Programming

What does indigenous mean?

Organized by Artivistic
At Parc sans nom
In collaboration with DARE-DARE and Articule

Program

14h: Zone de réserve 
Performance of Melissa Mollen Dupuis (Innue)
At Parc sans nom

Through performance and humor, we look at the projection of Amerindian identity in relation to the economic and tourism environment. Will the commercialization of the "Indian" image help save ancestral traditions or hinder the natural evolution of indigenous cultures in history?

The term "urban Indian" and "Indian reserve" is also linked. The reserve as a cultural space or as an identity enclosure?

20h: Totem & taboos
Emilie Monnet (Algonquin), Melissa Mollen Dupuis (Innu), Anik Sioui (Huron-Wendat), Kary-Ann Deer (Mohawk), Odaya (Native Women's Drum Group)
At Parc sans nom

The totem is one of the most used symbols to represent all of North America's Aboriginal cultures and to promote Canadian tourism. Yet it is common only to the indigenous peoples of the west coast and has a sacred function for these peoples as it tells the story of their ancestral lineages and clans. When the totem is uprooted from its original natural and cultural space, it takes on a whole new meaning, as is the case with the totem (Toto Mikawa) on rue Bellechasse in Montreal, the hallmark of the Villeneuve hardware store. This intervention aims to reveal all layers of stories related to the totem of the hardware store Villeneuve, leading to a reflection on indigenous identity and stereotypes that persist, as well as on the appropriation of culture and symbols indigenous for commercial purposes.

Sharing stories and discussion around a fire, followed by short films by young indigenous Filmmakers from Wapikoni Mobile.