\u00a0By Odette Auger, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter \u200bQaqsoss Naka Wahantuhsis (Fox & the Tiny Demon) is a new animated film directed by award winning animator, director and artist Tara Audibert, who has ties to Neqotkuk (Tobique First Nation) through her mother. The film addresses issues of mental health while preserving Indigenous culture and language. It is the first animated feature film in Wolastoqey, an Algonquian language spoken by the Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet\/Malecite) people. The film is narrated by Audibert’s great aunt Carole Polchies of Woodstock First Nation, who is one of the few remaining fluent Wolastoquey speakers. Audibert has used her aunt\u2019s voice in other films to tell \u201cIndigenous stories that I’ve heard all my life, and then I animated them.\u201d Audibert has \u201cgrown up to appreciate the stories even more…. <\/p>\n
\u00a0By Odette Auger, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter \u200bQaqsoss Naka Wahantuhsis (Fox & the Tiny Demon) is a new animated film directed by award winning animator, director and artist Tara Audibert, who has ties to Neqotkuk (Tobique First Nation) through her mother. The film addresses issues of mental health while preserving Indigenous culture and language. It is the first animated feature film in Wolastoqey, an Algonquian language spoken by the Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet\/Malecite) people. The film is narrated by Audibert’s great aunt Carole Polchies of Woodstock First Nation, who is one of the few remaining fluent Wolastoquey speakers. Audibert has used her aunt\u2019s voice in other films to tell \u201cIndigenous stories that I’ve heard all my life, and then I animated them.\u201d Audibert has \u201cgrown up to appreciate the stories even more.... <\/p>\n