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About Us » Vision/ Mission Statement

Mandate:

De-ba-jeh-mu-jig (“Storytellers” in Cree & Ojibway) Theatre Group is a professional community based non-profit organization dedicated to the vitalization of the Anishnaabeg Culture, Language and Heritage, through education and the sharing of original creative expression with Native and Non-Native people.

A Vision of Who We Are:

De-ba-jeh-mu-jig Theatre Group occupies a unique position within the art form. The company sees its role as providing an alternative pathway for full participation in the arts sector by Aboriginal people. Dedicated to native artists and expression, the company has nurtured an original creation process and methodology that reflects and honours an Anishnaabeg World View – distinct from the mainstream worldview and resulting value system. Its geographic isolation on an Island and location on a Reserve has encouraged home grown solutions to challenges of development that have resulted in original models ranging from artistic development to operational governance.

As a result of these commitments and realities, De-ba-jeh-mu-jig finds that it serves as a bridge or conduit, or a place of convergence among and between:

• Urban, rural, and remote artists and communities
• Native and non-native artists and audiences
• Emerging and established Aboriginal Artists
• Traditional and Contemporary forms of expression
• The cultural communities and each other
• The cultural communities and the mainstream
• Youth and Elder
• The Northern Ontario Arts Sector and other sectors

The lifeblood of the organization is its relevance to the cultural communities and the growth and success of their artists.