Mokotakan
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 |
This article or section is missing citations or needs footnotes. Using inline citations helps guard against copyright violations and factual inaccuracies. (April 2008) |
Village of Mokotakan, located at St Mathieu Park in the Mauricie region of Quebec, traces the presence of aboriginal peoples in Quebec for more than 5000 years. The eleven aboriginal peoples of Quebec represented at the site are Abenakis, Algonquins, Atikamekws, Cree, Wendat, Innu (Montagnais), Inuit, Maliseet, Micmac, Mohawk, Naskapis. The interpretive village was constructed based on various buildings recovered from various sited from the eleven nations.
The mission of this site is the sharing, dissemination and interpretation of culture of indigenous peoples of the Americas, with empahsis on the eleven nations of Quebec. A guided tour teaches visitors lifestyles, culture, history and spirituality of these peoples.
Mōkotākan means "crooked knife" in Atikamekw, an indispensable tool of the eleven nations of Quebec.
 Mokotakan village scene |
 Mokotakan village scene |
 Mokotakan village scene |
 Mokotakan village scene |
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 |
This article relating to Indigenous peoples of North America is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
