SAMAQAN Water Stories (series 3) : Without Running Water, Part1

Kitigan Zibi, formerly known as Maniwaki, Quebec is at the confluence of the Gatineau and Ottawa Rivers. Surrounded by rivers and lakes, it's the traditional territory of the Anishinabeg and Algonquin people. And it's here that residents face challenges from the presence of uranium and radium in ...

SAMAQAN Water Stories (series 3) : Kahnawake Waters, Part1

The Kahnawake Mohawk Territory runs along the south shore of the St. Lawrence River in Québec, across from Montréal. It is here, along the river, that Mohawk people have lived for centuries.

In the traditional language of the Mohawks, the word "kahnawake" means "by the rapids," and the Mohawks o...

SAMAQAN: Water Stories
Season 3 Episode 32
Paddle to Squaxin

SAMAQAN: Water Stories
Season 3 Episode 33
Nala Winds

What began with the Heiltsuk First Nation's building of a canoe-the first in over 150 years-and paddling it to Vancouver for EXPO '86 has become a movement reviving the ocean-going canoe tradition on the West Coast. In 1993, the Heiltsuk's Qatuwas Festival journey saw 14 canoes paddle to Bella Be...

The 2012 Tribal Journey brought together the continents and some of the best canoe builders in the world. The west coast paddlers welcomed an eastern Woodlands birch bark canoe and Anishinabeg paddlers from Ontario, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin. They also welcomed a Maori canoe family from N...

SAMAQAN: Water Stories
Season 3 Episode 36
The Village Welcome

SAMAQAN: Water Stories
Season 3 Episode 37
Landings and Protocols

Salmon were one of the most prolific species of fish in the ocean, common in all waters surrounding North America and as far south as New Zealand. Stocks have declined on the west coast and in Atlantic Canada, wild salmon are no longer available in the market place, having been replaced by the om...

SAMAQAN Water Stories (series 3) : Drinking from My Mother's Well