Waban-Aki: People from Where the Sun Rises
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- Опубліковано 20 чер 2017
- Yvonne M'Sadoques rocks forward in her chair. She's lived in the Abenaki community of Odanak for over a century - and has no shortage of stories to tell.
"The priest would march into our home and order us to stop dancing. We were going to the devil, he said." She pauses, a humorous glint in her eye. "But you know - I don't really believe in the devil. Do you?"
M'Sadoques is in conversation with Alanis Obomsawin, another of Odanak's proud daughters - and one of Canada's leading documentary filmmakers.
Obomsawin's illustrious career comes full circle with Waban-Aki: People from Where the Sun Rises. Having dedicated nearly four decades to chronicling the lives of Canada's First Nations, she returns to the village where she was raised to craft a lyric account of her own people.
Directed by Alamis Obomsawin - 2006 | 104 min
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Thank you grandmother. You are no longer with us here but the work of your hands and the smell from your kitchen is fresh in my mind and heart. The sun rises yet again for the people of the dawn.
Thank you for sharing this history. I learned more than I can recount.
My great grandfather was mik-maq from Doaktown New Brunswick, of which I know very little.
I did know my grandfather and he was a kind, poor man.
He worked before my time with a youth Job Corp with many ethnic groups with which my mother often shared their dinner table.
Though I am white by any glance , and since domesticated from living "in town", I can hear the whisper, and hold a few slivers of the knowledge of this piece of my heritage.
Thanks for inspiring reflection and appreciation with things being so crazy most of 2020.
My cries are warranted. Thank-you.
A superb documentation about the Wabanaki People. The plenty of old Photos are of very good quality. I am hoping that many young Wabanaki Kids are learning to speak the Wabanaki Language as well as how to build Birch Canoes and Baskets and other items.
WE NEED YOUR HELP PLEASE HELP US SAVE OUR CULTURE LET THE GOVERNMENTS KNOW WE ARE ONE PEOPLE THANKS
WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER TO BRING BACK AND PRESERVE THE CULTURE THE CULTURES IS MORE THEN BLOOD THAT WOULD BE MY THOUGHT
MAYBE STOP SCREAMING INTO YOUR TEXT LIKE THIS TO GET YOUR POINT ACROSS YOU SEEM LIKE A MADMAN THANKS.
@@thetruthcaboose2293 LOL
@@thetruthcaboose2293 well ...it is at a crucial point so I do understand the caps ;-)
Forget about the government ...they are the ones that caused this.
I am Abenaki from Bethel, Maine. I love to hear the stories of my brothers and sisters from the NW
That open door sit down and eat is a tradition we've managed!!! We are 42 & 43 two sons 32, and 15 we've been TOGETHER 30 years, married 20years!
Quel merveilleux film!!! Ça me rappelle beaucoup de la communauté de mon grand-père, qui était Métis (Canadien-Français, Algonquin - Temiskaming). All across the Catholic community, all around the world, kids still have to make things up in Confession LOL First time I've heard someone call that out 😂
Thanks to all for helping to keep our heritage and culture alive...Bluejay
Nice string of Brookies ya got there. Reminds me of my childhood up in northern Maine. Fishing up in the Allagash wilderness. back in those days there were no tar roads. You got there by a series of logging roads and old Indian trails.
I hear you, me too. I could've written that comment myself. Travel by old tote road or paddle. Trolling Cross Lake, smelting, poling up Buggy Brook, or at least trying to... those were the days. Happy Trails!
My heart goes out to the women who married white men and their children and how they have been treated.
Beautiful video
I found out that my 10gen grandma is Abenaki. Thank you ! with out you I would have lost such cherished knowledge. I have loved baskets my whole life now I understand why .
My 11th great-grandmother was Abenaki, as well
@@liminalgamer935 i found my Abenaki family back to 1704. Found pictures. Family name is M'sadoques
I was not surprised when Ancestry told me I was lass than 3 % First Nation. My aunt had done the charts which incidentally were almost identical with those from St Anne's in NS. Both recorded how a Mi'kmaq woman but- 50 years later a man from the same tribe entered my Acadian heritage. As a kid folks would tell me I looked like an Indian I thought it more likely my mother and the Italian milkman might have lessoned before I was born.
Whomever is interested the book enough is enough aboriginal women speak out is a terrific book and it goes in to great detail on the women’s March and the fight to retain status. I highly recommend it and it’s thanks to all those brave ladies That my mother and siblings are recognized
My 4x ggm was of Philips Band. Verylittle known about it's History.
Awesome documentary.
Thank you.
Wabanaki never heard of them.. they were really into basket weaving... it's good to see a piece of history.
Magnifique documentaire d'une réalité historique à nos jours... Scénario d'esprits prédateurs d'une blancheur analogue... en d'autres continents. Emprise coercicive
This is a issue for The People to solve amongst themselves. Why should Big Government and bureaucracy have anything to say about tribal heritage?
they shouldn't
Firstly, I appreciate this video, and the information within it. It's a splendid documentary, and one can't help but hope that future generations will come to embrace many of the native traditions.
I'm a white guy by most peoples definition, with European ancestry, but I also have roots with the Mi'kmaq dating back to the mid 1600s and the Huron, dating back to the early 1800s. Having researched Canada's history to a great extent, I have countless questions running through my head about this history. I've come across numerous first hand accounts of brutality from sympathizers of both sides throughout history, and this only adds to my confusion. The Mi'kmaq were no doubt mistreated as an example, but I can't help but ask myself, how much they contributed to their own demise. My Acadian ancestors suffered greatly at the hands of the English, but there's another side to this story that the first nations must acknowledge.. Otherwise, they will be just as guilty as the white man for fabricating history. As for the Abenaki, I understand their relationship with their Mi'kmaq cousins, and they too hold this same responsibility. In our post European contact history, it was not uncommon for natives to capture innocent settlers and sell them to white rich people, including the French. Read the document A narrative of the captivity of Mrs. Johnson for a great example of this. The time for the Native People to state their case in full is running out. There are white people and others in this nation and continent who have suffered enormous atrocities as well over the years, at the hands of an irresponsible governments. Everyone counts in this western society.
Finally, this whole thing about who is an Indian and who is not, is preposterous, because so many Canadians have Indian blood, and some of us recognized from an early age that we were somehow part of that community before we even knew of our ancestry. To outcast a member of a family for his/her choices for a partner in life is simply cruel, by any human standards This number, or point system is contrary to all historical native values. Being an Indian, is not just about blood, it is a state of consciousness and understanding, as I see things.
Well said
Big River, The African tribes of the Northern territory along the Gold Coast of the Continent of Africa, now known as Ghana, sold their own Black African people from other tribes, as slaves. These slaves were transported by Portuguese explorers by ship to certain States of America, and sold on the open market, to Plantation owners who made them work in the cotton fields, for many hours, with hardly any food to eat. The slaves were flogged and some were shot dead and dumped into a hole, when they tried to escape. Young girls aged 12 were raped by the Plantation owners who claimed to have been Christians. This happened in 1487 and later the Pope of the Catholic Church declared and made slavery legal. It was never based on skin colour, until 1765, when only Black people were sold into slavery. It became a huge enterprise.35million black slaves were sold into slavery in America.
French Creole Slaves were also brought by ship from France to South Africa, where they were sold into slavery.
The American and British Governors have a lot to answer for on Judgement Day, due to their cruelty to certain ethnic groups as well as their greed for power and money that they stole from the indigenous people of many African countries.
I am ashamed of what my forefathers did.
May the peace of God be with all the different Indian tribes who lost their loved ones and for those who were so cruelly taken away from their parents. Blessings from Aotearoa.
@@Mathilda5xp French Creoles sold to South Africa from France? Huh 🤷🏽♀️
It’s not the matter of those who do have descent-it’s a matter of those who have claimed it falsely that have made it hard to trust
Trust -it’s hard when for so long there’s been so many lies
Overtime anyone would need to be concerned about those who say they are one thing and aren’t
It’s one thing to be authentically part of the tribe by ancestry
And another for those who aren’t to have claimed it been accepted into the tribes then years later they find out that they didn’t have any ancestral links
It gets tough to know whose who
That’s why they all say to show the ancestral connections to help them understand where the families link
How can they be salvaged when their land was stolen from them??
People of the dawn.
I have a birch club from Odanak
This is a systematic design of destruction & division of a people of promise. A promise given by the Creator with the sacred knowledge they were given to protect.
I learned even in my highest level of International politics & diplomacy classes in college that ALL NATIONS ARE SELF INTERESTED. It disturbed me in my spirit because I thought well THERE IS YOUR PROBLEM RIGHT OFF THE TOP. If all nations are self interested then that’s exactly what we can expect from the people. Self interest is a seed of division. The fruits of the Spirit are love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, faithfulness, & self control.
At that point in my life, I didn’t know much about the ways of the world. I only studied International studies in order to understand the nations & people of the world better & discover what needed to change to make the world a better place for all.
I only knew the word of YHWH & example of Yahshua (a tribal man from the tribe of Yahudah) What I immediately recognized was that what I was being taught in college did not align with the laws of YHWH & example of Yahshua which makes it an antichrist new world order ideology with beast like, ego based selfishness, & discord to divide & conquer. This is the spirit currently ruling over the nations of the world.
We have a really big problem on our hands as these evil ideologies have infiltrated all the nations & people of the earth. Yahshua taught the higher laws of YHWH, man often twisted what He was given & has used it for his own selfish gain to oppress, steal from, & rule over others. That’s not what was supposed to happen in the land we now know as the Americas.
Man’s inherent ways are contrary to our Creators higher ways & what has been revealed within & through His Creation. In the old world many nations & tribes knew the ways of our Creator & those who adhered to them were unified & selfless. Even the earliest apostles & followers of Yahshua HaMeshiac lived in community, meeting all the needs of one another.
The Roman Catholic church, the ruling Jews who rejected Yahshua, & evil kings & queens of the British & other empires killed many of those who held the truth of the old world, the prophets, their families, & followers. They ultimately targeted THE PEOPLE OF PROMISE who followed the ways of the CREATOR instead of their ways. Many of families of promise throughout history came to “the Americas” to escape persecution. My maternal family originally arrived in Nova Scotia in the late 1300’s early 1400’s. My grandmother told me that we were taken in by the Mi’kmaq & we lived in community together as one. For that I am eternally grateful. Eventually many of my ancestors were killed & scattered by the British crown.
Yahshua came to bring us all into the circle together as one but the wheel has yet to be fully repaired because many went forth advancing the wrong kingdom not having spiritual understanding. They read truth, some even claimed his name but denied the power of the Spirit to allow that Truth to transform them inwardly. Their selfish hearts desired the kingdoms of this world instead of manifesting the kingdom of the eternal realms.
I pray we collectively return to the ancient path. Even if the majority will not return we who are ready to come together & live like a true human family can begin now.
When I have visited various native tribes I have seen the Creators ways interwoven into the beliefs, culture, ceremonies, & tradition. I look at my fellow brothers & sisters with eyes of His spirit. I see the inherent beauty, irreplaceable gifts & qualities within all my brothers & sisters. I pray we come together share the knowledge, wisdom, & understanding He gave each of us & together teach this world HIS WAYS.
Couldn't have said it better myself. Many self proclaimed followers of Christ have done so in the name of self-interest, pride, and ego, rather than humbleness, open-mindedness, and understanding, which is contradictory in of itself.
I was wondering if there have been reforestation efforts to preserve the art of basket weaving before it disappears?
Imagine visiting the first new independent sovereign (native) village of post antiquity aka the whole current world.. everything is tied up to the same putrid water and this would be a new small stream at first.
Is this film done by Abenakis themselves? The interviewer seemed part of the community.
Or maybe better question is this approved by / coming from Abenakis or is this just "about" them from outside?
Grrr... shit ... this still sounds stupid. I hope you understand what I mean.
Yeah, written and directed by Alanis Obomsawin who is Abenaki. She's made many many Nat'l Film Board of Canada documentaries.
@@bradlee180 Ah thanks a lot :)
I found out threw genealogy my grandfather married an Abenaki he was from France . So many traders were from France . The French and Indian war made many of them to move into Canada and be come part of any tribe that would take them in . This is before 1800
I'm a Micmac Indian, & I remember this Cemetary when I was Growing up Had these prettiest Birch trees. Now they have replaced them with Maples. Let's not forget the Black walnut, I know as a Mcmac I should only be concerned with pine. But as a Mcmac, "paddy wack", give a dog a bone. Look @ the East Coast of the United States of America. The Old Growth is nearly all gone, I'm just saying. Put back what you take don't discount us by what you're actually putting back. Back to that cherry tree analysis, everybody loves electricity. But who know's how many endangered species of trees they actually takedown. Again, no overseer, given the Raging Fires in the West. I think I'd address this next.
A miqmaq wouldn’t say “I’m a Micmac Indian.” They would just say I’m miqmaq, with that spelling. Just for the next time you tell someone you are a Micmac Indian. At least say it right. You might as well say you are 1/48 Cherokee if you are going to say it that way.
Pocohantis didn't have to show all that, she was just pretty like that year around... Know, & I never looked @ her in this way ??? No I'm not mentioning names, but I often wonder how their doing... They left for another "Big City" Casino.Does he treat you like a Lady or a Tramp on the street ???
I think I just sharted, made a mess on my sheets ??? Brother were out thou ??? 🤔 Something smells Funky round here ??? Ass cheese when's the lastime you've washed the crack of you're ass ??? Fuck the sheet's, back in the Day they used to play a game called Turtle...
I'm nothing close to pure blood anything... However Im starting to see why natives need to have children with natives and also speak their native language fluently... If they don't they will be extinct.... sorry just facts... Not a statement for my ego since I'm not even half Indian...it's just the facts.. Every generation looks more white and looses the language, when will the tribes consolidate and be proud and vibrant again?
That why colonisators governments forces native peoples children go to theirs schools to assimilate them.And even to kill them intentionnaly as recently founded 215 native childrens corps in an old schools yard.
It's incredible that you have to document an unbroken genealogical, cultural and political lines for Federal recognition and get back your rights to your own land! We all know who's land this is, and it would only be fair to demand the states to document their rights to your land, they'd also have to document how they legally acquired it without cheating and lying. Until they do, this land is yours to live on and use as you please.
They’d quickly see the land still belonged to the French and that if it was then ordained to the states to be independent it was based on the stipulations that tribes where to remain free to religion land and to remain in peace just as they found them
Unfortunately since the states have not honored the ordinations which gave them freedom from England
Then that’s where we have to say as a people who holds them accountable
It used to be the Kings like the Catholic King of France or Catholic King of Spain
But, since the English killed all the bloodline kings they’ve got no one to hold them accountable
Last option is UN
But, not enough people care to study this history and gathered together as a people to get them to make it right on the international level
Wado😊
y faut dire sang -mëlés si on dit métis le conseil méti du Manitoba nous accuse de pas être des vrais métis. y'a pas d'pire injustice.✨🎡🌹💥🐱🐉💦
The daughters would have to marry back into the Indian race to make sure the identity remains...
1:29 😮
Interesting European music in the beginning. How about some real Waabaan Aki music? Miigwich,
gary saint francis
zero dark forty trances
welch brothers dances
You the Jeff from Eatham on cape? I’m Ron who used to work at the clam plant and I’m Tobique First Nation what about you?
reils quick stop sandwich
deb linda mahlerts man wich
reunion cape cod stich
Pocahontas was a Princess to her Father the Chief. But he was willing to let her make this choice... Bad Parent Good Parent ???