À la manière de… Henry Lorne Masta
Dudemaine, André
Dialogue de Weswakwigont et d’Almonska
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While Non-Fiction has been used for the primary genre has been indicated purposefully, there is a need to better represent Indigenous writings and contemplate how some fall outside the traditional fiction/non-fiction binary.
Canadian Writing Research Collaboratory
Story
Terres en vues
1993-01-01T00:00:00.000Z 1993
n. 2
Vol. 1
pp. 6-7
continuing
French
Essais Essay
Autochtones Aboriginal
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2018-01-24T22:07:18.113Z
This piece features a dialogue between Weswakwigont and Almonska, two protagonists created by Henry Lorne Masta, born in 1893 in Odanak. His father had been the first to attempt to convert the Abenaki from Odanak to protestantism. Henry Lorne Masta opened the first protestant school in Odanak which causing havock amongst the catholic priests. The use of his protagonists here is as a homage to a man who promoted and defended Abenaki culture. In the dialogue, Almonska asks his uncle Weswakwigont whether filmmakers who misrepresent Indigenous people should not be denounced. They discuss several examples of films and narratives, good and bad, as well as the rise of Indigenous actors and filmmakers.
