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In the News (Fri 25 Dec 09)

  
  Attikamekw
The name of the community is the Atikameks word for "the place where we gather the eggs".
As for Lake Métabeskéga, its name comes from the Atikameks word "metapeckeka", which translates as the "swamp that comes out of the bay", and makes reference to the floating islands on the surface of the lake, formed by vegetation that has been rooted up from the shores of the lake.
The name of the community is "Wemotaci", in Atikameks, and translates as "the mountain from which we observe".
www.angelfire.com /realm/shades/nativeamericans/attikamekw.htm   (910 words)

  
 Facts for Kids: Atikamekw Indians (Attikamekw, Tete de Boule, Attikameks)
We encourage students and teachers to visit our main Atikamekw pages for in-depth information about the tribe, but here are our answers to the questions we are most often asked by children, with Atikamekw pictures and links we believe are suitable for all ages.
It's pronounced "Ah-dik-ah-meck." The W is part of the final consonant, showing that the K is rounded (a subtle pronunciation difference that is difficult for English or French speakers to say correctly.) It isn't a fifth syllable, and you shouldn't pronounce the word "Ah-dik-ah-meck-wuh." In their language, Atikamekw means a kind of whitefish.
The French sometimes used to call the Atikameks "Tête-de-Boule," which was the French name for whitefish.
www.geocities.com /bigorrin/atikamekw_kids.htm   (1254 words)

  
 Artic Aventure Motoneige
At the limit of tourist and the sportsman, this raid takes you along towards north to discover the kingdom of pourvoiries and the territory of the Atikameks Indians.
DAY 4: Small out track early morning to a point of view on the lake and the area, We continue always full north.
In afternoon, you cross the stopping of the lake Toro to join a typical pourvoirie hidden at the edge of the Atikamek territory.
www.toutelaventure.com /word_anglais/kiamika_wgb.htm   (566 words)

  
 News su Motomondiale e Superbike. Prove moto e mercatino dell'usato
ATIKAMEK ADVENTURE, è un affermato Tour Operator specializzato in viaggi d''''avventura, che si rivolge a tutti coloro che vogliono scoprire un nuovo modo di viaggiare, vivendo da protagonisti un'''' esperienza unica ed indimenticabile, secondo un concetto originale che miscela sport ed avventura, cultura ed esplorazione.
Una forma d''''avventura "chiavi in mano" che vi permetterà in tutta sicurezza di immergervi nella natura selvaggia, accompagnati da guide esperte, viaggiando in piccoli gruppi e con mezzi nuovi ed affidabili ogni anno, dalle potenti motoslitte Polaris alle mitiche Harley Davidson.
ATIKAMEK dispone di una solida e sperimentata infrastruttura che si appoggia a dinamici collaboratori locali e vi farà scoprire l''''avventura nei grandi spazi ed esplorare paesaggi spettacolari e grandiosi lontano dai comuni sentieri turistici.
www.motocorse.com /calendario-viaggi.php?oid=47   (233 words)

  
 Correctional Service of Canada - Literacy 2000 Conference - Towards Reintergration
A variety of specific cultures may be encompassed.
the inuit, the Algonquin, Cree, Atikamek, and others are all different nations.
An Aboriginal class in a prison environment is part of a complex framework of interventions in which other actors play an essential role in the correctional process toward a safe reintegration into the community.
www.csc-scc.gc.ca /text/forum/literacy/presentations/aborig_class_e.shtml   (263 words)

  
 The Mushuau Innu. Surviving Canada. A Documentary.
Excessive drinking, violence, and child neglect followed from the resulting low self-esteem and forced inactivity - results which were to have been expected, given the same kind of transformation that Indians elsewhere in Canada had undergone, after they had been confined on reserves.
The growing social problems of settlement life led to the formation of Innu political organizations - the Conseil Atikamek Montagnais, in Québec, and the Naskapi Montagnais Innu Association in Labrador (later to become the Innu Nation) in the early 1970s.
These organizations set about improving conditions in the villages, and making it possible for some people to return to hunting and trapping.
www.firstcontact.ca /Surviving-Canada/history.html   (1039 words)

  
 Native Americans: Atikamekw History and Culture (Attikamekw, Atikamek)
As a complement to our Atikamekw language information, we would like to share our collection of indexed links about the Atikamekw people and various aspects of their society.
Atikamekw history is interesting and important, but the Atikameks are still here today, too, and we try to feature modern writers as well as traditional folklore, contemporary art as well as museum pieces, and the issues and struggles of today as well as the tragedies of yesterday.
Art book display of painted caribou-skin coats of the Innu, Cree, and Atikameks of Quebec and Labrador.
www.native-languages.org /atikamekw_culture.htm   (331 words)

  
 Foundation For Endangered Languages. Home
The greatest heritage that parents and grandparents can give their children is indeed their mother tongue» (Molly Kistabish, The future of Algonquin, p.
She mentions the need to raise awareness of the people and to speak about Atikamet in Atikamet (Coocoo, Marthe, The future of Atikamek, p.
She speaks of the importance of education program designing which have already been developed such as natural sciences, the human sciences and kindergarten education (Op.
www.ogmios.org /510.htm   (2709 words)

  
 Sueing the Lotto'S offices... - Lotto 649 Lottery Forums
It doesn't translate perfectly by any means but it helps a bit.
Dennis we are going to have to rely on you for those translations until the language tool gets with the program and adds Atikamek to the list
This guy is a liar, if he's gonna claim he spent $840 in one month on lottery tickets he better still have them to prove that he never won anything..
www.lotto649.ws /anything-goes/1750-sueing-lottos-offices.html   (498 words)

  
 Society - Ethnicity - The Americas - Indigenous - Native Americans - Tribes, Nations and Bands - A - Attikamekw   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The Attikamekw (also spelled Atikamekw or Attikamek, sometimes called Tete de Boule) live in Quebec, in three communities: Manawan, Obedjiwan, and Weymontachie.
Atikamek Language and the Attikamekw Indian Culture - Language, culture, history and genealogy information.
Atikamewk from Manawan on the Move - Interviews with two Atikamekw people about indigenous protests against logging on their lands.
www.inter.co.yu /kategorije/Society/Ethnicity/The_Americas/Indigenous/Native_Americans/Tribes,_Nations_and_Bands/A/Attikamekw   (408 words)

  
 Canada Vacation with Authentik Canada
After a hearty breakfast, the adventure continues as you take the reins of your iron horse and head for the Atikamek ancestral lands.
If time permits you are invited to stop at the aboriginal gift shop Bellerose, working closely with the Atikamek community.
After refilling your tank, you will drive around the edge of the Lac Taureau reservoir to reach its hydroelectric dam, built to regulate the water level during the spring thaw.
authentik-canada.com /vacation/canada-vacation.shtml   (1584 words)

  
 Incentive travel in Canada with Authentik Canada
After breakfast, you set course for the north and the Atikamek Indian Reserve.
After a buffet-style breakfast, you take the reins of your iron horse and head towards the village of Saint-Michel-des-Saints.
This is a great opportunity to pick up some special souvenirs for your loved ones.
authentik-canada.com /incentive/incentive-travel-canada.shtml   (1667 words)

  
 Attikamekw Language and the Attikamekw Indian Tribe (Attikamek, Atikamekw, Atikamek, Attimewk)
Attikamekw Language and the Attikamekw Indian Tribe (Attikamek, Atikamekw, Atikamek, Attimewk)
Language: Attikamekw or Tête-de-Boule is an Algonquian language closely related to Cree; indeed, some consider it to be a dialect of Cree.
The Attikamekw (also known as the Attikameks, Atikameks, Atikamekw, or Tete-de-Boule) are traditional allies of the Montagnais (Innu) and adversaries of the Inuit.
www.native-languages.org /atikamekw.htm   (484 words)

  
 Voyage incentive en motoneige au Canada
Après un petit déjeuner, vous mettez le cap vers le nord et la réserve amérindienne des Atikameks.
Petit déjeuner de style buffet et reprenez les commandes de votre cheval de fer en vous dirigeant au village de Saint-Michel-des-Saints.
Pendant que votre guide fait le plein de vos motos, vous pourriez entrer dans la boutique d'artisanat amérindienne Bellerose, qui d'ailleurs travaille étroitement avec la communauté Atikamek.
www.authentikcanada.com /motoneige/voyage-incentive-motoneige-canada.shtml   (1819 words)

  
 European Tribune - Comments - What is Europe Anyway? ...with poll!
In Canada and the United States, only about half a million native speakers of an Amerindian tongue remain.
Abnaki-Penobscot, Algonquin, Arapaho, Atikamek, Blackfoot (Siksika, Blackfeet), Cheyenne, Cree, Etchemin, Gros Ventre (Atsina), Kickapoo, Lenape (Delaware), Loup A/Loup B, Lumbee (Pamlico, Croatan), Maliseet-Passamaquoddy, Menominee, Mesquakie-Sauk (Sac and Fox), Miami-Illinois, Michif (Metis), Mi'kmaq (Micmac), Mohegan/Pequot, Mohican/Mahican, Montagnais Innu, Munsee, Nanticoke, Narragansett, Naskapi Innu, Ojibwe (Chippewa, Anishinaabemowin), Potawatomi, Powhatan, Shawnee, Wampanoag, Wiyot, Yurok; possibly Beothuk (Red Indian)
The Athabascan, or Na-Dene, languages are spoken from northwestern Canada and Alaska south to the Rio Grande.
www.eurotrib.com /comments/2006/2/13/232212/507/69   (1134 words)

  
 peacefile » 2004 »
I don’t have any tribal maps of Vermont, but there might be a case that the Rochester site was a northern boundary of L speaking (Lenape type) people.
I have a Canadian government map of 1700 that shows Atikamek (Algonquin/Cree) people’s boundary down into Vermont quite a ways.
They were N speakers, not a Lenape type.
peacefile.org /wordpress/?m=200406&paged=2   (9815 words)

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