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PUBLIC SPEAKING

Having presented to well over five hundred groups, schools, and conferences over the last two decades, "The Bear" is an experienced public speaker on a wide variety of topics related to Native peoples and culture. He is at ease with any audience size and age group, and equally comfortable with speaking in schools, colleges, and universities or to business associations. Presentations can last anywhere from twenty minutes to over two hours, and can be tailored in content according to the needs of the group and employer.

Of course, audiences can also choose to come to Gilles, where he can easily accomodate up to sixty people in his warm and cozy fifteen (15) metre long "Shaputuan". These workshops can also included guided tours of the nearby sugar camp.

Here is a list detailing some of the subjects Gilles loves to speak on:

Public Speaking Topics

• Cultural traditions
• Native spirituality
• History: historical and prehistorical
• Summer and winter wilderness survival
• Hunting, fishing, and trapping
• Wildlife and the environment
• Arts and crafts
• Native chants
• Stories and legends
• Primitive living skills and weapons
• Medicinal plants
• Cultural pasttimes and games
• Native issues consultant and mediator.

Singing, Legends, and Storytelling

These include chants and songs from various First Nations, and workshops/presentations focusing on authentic Native artifacts.

• Workshops and presentations on
Native culture.

• Suitable for schools, universities,
and special interest groups.

• Trilingual (French, English, and
Innu).