Shashish|Anutshish : a virtual museum to explore past and present First Nations culture.

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Title of the work

Booklet: prototype for a collection of tales.

Laurette Grégoire

What sets Laurette apart is her avid interest in art and her distinct use and promotion of her culture. For 33 years, she has worked at saving the Innu language and culture by dedicating her professional life to teaching. She loves designing pedagogical programs and hopes to create programs for children which will promote interest in her community's culture and language. She also likes to paint and draw and has taken embroidery and moccasin making courses.

Description

(2005) Paper, cardboard, leather.
"I am very concerned about losing our language. I want to create a book of tales inspired from significant symbolic objects from within our culture. The book would be bilingual for those interested in our language, in our culture. While reading these stories to their children, parents could also improve their own language skills. The book would also be educational. It would be composed of objects/tales which would ensure the transmission of the language and, on a larger scale, of the culture. It could include a slightly more technical lexicon describing the objects which served as inspiration for the tales."