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Innu Meshkenu

Innu Meshkenu is a walk undertaken by the first aboriginal surgeon in Québec, Stanley Vollant.[1]'[2] This 6,000-kilometre (3,700 mi) walk passes through all the aboriginal communities in the eastern Canada.[3] The walk started in the Fall of 2010 and was expected to last for five years. As of April 2016, the walk was nearing an end.[4]

Stanley Vollant walking.

Stanley Vollant walks sometimes alone, sometimes with other Aboriginal or non-Aboriginal walkers.[5]

The name "Innu Meshkenu" comes from Innu language and means "The Innu trail".[6]

The objectives of Innu Meshkenu

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Innu Meshkenu aims at raising Aboriginal people's awareness concerning two main points : school perseverance and healthy life habits. The project also attempts to enhance Aboriginal cultural identity.[6] In order to reach those objectives, Stanley Vollant stops in schools and other gathering places in the communities that he visits and meet people of all ages.

Notes and references

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  1. ^ Mathieu-Robert Sauvé, Dr Stanley Vollant: Mon chemin innu, Biography.
  2. ^ "Stanley Vollant, premier diplômé en chirurgie innu". La Presse. 25 April 2014.
  3. ^ "3000 km à pied pour le Dr Stanley Vollant | Mathieu-Robert Sauvé | Actualités". Archived from the original on 2013-05-15.
  4. ^ "Dr. Stanley Vollant hits the road again", Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (April 22, 2016).
  5. ^ "Le Compostelle autochtone". 16 December 2012.
  6. ^ a b "Innu Meshkenu EN | the innu trail". Archived from the original on 2014-05-24. Retrieved 2014-06-04.

Annexes

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Educational material

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Biography

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Mathieu-Robert Sauvé, Dr Stanley Vollant : Mon chemin innu.

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Press articles

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