"Le rire précolombien dans le Québec contemporain" is a book that addresses the issue of voluntarily keeping the native people out of the discussions regarding Québec. They are kept aside from the political scene. However, the efforts made by Quebecers to more and more be identified to the territory will inevitably lead them to meet on their roads the contemporary native people. This book is available in libraries.

The Website of "PLANÈTE AUTOCHTONE" talks about Redskins, "Tricksters and Puppy Stew", a film directed by the native playwright Drew Hayden Taylor. This documentary shows us the sense of humour of Native people.

Adapted from: dfait-maeci.gc.ca

The Website of the Laughter Club talks about the benefits of laughter. This club is inspired by the methods of the Indian doctor (from India), Madan Kataria, called Laughter without reason. Quite a funny idea!

Adapted from: clubderirequebec.com

Just for laughs takes place in July in Montreal, right after the Festival Présence autochtone. This event reaches everyone. Every year, Just for laughs presents a great number of shows, of which some are free and presented in the heart of the Quartier Latin. Your fun is guaranteed!

Adapted from: hahaha.com

Katia Rock

Katia Rock is an Innu singer from Maliotenam, a village that loves music very much. Married to a non-native, she has four boys. While she is studying at the National School Theatre of Montreal, her husband stays home with their children.

She is a very talented woman born with an innate sense of humour. She likes to imitate the missionaries that speak in Innu language when they are preaching in church. This makes people smile and laugh, especially during the suppers she organizes with friends.

Rémi Savard

A seventy year-old anthropologist, Rémi Savard wrote “Le rire précolombien dans le Québec contemporain”.

In 1972, at the Amerindian anthropology lab in Montreal, he was the one who introduced to our film director, Josephine Bacon, the first legends of her people. Rémi is a non-native, but he had lived among Innu and Inuit. Based on the laughter of these two nations, he wrote the essay, “Le rire précolombien dans le Québec contemporain” and the book of tales Carcajou et le sens du monde.

Steve Jeanotte

Steve Jeannotte was born in Gaspésie of a mi’gmaq father and of a Québec French mother. His sense of humour was developed by looking himself in the mirror. As a little boy, whenever he was visiting his mother’s side family, the Whites were saying that he was a “nindian”… This made him cry until he used humour to bring him out of his torpor.

Like anyone rejected by society, telling jokes made him feel better. Thus, for several years, he did the “Grands Ducs” Tour to make the clients of bars in his region laugh. This is how he became a COMICMAC…