Andicha n'de wendat are Huron-Wendat women who have taken back the lead drum. By taking this symbolic action, these women have played a part in regenerating Aboriginal culture so it can better thrive.

Adapted from (french only): tambourdesfemmes.com

In the Living History section of the Canada's History Society site, we encounter George Bear, an Aboriginal dancer who has made his mark everywhere he has set foot!

Adapted from : societehistoire.ca

The K8aranda dance troupe produces dance shows based on respect for the traditional values passed on by their ancestors.

Adapted from : wendake.com

Canada Council for the Arts provides programs to support Aboriginal artists designed to meet their particular needs.

Adapted from : canadacouncil.ca

The Canadian Aboriginal Festival takes place every November, in Toronto. It is the largest Aboriginal arts festival in Canada.

Adapted from : canab.com

Warisose Gabriel

Warisose Gabriel, an elder from Kanesatake, teaches traditional arts at the Mohawk immersion school. Water drum, songs and dances are part of the knowledge distribution; they punctuate seasonal ceremonies and events. For Warisose, these elements of the culture belong to the life and the history of its people. They are "the way we are".

Joséphine Bacon

Joséphine Bacon, filmmaker and storyteller, delivers with passion her knowledge of Innu dance: Makusham, which also means, in Innu language, a big feast or a big festivities' gathering. She tells how makusham was for Innus for her grandparents' generation, an opportunity to seduce the person that you are attracted to.

For Joséphine, whether the drum is Innu, Mohawk or Objibway, it calls you to dance. And makusham is still well alive.

Nicole Obomsawin

Nicole O'Bomsawin, of Abenaki origin, studied anthropology and was interested ever since in dances. She did research with elders to find the forgotten songs and dances.

In 1984 in Odanak, she founded the dance troup Mikwobait, who has the mission of ensuring the transmission of traditional dances.