(Music plays)

A girl of around 11 years old with long brown hair appears on screen.

The narrator says TODAY, WE'RE
MEETING MADISON.
SHE'S A DANCER.

A clip shows Madison dancing in First Nations clothes.

The narrator says SHE PLAYS VOLLEYBALL.
SHE GOES CLAM
DIGGING BY THE SHORE.

Madison says FOUND ANOTHER ONE.

The narrator says READY TO HANG OUT WITH
MADISON AND HER FRIENDS?

On a motor boat, Madison says WE'RE GOING PRETTY FAST.

The narrator says LET'S GO!

In animation, pictures of several different kids appear hanging on laundry lines. A raven on the lines flies off to the sun and opens his wings as the title of the show appears. It reads "Raven’s Quest."

Madison says G-DAY.
HELLO, MY NAME IS MADISON.
I'M MI'KMAQ.

A map shows the Canadian provinces.

Madison says I LIVE IN RICHIBUCTO VILLAGE,
NEW BRUNSWICK.
YOU WANNA SEE OUR FISHING BOAT?

She stands on a boat on land and says HA-HA GOT YA.
IT'S NOT IN THE WATER YET BUT
WE'RE GONNA PUT IT IN LATER.
COME ABOARD.

A caption reads "Madison Cam."

Clips show Madison’s boat.

Madison says I CAN SHOW YOU GUYS INSIDE.
MY MOM AND DAD, THEY
GO LOBSTER FISHING.
THEY BOAT ON THE BOAT.
THAT'S WHERE THE CAPTAIN SITS.
MY DAD WOULD BE DRIVING AND
MY MOM WOULD BE THROWING SOME
LOBSTER TRAPS OUT OF THE BOAT.

In a pink walled bedroom, she says WELCOME TO MY ROOM.
FIRST THING I'M GONNA SHOW
YOU GUYS IS MY CANDY STASH.

She opens a Disney Princess treasure chest and says I PUT SOME CANDY IN HERE.
I HIDE IT CAUSE MY LITTLE
BROTHER REALLY LIKES TO TAKE MY
CANDY.
THIS IS A RIBBON THAT I GOT AT
THE GRAND RIVER POW WOW CHAMPION
OF CHAMPIONS IN ONTARIO AND I
WON 3RD PLACE.
AND OVER HERE IS WHERE I PLAY,
MOSTLY ON THIS SIDE.
AND RIGHT HERE IS MY CAMPER THAT
I PLAY WITH MY DOLLS LIKE I PUT
MY DOLLS IN IT AND I PRETEND TO
DRIVE IT.
AND UP HERE I HAVE TWO DREAM
CATCHERS UP THERE.
I FIND THAT DREAM
CATCHERS ARE IMPORTANT.
THAT THEY'RE AROUND YOUR BED
CAUSE THEY LIKE TAKE AWAY YOUR
BAD DREAMS AND I FIND IT HELPS.
A LOT.

Madison says HEY GUYS, THESE ARE
MY TWO BEST FRIENDS.
WE GO TO SCHOOL TOGETHER.
THIS IS...

A blond girl in a purple jacket says "Chloe."

Madison says AND THAT IS...

A blond girl in a pink jacket says "Sophie."

Madison says LET'S GO.
WHAT WE DO TOGETHER, WE
WOULD GO ON THE MONKEY BARS.
WOO.
WE WOULD CLIMB UP THERE HANG
OUT AND TALK A LITTLE BIT.

Madison goes down a slide and says WOO.
WOO HOO.
SOMETIMES WE WOULD
PLAY HIDE AND GO SEEK.

On a boat, she HERE WE ARE AT OUR
FAVORITE CLAM DIGGING SPOT.

A caption reads "Dad."

Dad is in his forties, with short graying hair and a goatee and wears camouflage pants, an army green T-shirt, sunglasses and a purple cap hat.

Madison says HERE WE HAVE A MEASURER.
IF THE CLAMS ARE SMALLER THAN
THIS WE SHOULDN'T REALLY TAKE
THEM.

She holds a tubular tool and says THIS IS A TOOL YOU COULD USE
SO IT'LL BE EASIER TO GET THE
CLAMS.
IT'S BASICALLY TO SUCK THEM ALL
IN AND THEN TO POUR THEM OUT.

Dad sticks the tool in the sand and a clam comes out.

Madison measures it and says I SEE IT.
THAT ONE'S TOO SMALL.
ALRIGHT LET'S PUT HIM BACK.
THERE YOU GO LITTLE CLAM.
FOUND ANOTHER ONE.
OOH THIS IS A BIG ONE.
YUP, THAT'S A KEEPER.
OH, AH!
IT PEED ON ME.

She holds a cage with 5 clams in it and NOT BAD FOR A FEW
MINUTES OF WORK.

On the boat, Madison says A LOT OF SPLASHING.

Sitting at the table with her friends, Madison says THIS IS CALLED A POUTINE RÂPÉE.
THANK YOU.
ONE, TWO, THREE.

The girls eat.

Madison says INSIDE THE POUTINE IS MEAT AND
ON THE OUTSIDE IT'S POTATOES.
IT'S AN ACADIAN KIND OF POUTINE.
THERE'S NO FRENCH FRIES IN IT.
YOU CAN DO IT
WITH KETCHUP, SUGAR, MOLASSES, AND BROWN SUGAR.
I REALLY LOVE THE POUTINE RÂPÉE.
OH I'M EXCITED FOR THIS ONE.

(music plays)

Madison says I'M IN ELSIPOGTOG FIRST NATIONS
WHERE MANY OF MY PEOPLE LIVE.
THIS IS THEIR TOTEM POLE.
THIS IS MY GRANDFATHER NOEL.

Noel is in his sixties, clean-shaven and wears jeans, a gray T-shirt, a red jacket, sunglasses and a gray cap hat.

Madison holds up a card with the word "Mitata" on and says THIS IS A SPECIAL WORD I'M
GONNA TEACH YOU GUYS TODAY.
IT SAYS MITATA.
MITATA MEANS
GRANDFATHER IN MI'KMAQ.
MITATA.
IT'S REALLY NICE TO WALK AROUND
THE SACRED GROUNDS BECAUSE IF
YOU WALK IN BETWEEN THE TREES
YOU CAN SEE THE SHAWLS THAT HAVE
PRAYERS IN THEM AND
THERE'S BUFFALO SKULLS.
OUR SCHOOL IS CALLED SOLEIL
LEVANT WHICH MEANS RISING SUN.
ON PARLE LE FRANÇAIS.
OUI OUI.
OUI OUI.
NON, NON.

The girls laugh and enter their classroom.

Madison says WE'RE ALL IN THE SAME CLASS.
WE HAVE FRENCH,
FRENCH, MATH, MATH,
READING AND SCIENCE.
THAT'S LIKE THE MENU OF THE DAY.
WE ALSO LOVE VOLLEYBALL.
WE GOT TO GET TO PRACTICE.
WE PRACTICE HITTING THE
BALL IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
I LIKE PLAYING VOLLEYBALL
BECAUSE I GET TO SPEND MORE TIME
WITH MY FRIENDS.

A clip shows Madison and her friends practising volleyball.

Sophie says YEAH.

Madison says PART OF MY MI'KMAQ TRADITION
IS A FANCY SHAWL DANCE.
MY MITATA WOULD BRING ME AROUND
POW WOW GROUNDS AND THERE WOULD
BE MUSIC AND PEOPLE DANCING
AND I STARTED DANCING AND I JUST
COULDN'T STOP.

A clip shows Madison dancing at a shawl dance with the caption "That’s me."

In her closet, Madison says AND OVER HERE ARE MY REGALIAS.

She shows a multi-colored, glittery regalia and says THIS ONE IS ONE
OF MY FAVOURITES.
IT'S REALLY COLOURFUL AND I LOVE
COLOURFUL THINGS AND IT'S REALLY
GLITTERY.

She shows a jingle dress and says THIS ONE IS ONE OF MY FAVOURITES
ALSO BECAUSE IT'S REALLY
GLITTERY.
THERE'S A LOT OF DESIGNS
AND BECAUSE IT MAKES SOUNDS.
I LIKE WEARING MY REGALIA
BECAUSE I FIND I'M REALLY PRETTY
WITH IT AND I HAVE SOME OF THEM
THAT ARE GLITTERY AND IN THE SUN
IT SHINES AND I
REALLY LIKE THAT.
IT'S REALLY COOL.
I FEEL HAPPY WHEN I PUT IT ON.
I FEEL LIKE I'M READY TO GO AND
SHOW MY TRADITION TO EVERYBODY
ELSE THAT'S OUT THERE.

In costume, AND NOW GUYS I'M GONNA SHOW
YOU MY FANCY SHAWL DANCE MOVES.
THIS ONE IS CALLED THE
CRISS-CROSS.
AND NEXT WE HAVE THE HEEL-TOE,
HEEL-TOE AND FINALLY THE SPIN.
I GOT MY SPIRIT NAME WHEN I
WAS 5 YEARS OLD AND IT'S CALLED
SPOTTED WHITE BUTTERFLY AND IT'S
VERY SPECIAL TO ME BECAUSE MY
FANCY SHAWL DANCE WOULD BE
USUALLY CALLED THE BUTTERFLY DANCE
WHEN I DO THE MOVES OF THE
DANCE IT LOOKS LIKE A BUTTERFLY.
I'M PROUD OF HAVING THIS
TRADITION OF FANCY SHAWL
DANCING.

Music plays as she dances around.

She says NMU'LTES.
SEE YOU LATER.
THANKS FOR VISITING.

Music plays as the end credits roll.

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