ejinagosi-nipakanatik-mitonentcikan

Word from the President

Telling our story

Nipakanatik marks an important turning point. It is time for us Anicinabek to start telling our own story. Let us use the objects that have been "borrowed" from us to revive our memory and that of our ancestors. By repatriating these objects, even virtually, we will be able to tell what they represent and the stories they tell us. They will be landmarks for our memories to retrace the path and remind us of them. 
By using and controlling technology to our advantage, we can even regain a certain form of nomadism and carry these objects with us wherever we go, as our cultural legacy. Let us furnish this Nipakanatik with all these objects, archived documents and all our documents that we keep at home.

We will speak with one voice again of a common culture and history, as the First Peoples that we are, as the first occupants of this land of the Anicinabe Aki. We will say who we truly are, who we have been. In this way, we will pay tribute to the memory of our parents, our grandparents and our ancestors, while giving our future generations a stronger and more assertive identity to be proud of. 

Migwetc
Richard Ejinagosi Kistabish

Team

A Minwashin project

Nipakanatik is managed by Minwashin, a non-profit Anicinabe cultural organisation that supports, develops and celebrates Anicinabe culture in a holistic way, particularly through the promotion of its arts, language and heritage.

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Ethics

Mitonentcikan

The Mitonentcikan circle ensures that the archives in Nipakanatik are used in a way that respects our values and principles. Its members guide Minwashin in this innovative project.

Thanks to the Mitonentcikan, we are reclaiming power over our archives. We will no longer conduct research on the Anishinabeg - we will conduct research with and for the Anishinabeg.

Jimmy Hunter - MitonentcikanJimmy Hunter

Former chief of Long Point First Nation

Nancy Wiscutie - Mitonentcikan

Nancy Wiscutie-Crépeau

Professor at the Institut national de recherche scientifique

Audrey McLaren - Mitonentcikan

Audrey McLaren

Former teacher

Maurice J. Kistabish - Mitonentcikan

Maurice J. Kistabish

Professor at the University of Ottawa

Kitci meegwetc

Amélie Brassard
André Mowatt
Anne-Émilie Auger-Jalbert
Audrey Desrochers
Caroline Lemire
Cédric Corbeil
Cristel Silva Silva
Dominic Lafontaine
Doris St-Pierre

Émilie Mowatt
Éric Beaupré
Étienne Bousquet
Francois Labbé
Geneviève Roy
Guillaume Marcotte
Guillaume Trottier
Janis Rivard
Jean-Jacques Lachapelle

Jean-Sébastien Sauvé
Johnlynn Mapachee
Jonathan Fournier
Jonathan Lainée
Julie Lise Simard
Justin Roy
Kevin Black
Marie-Pier Côté
Mathieu Gagnon

Mathieu Gill-Bougie
Maurice J. Kistabish
Nancy Wiscutie-Crépeau
Pascale Charlebois
Richard Ejinagosi Kistabish
Roger Wylde
Sébastien Tessier
Tanya Anderson
Virginia Dumont

Contact us

Minwashin Office
176 avenue du Lac
Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec J9X 4N7

Created on Jun 5, 2023, updated on Dec 2, 2024