By the Rapids explained

By the Rapids is Mohawk-language animated television show that originally aired on the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) from 2008 to 2012.[1] Along with the stop-motion series Wapos Bay, it was among the first Indigenous animated television series in Canada.[2]

The series centers on Cory Littlehorn, a teenager whose family moves from the urban setting of Toronto to the small Native community where his parents grew up and the humor of day-to-day life in a small town.[3] [4] It was created by Joseph Lazare who drew from his experience of moving when he was a teenager from Kahnawake, a Mohawk reserve outside of Montreal, to Toronto.[5] Lazare has stated that it was his intent to create a show that "was special to our community but wasn't neglecting people from the outside." Additionally, he wanted to show that his culture was filled with a variety of types of people with different lifestyles.[6]

Characters

Joseph Lazare:

Kaniehtiio Horn:

Others:

Mighty 5 Nations (M5N):

Injusticers:

Episodes

"Mighty 5 Nations in: Invasion of Turtle Island" in TV guides is actually listed onscreen as "BY THE RAPIDS PRESENTS THE MIGHTY 5 NATIONS IN INVASION AT TURTLE ISLAND".

Season 1

No. in seriesNo. in seasonTitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date

Season 3

APTN hosts this.[7]

References

  1. Web site: Hometown boy makes good with By the Rapids. Kahnawake News. 2008-06-09. Kahnawake News. 2017-04-05.
  2. Web site: Aboriginal cartoon series 5 years in the making. Szklarski. Cassandra. 2008-11-13. Toronto Star. 2017-04-05.
  3. Book: Marian, Bredin. Canadian television : text and context. Henderson. Scott. Matheson. Sarah A.. 129931306X. 88. 741399601.
  4. News: Indigenous Animation Movement Rising. Twist. Kade. 2007. Native Peoples Magazine. https://web.archive.org/web/20141006180037/http://www.nativepeoples.com/Native-Peoples/November-December-2007/Indigenous-Animation-Movement-Rising/. 6 October 2014. dead. Lazare and Big Soul Productions have teamed up again to create a 30-minute pilot for the comedy series By the Rapids on APTN. The Mohawk-language 2D animation series is based on his hometown of Kahnawake.
  5. News: By The Rapids Cartoon. 2008-10-25. The Nation: Cree News. 2017-04-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20180113154701/http://www.nationnews.ca/by-the-rapids-cartoon/. 2018-01-13. dead.
  6. Thompson. Isha. 2009-11-01. Two old friends make up a family of characters. Windspeaker (Edmonton). 27. 13. 2017-05-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20170508232555/http://www.ammsa.com/publications/windspeaker. 2017-05-08. dead.
  7. http://aptn.ca/bytherapids/about/season-3/

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