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Words Travel on Air - Attikamekw/Innu: Finding Our Talk, Season 1

This title is a part of the series Finding Our Talk, Season 1


Catalogue Number:  MUME45
Producer:  Mushkeg Media Inc.
Producing Agencies:  Mushkeg Media Inc.
Subject:  First Nations Studies, Indigenous Peoples, Language Arts
Language:  English
Grade Level:  9 - 12, Post Secondary, Adult
Country Of Origin:  Canada
Copyright Year:  2001
Running Time:  22:00


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This episode takes us to the headquarters of the SOCAM radio network in Wendake, Quebec, and to the Attikamekw community of Obedjiwan, located on the northern shore of the Gouin Reservoir. Karin Awashish, a young Attikamekw journalist working at SOCAM, makes a trip to her home community to tape interviews and stories told by elders in their native tongue, as part of the network's language initiative.

SOCAM, produces radio programming in the Innu and Attikamekw languages (Algonquian language family) for communities in northeastern Quebec. 

The documentary series ‘Finding Our Talk’ celebrates the many Canadian and international individuals, communities and organizations that are reclaiming their Indigenous languages, culture, stories, and identity.



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