The Oujé-Bougoumou Cree community has called upon Aboriginal architect Douglas Cardinal to design the major public institutions in the community.

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Cree Village EcoLodge is an environmentally-friendly destination featuring bird and whale watching, camping, skiing and snowshoeing, river boat tours, etc. The hotel's architectural design is patterned after traditional Cree values.

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Discover Aboriginal architect Douglas Cardinal's outlook on architectural design on the culture.ca website.

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Corporation Waskahegen, founded in 1972, has provided financial for housing to thousands of Aboriginal people. Its Fonds Waskahegen encourages job creation and economic development initiatives.

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Read a summary of a planning exercise in which the Anishnabeg Nation tribal council and architect Douglas Cardinal joined forces to express their visions about their expectations of what they want their village to look like.

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Pierre Thibeault

Pierre Thibeault is an original architect. This white man has always been directly in touch with natives. This did not stop him of being interested, with a communicative passion, in Université Laval, where he did a part of his studies.

Pierre Thibeault presented a thesis at the Planning Commission of Université Laval on the institution's planning. In his approach, Pierre Thibeault wishes that the new plan would encourage long term grid of the campus to urban life.

Adapted from (french only): camul.faaav.ulaval.ca

Nicole O'Bomsawin

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.

Adapted from : culture.ca