspark\u201d, is the inner flame that nourishes creativity and illuminates our being. Minwashin is proud to support the creators and guardians of Anicinabe culture in their artistic approach. By traveling the Anicinabe territory, we seek to make this light grow and share it with the world.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Papakinese, which means \u201cspark\u201d, is the inner flame that nourishes creativity and illuminates our being. Minwashin is proud to support the creators and guardians of Anicinabe culture in their artistic approach. By traveling the Anicinabe territory, we seek to make this light grow and share it with the world.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\u201cFor me, language is the most precious part of my culture!\u201d<\/div><\/div><\/blockquote>Edouard Minawa Brazeau<\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\u201cMy parents inspired me to pass on the language; my mother was a teacher in the community from the age of 19. So it was natural for me to follow in both my parents’ footsteps.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/blockquote>
St\u00e9phanie Tenasco<\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\u201cI watched my father do it, and so did my brothers and sisters. It was normal to be present with our parents and to watch, and to be attentive: it’s the way of passing on between generations.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/blockquote>
Edouard Minawa Brazeau<\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\u201cMy grandmother Juliette was also a seamstress, sewing wedding dresses for everyone. You’d show her a picture, she’d take your measurements, and she’d make the dress without a pattern. People would cut out a catalog picture and say, \u201cThat’s what I want!\u201d There was nothing to her proof!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/blockquote>
Debra Chevrier Polson<\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\u201cI want people to know that we’re here and that there are still people out there doing handcrafted things. Everything is handmade, I think that’s the best thing. It makes more sense to people when they know it’s made by a First Nations person, that it’s all handmade.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/blockquote>
Debra Chevrier Polson<\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\u201cI want to keep our traditional knowledge alive. I want to keep our language alive. That’s what motivates me! I do it for the kids.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/blockquote>
Grace Ratt<\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/div>\u201cDoing a writing retreat in Anicinabe land allows you to find other ways of expressing yourself.\u201d<\/div><\/div><\/blockquote>Jason Frechette - After the mawisak on writing<\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/div>\u201cWith the writing mawisak, it seems that now it’s clearer, I’m really glad I came and I can’t wait to start writing.\u201d<\/div><\/div><\/blockquote>James Flamand - After the mawisak on writing<\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\u201cI watched my grandparents make moose calls and canoe oars, and it inspired me to make things myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/blockquote>
Dave Moushoum<\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\u201cThe mawisak on writing allowed me to make new memories, pick up tools and make contacts, and I’m going to miss the group.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/blockquote>
Sasheen Ruperthouse-Trapper - After the mawisak on writing<\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\u201cWhen I make crafts, I go out into the woods a lot. I take a tour of the places I’ve already been. It’s inspiring to have grown up in the woods, you never forget that. I feel lucky to have grown up in the bush.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/blockquote>
Agathe Denis-Dam\u00e9<\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\u201cI’ve been thinking about writing my story for a long time. One day, I’ll be able to tell it to you in a book.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/blockquote>
James Flamand<\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/div>\u201cIt’s a miracle what we’re doing, that we’re here, composing something with what’s happened and transforming it. It heals the heart.\u201d<\/div><\/div><\/blockquote>Alice J\u00e9rome - After the mawisak on writing<\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\u201cKokum Lina didn’t teach me by ordering me to \u201cdo this\u201d or \u201cdo that\u201d, but made me observe. A lot of observing without doing anything, just observing. Sometimes, if she needed help, I’d help her, but most of the time, she taught me by example, and that’s how we were taught: by observing and listening.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/blockquote>
Grace Ratt<\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\u201cChoosing a tree for its bark is not a choice you make lightly. I get in touch with the forest and see which tree is ready to give up its bark, because it will keep this mark on its trunk for the rest of its life.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/blockquote>
Genevi\u00e8ve Nottaway<\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\u201cIf we don’t preserve the land, how are we going to continue to maintain our culture and teaching?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/blockquote>
Genevi\u00e8ve Nottaway<\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/div>\u201cThere’s no age for learning new things, and writing has always interested me.\u201d<\/div><\/div><\/blockquote>Monik Kistabish - After the mawisak on writing<\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\u201cI think about what I’m doing and who’s going to receive it and be happy. I put a lot of energy into it, good things, good thoughts, energy.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/blockquote>
Agathe Denis-Dam\u00e9 <\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\u201cMy grandmother Juliette was also a seamstress, sewing wedding dresses for everyone. You’d show her a picture, she’d take your measurements, and she’d make the dress without a pattern. People would cut out a catalog picture and say, \u201cThat’s what I want!\u201d There was nothing to her proof!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/blockquote>
Dave Moushoum<\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\u201cKokum Lina didn’t teach me by ordering me to \u201cdo this\u201d or \u201cdo that\u201d, but made me observe. A lot of observing without doing anything, just observing. Sometimes, if she needed help, I’d help her, but most of the time, she taught me by example, and that’s how we were taught: by observing and listening.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/blockquote>
Grace Ratt<\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\u201cI think about what I’m doing and who’s going to receive it and be happy. I put a lot of energy into it, good things, good thoughts, energy.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/blockquote>
Agathe Denis-Dam\u00e9 <\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\u201cFor me, language is the most precious part of my culture!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/blockquote>
Debra Chevrier Polson<\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\u201cI want to keep our traditional knowledge alive. I want to keep our language alive. That’s what motivates me! I do it for the kids.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/blockquote>
Grace Ratt<\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\u201cIt’s a miracle what we’re doing, that we’re here, composing something with what’s happened and transforming it. It heals the heart.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/blockquote>
Monik Kistabish - After the mawisak on writing<\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\u00ab Le mawisak sur l\u2019\u00e9criture m\u2019a permis de me faire des nouveaux souvenirs, de venir chercher des outils et de faire des contacts, la gang va me manquer. \u00bb<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/blockquote>
Sasheen Ruperthouse-Trapper - Apr\u00e8s le mawisak sur l\u2019\u00e9criture<\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\u201cWith the writing mawisak, it seems that now it’s clearer, I’m really glad I came and I can’t wait to start writing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/blockquote>
James Flamand - After the mawisak on writing<\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\u201cThe mawisak on writing allowed me to make new memories, pick up tools and make contacts, and I’m going to miss the group.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/blockquote>
Sasheen Ruperthouse-Trapper - After the mawisak on writing<\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\u201cWhen I make crafts, I go out into the woods a lot. I take a tour of the places I’ve already been. It’s inspiring to have grown up in the woods, you never forget that. I feel lucky to have grown up in the bush.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/blockquote>
Agathe Denis-Dam\u00e9<\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\u201cI think about what I’m doing and who’s going to receive it and be happy. I put a lot of energy into it, good things, good thoughts, energy.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/blockquote>
Edouard Minawa Brazeau<\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\u201cChoosing a tree for its bark is not a choice you make lightly. I get in touch with the forest and see which tree is ready to give up its bark, because it will keep this mark on its trunk for the rest of its life.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/blockquote>
Genevi\u00e8ve Nottaway<\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\u201cI’ve been thinking about writing my story for a long time. One day, I’ll be able to tell it to you in a book.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/blockquote>
James Flamand<\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\u201cI watched my father do it, and so did my brothers and sisters. It was normal to be present with our parents and to watch, and to be attentive: it’s the way of passing on between generations.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/blockquote>
Edouard Minawa Brazeau<\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\u00ab C\u2019est un miracle ce qu\u2019on est en train de faire, qu’on soit ici, \u00e0 composer quelque chose avec ce qui est arriv\u00e9 et de le transformer. \u00c7a gu\u00e9rit le c\u0153ur. \u00bb<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/blockquote>