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Pourquoi les Oginii-Waabigwan ont-elles des épines?

S1 E1
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2020

Long ago, animals lived in harmony. They ate wild flowers, especially oginii-waabigwan, roses that did not have thorns. This balance was disturbed by the greed of the 'waabooz' rabbits, which decimated entire fields, forcing Nanabouzo to give the roses thorns so that they could protect themselves.

Levels:
Elementary Grade 4 Grade 6 Grade 5 Secondary Grade 10 Grade 9
Subjects:
First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Studies Français Social Sciences and Humanities
Skills:
Communication Problem Solving Critical Thinking Global Citizenship and Sustainability
Themes:
Indigenous Perspectives
French level:
B1: Threshold Independent User (B1 - B2) B2: Vantage
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E1 : Pourquoi les Oginii-Waabigwan ont-elles des épines?

10min10s
Long ago, animals lived in harmony. They ate wild flowers, especially oginii-waabigwan, roses that did not have thorns. This balance was disturbed by the greed of the 'waabooz' rabbits, which decimated entire fields, forcing Nanabouzo to give the roses thorns so that they could protect themselves.
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E2 : Comment l'ours a-t-il perdu sa queue?

8min41s
Learn about the misadventures of Makwa the bear, whose arrogance annoyed all the animals of the forest, and how the very clever Nanabozo teaches him a lesson.
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E3 : Pourquoi Mikinaak a une carapace?

7min19s
This is the story of Nanabozo, a half-spirit, half-human being, who after seriously injuring Mikinaak the turtle by accidentally falling on him, created a protective shell for him.
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E4 : Pourquoi le cheval ne parle-t-il pas ?

5min22s
At the time when horses talked, Samana, the king's daughter, wanted to go to a village that was strictly forbidden to women. Although disguised as a man in order to go unnoticed, the village wizard felt her presence among the villagers. In order not to be unmasked and stay alive, the young girl will have to follow the judicious…
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E5 : Le chasseur et le génie

6min43s
In a village where all the new brides disappear as if by magic, a courageous hunter sets off to challenge the genie responsible for these disappearances in order to deliver all his victims.
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E6 : Kotendimina

11min30s
Discover the adventures of Kotendimina, the king's firstborn, mistreated by his younger brothers. His fate takes a whole different turn when he meets a snake with magical powers...
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E7 : Jacques et le haricot magique

10min41s
Jacques and his mother, although working hard to cultivate their field, remain poor. Their lives are transformed when Jacques meets an old man who offers to exchange their only cow for a ... magic bean! Thanks to this huge bean, Jack climbs to its summit and, beyond the clouds, discovers the ogre and his wife's castle...
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E8 : La légende du loup-garou

9min8s
Misael having failed to confess for seven years falls victim to the werewolf curse. The day before his wedding to his future wife, Catherine, he turns into a werewolf and disappears. All the men in the village set out to find him and it is Firmin Jambette who comes face to face with the formidable beast...
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E9 : Le violon maléfique

6min14s
One Mardi Gras, a mysterious black-clad rider riding a magnificent black horse arrives in a small village and takes up residence in an old abandoned house said to be haunted. He manages to convince the inhabitants of the village, who are nevertheless suspicious, to come and party there. In the evening, while it is in full swing, the…
Levels:
Elementary Grade 4 Grade 6 Grade 5 Secondary Grade 10 Grade 9
Subjects:
First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Studies Français Social Sciences and Humanities
Skills:
Communication Problem Solving Critical Thinking Global Citizenship and Sustainability
Themes:
Indigenous Perspectives
French level:
B1: Threshold Independent User (B1 - B2) B2: Vantage