Nauetakuan, a silence for a noise
Nauetakuan, a silence for a noise
Marissa Yip-Young
, cassandra schiemann
, Jude Castillo
, Marilyn Stanley
, Agnes Marshall
, Gabrielle Wolfe
, Joanna McFarlane-Frampton
, Sharon Forzley
, Zara Garcia-Alvarez
, Natasha Andres
, Patricia Johnson
, Andrea Pole
, Cindy Bodini
, Sandra Furlotte
, Barry Kazimer
, Rita O'Sullivan
, Linda Leitch
, Sarah Schwartz
, Kate Rutter
, Jane McRobb
, Beth Dekoker
, Sebastian Schulman
, Natasa Ilic
, Laurie Burns
, Noelle Walsh
, Margo Beredjiklian
, Dani Kat
, Katie Kah
, Marjorie Roy
, Alanna Virtue
, Allison Dube
, Alyce Soulodre
, PATRICIA SOPEL
, Stephen Pinder
, Tanya Blake
, Linda Ham
, Jessica Doiron
, Janice Cournoyer
, Kim Cappellina
, Maria Zuppardi
, Benita Hartwell
, Margaret McKay
, Jenna Lyn Albert
, Maria Mclean
, Dana Francoeur
, Susie Rance
, jane luce
, Rosa Cross
, Rodney Cross
, Elmira Olson
, Lynn Bechtel
, Holly Elisabeth
, Janet Meisner
, Heather Sibley
, Robert Hykawy
, Denise Duvall
, Huguette Lemieux
, Ellen Clarke
, Joshua Lewis
, Joe Mitchell
, Shannon Lee
, Hoda Montazeri
, Randi Ann Doll
, Sara Conway
, Marla Schecter Howard
, Joseph Chirayil
, Claire Gear
, Karen Nordrum
, Nora Gould
, Janet Miller
, Ken Gilmour
, P. Thompson
, Melissa Kohlman
, Pamela Roberts Griffith
, Meghan Barton
, Kim Wiggins
, MJ Malleck
, Sarah Van Dyk
, M M English
, Emily Johansen
, Diana Richardson
, Lisa Mallia
, Kim Carswell
, Tanis Anne
, Melissa Dingwall
, BARBARA BELL
, Val Ross
, Lauren Seal
, Stay Ramsey
, Carson Loveless
, Sara Parks
, Mel Barroso
, Deanna Radford
, Heather Belliveau
, Yolande Thivierge
, Maggie Keating
, Melissa Poremba
, Debbie Youngman
, Lynn Andrews
, Rachel Edmonds
, Pearl Pirie
, Vivian Thorgeirson
, Rebecca Evans
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Monica, a young woman studying art history in Montreal, has lost touch with her Innu roots. When an exhibition unexpectedly articulates a deep, intergenerational wound, she begins to search for stronger connections to her Indigeneity. A new friendship with Katherine, an Indigenous woman whose life is filled with culture and community, emphasizes for Monica the possibilities of turning from assimilation and toxic masculinity to something deeper and more universal.
Travelling across the continent, from Eastern Canada to Vancouver to Mexico City, Monica connects with other Indigenous artists and thinkers, learning about their traditional ways and the struggles of other Nations. Throughout these journeys, she is guided by visions of giant birds and ancestors that draw her back home to Pessamit. Reckonings with family and floods await, but amidst strange tides, she reconnects to her language, Innu-aimun, and her people.
A timely, riveting story of reclamation, matriarchies, and the healing power of traditional teachings, Nauetakuan, a silence for a noise affirms how reconnecting to lineage and community can transform Indigenous futures.
