The weather has changed, finally, winter has come and gone and summer is quickly approaching and the powwow circuit is starting to heat up. In August, Ouje-Bougoumou will host its 4th annual Powwow and this year is going to be special. This will be the first time that the Ouje-Bougoumou Powwow will actually happen in …
Aanischaaukamikw has brought aboard two summer interns. Tania Lariviere and Siikuun Wapachee have join our team as tour guides and summer programmers. They will be here to offer visitors tours of the exhibit and building, as well as helping to run some of our summer programming. Welcome to all.
Aanischaaukamikw has hired a new tour guide, Suzanne Kitchen brings a life time of traditional knowledge with her to this position. Suzanne has spent much of her life living in the bush, continuing to practice her culture in the setting of her ancestors. We are very pleased that she has joined our team as she …
Michel Bayard is from Albany, New York. He is 70 years old. He started his journey using his vehicle from Albany to Montreal and continued by bike to Ouje-Bougoumou. He travelled using forestry roads through Obedjewan. He plans to continue his journey to Waswanipi. If you see him on the road, please do stop and …
COMING SOON TO AANISCHAAUKAMIKW! Staff Viewing Newly Loaned Artifacts from the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto. A collection of James Bay Cree artifacts will be temporarily on exhibition at the Aanischaaukamikw Cree Cultural Institute. The artifacts includes: Two spectacular hoods, a pair of woman’s leggings, a wall pocket made of porcupine quill and a child’s bag. …
Our spring intern Christine Desroches is a museum tech student from College Montmorency. She is finishing up her last week here at ACCI and we asked her to write a few lines about her time here at Aanischaaukamikw. We were very happy to have her as part of our team! Already 6 weeks! I had …
The museum may be closed to the public during Goose Break, but museum staff have been working hard to do some spring cleaning before the museum opens again. The library got a full cleaning last week. Everything from shelves to carpets were washed in preparation for the summer. One of the best ways to make …
Christine came to ACCI in April from College Montmorency where she has almost completed the Techniques de Museologie program. Her internship is 6 weeks long and we at ACCI are happy to have her here! We asked Christine to write about the projects that she has been working on here at ACCI. My first project …