The origins and evolution of the Innu Nikamu Music and Aboriginal Arts Festival are intimately linked to the territorial roots of the Innu people and to the life of the Maliotenam Reserve community. For centuries past the Innu had followed a seasonal migration cycle, wintering in the northern territories for the caribou hunt and returning every summer to the north shore of the St-Lawrence. Festivities, meetings, traditional games and weddings marked the latter period, and the Festival has become the modern day reincarnation of the ancient summer celebration.
Florent Vollant
Danielle Descent
Jean-Luc Vollant
Sylvain Vollant
Shauit
Natasha Kanapé Fontaine
Philippe McKenzie
Willy Mitchell
Nina Segalowitz
Kim Fontaine
Charles-Api Bellefleur