ᓄᖅᑲᖅᑎᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᑐᑭᓕᕇᓕᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᑦ: Ovila Mailhot's Journey of Self-Taught Art and Cultural Reconnection
ᐅᕕᓚ ᑎᑎᖅᑲᒃᑯᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᓯᒡᔭᒥ ᑎᑎᖅᑐᒐᖅᑎᐅᕗᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑎᑎᖅᑐᒐᖅᑎᐅᓪᓗᓂ. ᑕᕆᐅᑉ ᐊᑭᐊᓂᙶᖅᑐᖅ ᑎᖕᒥᐊᖅ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᒥ ᐳᕆᑎᔅ ᑲᓚᒻᐱᐊᒥ, ᐅᕕᓚ ᓄᓇᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᓯᓕᕚᒃᒥ, ᐳᕆᑎᔅ ᑲᓚᒻᐱᐊᒥ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒐᓴᖕᓄᑦ, ᒫᓐᓇᓗ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᓚᕙᐃᑦᒥ, ᐊᓪᓚᒥ.
ᐅᕕᓚᐅᑉ ᐊᖅᑯᑎᖓ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᖃᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑎᑎᖅᑐᒐᐅᔭᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᓯᐊ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᖅ ᐃᓱᓕᒻᒪᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐊᑲᐅᙱᓪᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᔫᔮᖅᐸ ᐱᕕᖃᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ. ᓴᓇᕕᒻᒥ ᐊᒥᐊᕆᔨᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒐᓚᓐᓄᑦ, ᓄᖅᑲᑦᑎᑕᐅᒐᓱᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᖓᓂᑦ ᐱᕕᖃᑦᑎᑦᓯᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑲᔪᖏᖅᓴᐃᓂᕐᒥᓪᓗ ᖃᐅᔨᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᑦᓴᖅᓯᐅᕈᓐᓇᓂᕐᒥᑦ. "ᓲᕐᓗ YouTubing a ᐊᒥᓱᓂᒃ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᑦᑐᓂᒃ, ᓲᕐᓗ ᓂᖀᑦ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᖏᓐᓂᒃ, ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕆᐊᕐᔪᓚᐅᖅᑕᕋ. ᓇᒻᒥᓂᖅ ᓂᐅᕕᓚᐅᖅᑐᖓ ᑯᒃᑭᑕᐹᒥᒃ. ᐅᕙᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᕙᓪᓕᐊᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᖓ ᑯᒃᑭᑕᐹᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ. ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑎᑎᕋᓕᓚᐅᕐᓇᖓ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᖃᐅᔨᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᖓ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᒐᓱᒋᓪᓗᒍ."
ᐅᕕᓚ ᒫᓐᓇ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖃᖅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᑎᑎᖅᑐᒐᖅᑎᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒐᓚᓐᓄᑦ, ᐃᓚᓕᐅᔾᔨᓪᓗᓂ ᓯᔾᔭᒥ ᓴᓕᒍᐃᑦ ᓴᓇᒻᒪᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑑᓂᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᑦᑐᓂᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᓂᑦ. "ᑎᑎᖅᑐᒐᓕᕆᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᖓ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑎᑎᖅᑐᒐᖅᓯᒪᓪᓗᖓ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓄᑦ 6-ᓄᑦ. ᓄᑖᓂᒃ ᑳᓐᑐᕌᑖᖏᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᖓ. ᐱᓕᕆᓚᐅᖅᑐᖓ ᖃᔅᓯᐊᕐᔪᖕᓄᑦ ᑲᒻᐸᓂᓄᑦ. ᓇᓗᓇᐃᒃᑯᑕᓕᐅᓲᖑᔪᖓ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖁᑎᖏᓐᓄᑦ, ᒥᑭᑦᑐᓄᑦ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᓕᖕᓄᑦ, ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᓄᑦ, ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᖕᓄᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᖃᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᓴᓇᙳᐊᖅᑎᓂᒃ ᑲᓇᑕᓕᒫᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ (ᐊᑕᐅᓯᐅᙱᖦᖢᓂ) ᐊᒥᐊᓕᒐᕐᒥ."
ᓄᖅᑲᕐᕕᒋᒻᒪᕆᓚᐅᖅᑕᖓ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑐᓂ ᑲᒻᐸᓂᐅᔪᒥᒃ ᑕᐃᔭᐅᔪᒥᒃ ᓴᓕᔅ ᔅᑕᐃᔪ, ᑕᕆᐅᑉ ᐊᑭᐊᓂ, ᐅᐊᓯᖕᑕᓐᒥ, ᓇᓂᓯᒐᒥᒃ ᓴᓇᓯᒪᔭᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᓐᓄᑦ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᑎᒍᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᖃᕈᒪᓪᓗᑎᒃ. "ᑕᐃᒪᓕ ᓄᖅᑲᖔᓚᐅᑲᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᑐᖓ, ᓲᖃᐃᒻᒪ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᖅᓯᒪᔪᓕᐅᖅᐸᓚᐅᕋᒪ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᑎᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖃᐅᓯᔾᔭᐃᒃᑯᑎᒧᑦ. ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖁᓚᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᖓ, ᑕᐃᒪᓕ ᑐᓴᖅᑎᑦᑎᕙᓪᓕᐊᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᖓ ᓴᖅᑭᑕᓐᓂᒃ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ. ᓴᓕᔅ ᔅᑏᐅᓪ ᐊᐱᕆᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐱᔪᒪᖕᒪᖔᕐᒪ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᑖᒃᑯᓂᖓ, ᑕᐃᒪᐃᓐᓂᖓᓄᓪᓗ ᖁᔭᒋᑦᑎᐊᓚᐅᖅᑕᕋ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ."
ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ−ᐱᓯᒪᑦᓯᔨᐅᓪᓗᓂ, ᐅᕕᓚ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕕᔾᔪᐊᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ. "ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕆᐊᓚᐅᙱᑦᑐᖓ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᒐᓕᐅᕆᐊᖅᑐᖅᖢᖓ. ᐃᓕᑦᑎᓯᒪᔭᓕᒫᒃᑲ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ−ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᓯᒪᕐᔪᐊᖅᑐᑦ."
"ᑕᐃᒪᓕ, ᐅᔾᔨᕆᔭᐅᓚᐅᕋᒪ ᓴᓕᔅ ᔅᑕᐃᔪᒧᑦ, ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᒐᕋ ᐱᓪᓗᓂᐅᒃ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᑎᒡᓗ ᐱᓂᐊᕐᓂᕋᖅᖢᑎᒃ. ᐊᐱᕆᓚᐅᕐᒪᑕ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᒻᒪᖔᕐᒪ ᑕᒪᑐᒪ ᒥᒃᓵᓄᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓚᐅᕐᓇᖓ ᑭᓱᒥᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᕐᒪᖔᖅ. ᑕᐃᒪᓕ ᐊᒥᓲᓂᕐᓴᐃᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᓚᐅᖅᑐᖓ YouTube tutorials-ᓂᒃ, ᓲᕐᓗ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓕᒫᐸᓗᒃ, ᑎᑎᖅᑐᒐᐅᔭᖅᓯᒪᓂᖓᓄᑦ, ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᖅᓯᒪᓂᖓᓄᑦ, ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᖅᑎᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐱᐅᓂᖃᕐᒪᖔᖅ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐱᑦᑎᐊᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᖓ. ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐲᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᑐᑎᒃ ᑕᐃᑲᙵᑦ."
ᐃᓕᑦᑎᕙᓪᓕᐊᒐᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ, ᐅᕕᓚ ᐃᒃᐱᒍᓱᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᓕᕆᓂᖅ ᐊᖅᑯᑎᑦᑎᐊᕙᐅᓂᖓᓂᒃ. "ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᕋ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᖅ ᐅᕙᓐᓄᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᓵᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ. ᓴᓇᙳᐊᖅᑎᐅᓂᐊᕋᓱᒋᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᙱᑦᑐᖓ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐃᓱᒪᑐᔪᒻᒪᕆᐊᓗᖕᓃᙶᕋᒪ. ᐊᑖᑕᒐ ᐊᒥᐊᕆᔨᐅᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ, ᐊᓈᓇᒐ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑎᐅᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ, ᐊᐅᒻᒦᑐᐃᓐᓇᐸᓪᓚᐃᔪᖅ. ᐊᑲᐅᒋᑦᑎᐊᓚᐅᖅᑕᕋ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕆᓪᓗᒍ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕆᔭᕋ."
ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓗᐊᖅᓯᕙᓪᓕᐊᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᓇᒻᒥᓂᖅ ᐊᔾᔨᐅᖏᑦᑐᒥᒃ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᖃᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ, ᐱᖃᓯᐅᑎᓪᓗᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᖏᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓴᓇᒻᒪᐅᓯᖏᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕆᔭᒥᓄᑦ. "ᖁᕕᐊᓱᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᑐᖓ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᕋ ᐱᓪᓗᒍ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᔨᖃᓚᐅᙱᓐᓇᒪ. ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᕗᖓ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᒻᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᕙᓚᐅᕐᒪᑕ ᐅᕙᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᕐᓂᒃ, Pacific Northwest-ᑯᓐᓂᙶᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ. ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᑐᐃᓐᓇᓚᐅᖅᑕᕋ ᑕᐃᒃᓱᒪᓂ, ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕆᑲᐃᓐᓇᓚᐅᖅᑕᕋ, ᐱᓕᒻᒪᒃᓴᖅᑐᖓ. ᐊᑲᐅᒋᓗᐊᓚᐅᙱᑕᕋᓕ ᓲᖃᐃᒻᒪ ᓇᑭᙶᕐᓂᑰᙱᒻᒪᑦ. ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᓕᓚᐅᕋᒪ ᓯᔾᔭᒥᐅᑕᓂᒃ ᓴᓕᒎᑎᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᕿᒥᕐᕈᓪᓗᖓ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓴᓇᙳᐊᖅᑎᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᕿᒥᕐᕈᓪᓗᑕ ᓯᕗᓕᕕᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ, ᓲᕐᓗ ᕿᒥᕐᓗᓂᒃ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᓗᑕ ᑕᑯᔭᒐᖃᕐᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᑎᒍᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᕿᒥᕐᕈᓪᓗᑕ ᓯᕗᓕᕕᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᓴᓇᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ. ᐊᔪᕈᓐᓃᖅᓴᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᖓ ᑖᒃᑯᓂᖓ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᕙᓐᓄᑦ ᓈᒻᒪᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᖢᓂ."
"ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕆᔪᒪᓚᐅᖅᑐᖓ ᓱᓇᑐᐃᓐᓇᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᔪᒃᓯᓕᖅᑕᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᕈᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᑕᑯᕙᒃᑕᓐᓂᒃ ᖃᐅᑕᒫᑦ. ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐃᓚᓕᐅᑎᓇᓱᒍᒪᓚᐅᖅᑕᕋ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᓐᓄᑦ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᓱᓕ ᐊᑐᕐᓗᖓ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᖅᑎᓐᓂᑦ ᓯᔾᔭᖅᐸᓯᒻᒥ ᓴᓕᒎᑎᓂᑦ ᓴᓕᒎᑎᓂᑦ ᓵᑦᑎᓐᓃᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᕙᑦᑎᓐᓄᑦ ᑐᓂᔭᐅᓪᓗᓂ."
ᐊᒻᒪᓗᑦᑕᐅᖅ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᖏᓐᓂᑦ, ᐅᕕᓚ ᑲᑎᙵᓕᒃᑲᓐᓂᓚᐅᖕᒥᔪᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᑐᖃᖓᓂᑦ, ᓇᓂᓯᓯᒪᓪᓗᓂᓗ ᑲᑎᔾᔪᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᓂᑦ ᑕᒪᐃᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᐅᓯᖕᓂᑦ. "ᖁᔭᓕᒻᒪᕆᓚᐅᖅᑐᖓ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᒐᒪ ᓕᖅ'a:ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᖃᑕᐅᓚᐅᕋᒪ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᓂᒡᓕᓇᖅᑐᒻᒪᕆᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ. ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔮᖃᐃᓐᓇᓲᖑᒐᒪ Halq'emélem-ᒥᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᓕᕌᖓᒪ ᑕᕆᐅᕐᒥᐅᑕᓂᒃ ᑎᒻᒥᐊᓂᒃ ᓄᑲᖅᖡᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᒥ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓂ ᐊᓂᒍᖅᑐᓂᒃ, ᐳᐃᒍᖃᑦᑕᕋᔅᓯ ᐊᔪᕈᓐᓃᖅᓴᕋᔪᙱᒃᑯᔅᓯ. ᑕᐃᒪᐃᒻᒪᑦ ᐱᐅᒻᒪᕆᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᑎᕆᐊᖓ ᑕᒪᑐᒧᖓ, ᐱᓪᓗᒍ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᓚᐅᕋᑦᑕ ᑕᒪᒃᑯᓂᖓ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕐᓂᒃ. ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᒍᓱᑦᑎᐊᓚᐅᖅᑐᖓᓗ ᖃᓄᖅ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᓴᖅᑭᓚᐅᖕᒪᖔᑦ ᓂᕆᐅᒃᐳᖓᓗ ᐃᓕᑦᑎᒃᑲᓐᓂᕆᐊᒃᓴᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᑉ ᒥᒃᓵᓄᑦ ᐱᐅᑐᐃᓐᓇᖕᒪᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᓕᐅᕆᐊᒃᓴᖅ."
"ᐅᑎᕈᓐᓇᕈᒪᔪᖓ. ᑕᐃᒪᓕ ᑲᔪᓯᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᖃᖅᓯᒪᓕᕋᒪ, ᐅᑎᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᒪᕗᖓ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᓐᓂᒃ ᖃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᖅᑕᒃᑯᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓱᒪᓪᓗᖓ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᑉ ᐊᔾᔨᓐᖑᐊᖓᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᕐᓗᖓ ᐱᕕᒃᓴᑦᑎᐊᕙᐅᒻᒪᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑦᑐᒥᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᒋᐊᒃᓴᖅ."
ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᑦᑎᐊᕐᒥᔭᕋ ᑮᑦ ᑳᓕᐊᐃ ᑎᑎᕋᓚᐅᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᑖᔅᓱᒥᖓ.
ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᒥ ᐊᖅᑯᓯᓂᕆᔭᐅᕙᒃᑐᑦ ᖃᑦᑎᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᓛᓕᖅᑐᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᕗᑦ TakingITGlobal's Connected North-ᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᕙᒃᑐᒧᑦ.
ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᕈᐃᐅᓪ ᐹᓐᒃ ᑐᙵᕕᐊᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᐃᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᕈᐃᐅᓪ ᐹᓐᒃ ᓯᕗᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᑕᐅᓛᖅᑐᓂᑦ, ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᖏᓪᓗ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᐃᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᑎᑦ ᐃᓕᑦᑎᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᓂᑦ.