Tales and legends

Les deux sœurs - Un récit ilnu transmis à Mashteuiatsh

The Two Sisters - An Ilnu Tale Transmitted in M...

Two sisters with opposite personalities live with their family in the territory. When a young man chooses to marry the elder, jealousy drives the younger one to plot a malicious...

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The Two Sisters - An Ilnu Tale Transmitted in M...

Two sisters with opposite personalities live with their family in the territory. When a young man chooses to marry the elder, jealousy drives the younger one to plot a malicious...

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L'homme combat l'ours - Une légende ilnue sur le respect

The Man Fights the Bear - An Innu Legend on Res...

Convinced that his strength makes him superior to everything around him, a man provokes a bear that nevertheless refuses to fight. An ancient Innu legend about arrogance, limits, and respect...

The Man Fights the Bear - An Innu Legend on Res...

Convinced that his strength makes him superior to everything around him, a man provokes a bear that nevertheless refuses to fight. An ancient Innu legend about arrogance, limits, and respect...

Mishtamishk - La légende ilnue du castor géant

Mishtamishk - The Innu legend of the giant beaver

A very long time ago, a gigantic beaver built a dam that caused the waters of the Pekuakami to rise. Mishtanapeu then set out to pursue it. Discover an ancient...

Mishtamishk - The Innu legend of the giant beaver

A very long time ago, a gigantic beaver built a dam that caused the waters of the Pekuakami to rise. Mishtanapeu then set out to pursue it. Discover an ancient...

La Pie (Wishketian) - Le geai gris qui apprit à l'Ilnu à survivre

The Magpie (Wishketian) - The Gray Jay who taug...

Back when humans and animals could still speak to one another, a small bird from the forest came to the aid of an Innu family. In exchange, it asked only...

The Magpie (Wishketian) - The Gray Jay who taug...

Back when humans and animals could still speak to one another, a small bird from the forest came to the aid of an Innu family. In exchange, it asked only...

L'ours et le garçon - Une légende ilnu de Mashteuiatsh

The Bear and the Boy - An Innu Legend from Mash...

A child disappears in the heart of the forest. For months, his father searches for him relentlessly, until he discovers that he is living with a bear he calls his...

The Bear and the Boy - An Innu Legend from Mash...

A child disappears in the heart of the forest. For months, his father searches for him relentlessly, until he discovers that he is living with a bear he calls his...

Tshakapesh et la lune - La légende innue de l’homme dans la lune

Tshakapesh and the Moon - The Innu Legend of th...

While chasing a squirrel to the top of an immense spruce tree, Tshakapesh reaches a world above our own. After freeing the sun, which was caught in a snare, he...

Tshakapesh and the Moon - The Innu Legend of th...

While chasing a squirrel to the top of an immense spruce tree, Tshakapesh reaches a world above our own. After freeing the sun, which was caught in a snare, he...