cikâstêpayihcikêwin - nêhiyaw isîhcikêwin

As the elders look upon the art of Allen Sapp, listen to their stories, to their words. They each have found something of themselves there. In his images the memory of “the cree way”, “the old way” is rekindled. Their words reach beyond nostalgic recollection of the past to reveal the deeper beliefs and values that made them a people. Listen closely to them as they speak of hunting on the land, gathering food and medicine, playing the drums, teaching the children…

That's important to know how to play the drum.  How to use it...how to sing. Dancing… Powwow. These people are singing, drumming. One drummers. This people… like… cooking outside. People standing around. Everybody in inj, enjoy talking together.

We uh went to Little Pine sundance and of course everybody used to ride horses.  Young guys all riding horses.  We were riding around, many, many tents, lot of wagons. Lot of horses all over.  And then they had these songs. Powerful songs. See these songs that we have. People had a dream or a vision that is where our songs originate from That's why they got life in them . That's why they are sung for your when a person sings those songs. They were not just made up.