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Sharing the Main Street

Geneviève Descheneaux Lauzon. Katherine Dutil. Délya Gamelin Rainvile. Kevin Lamothe. Pierre-Alexandre Thompson
October 5, 2016
Odanak - Pierreville

"I come from Odanak. I live in Pierreville."

Pierre-Alexandre Thompson— Kevin Lamothe, Multi

On the shore of the Saint-François River, the municipality of Pierreville and the community of Odanak share the same main street and the same skate park. Pierre-Alexandre, Geneviève, Catherine, Kevin and Délya often come here. Who is of Indigenous origin? Who isn’t? They don't ask themselves that question. Friendship is enough for them.

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At dusk, in a skateboard park, a teenager exits a building and heads towards the camera. He’s holding a microphone in his hand.

Pierre-Alexandre Thompson

Hi! My name is Pierre-Alexandre. I’m 17 years old and I come from Odanak.

Opposite the young man, to the northwest, a young girl runs out from behind a structure and moves towards the camera, microphone in hand.

Geneviève Descheneaux Lauzon

Well, hello! I'm Genevieve. I’m 16 years old and I also come from Odanak.

From the east, a young man emerges from another structure and also heads towards the camera. Geneviève hands him her microphone.

Keven Lamothe

Hello! My name is Keven Lamothe. I'm 15 years old. I live in Pierreville.

From the southwest, another young girl appears. She moves around a structure and heads towards the camera. Pierre-Alexandre hands her his microphone.

Katherine Dutil

Hello! I'm Katherine Dutil. I’m 15 years old and I come from Odanak as well!

Pierre-Alexandre Thompson

Where’s the fifth person?

Geneviève Descheneaux Lauzon

I don't know?

Pierre-Alexandre Thompson

Hey! Fifth person!

Geneviève Descheneaux Lauzon

Hey! Where are you? Come on! We’re waiting for you! Oh! Yeah!

Riding a moped, a fifth person arrives from the southeast. She bypasses the park’s structures and stops between Pierre-Alexandre and Geneviève, facing the camera.

Délya Gamelin Rainvile

Hello! My name is Délya Gamelin Rainvile. I’m 14 years old and I come from Odanak.

Katherine Dutil

Here we are, uh, at the skatepark.

Geneviève Descheneaux Lauzon

In Pierreville, at the bottom of the hill.

Keven Lamothe

It is a good place where young people like us can meet; people aged 15, 14, 17 and over.

Katherine Dutil gives the microphone back to Pierre-Alexandre.

Pierre-Alexandre Thompson

Uh, we come here to chat. We come here to chat, have fun, talk about this and that. And, uh, some people... they don’t just come for, uh...

Katherine Dutil

Chatting?

Pierre-Alexandre

For, uh, yeah, not just to chat, let's just say, uh, not very legal.

Délya Gamelin Rainvile

Yeah. And what you don't know eh... Well, the square over there, where it's like white eh, paler eh, well it was a pool.

Geneviève Descheneaux Lauzon

Yeah!

Pierre-Alexandre Thompson

But now it's concrete.

[Laughter]

Délya Gamelin Rainvile

And that, well, that's the old “skatepark” eh...

Geneviève et Katherine Dutil

Park!

Délya Gamelin Rainvile

And it's a little rusty, isn't it?

Geneviève

It's still there, so it's not that old.

Délya Gamelin Rainvile

No, but, uh, it should be knocked down!

[Laughter]

Katherine Dutil

Seems to me that we don't just come here...

Délya Gamelin Rainvile

Yeah.

Geneviève Descheneaux Lauzon

Yeah. Where is it?

Keven Lamothe

Yeah.

Pierre-Alexandre Thompson

Yeah. Seems to me we're... the youth centre, huh?

Katherine Dutil

Yes, that’s it!

Keven Lamothe

Yeah.

Délya Gamelin Rainvile

Yeah.

Keven Lamothe

Hey!

Pierre-Alexandre Thompson

Want to go show them?

Geneviève Descheneaux Lauzon

We'll show you. Let's go gang!

Katherine Dutil

Let's go!

Keven Lamothe

Let’s go!

The five teenagers leave together heading south-east.

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