By the Rapids

By the Rapids is Mohawk-language animated television show that originally aired on the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) from 2008 to 2012.^[1]^[2] Along with the stop-motion series Wapos Bay, it was among the first Indigenous animated television series in Canada.^[3]

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.^[4]^[5] 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.^[1] 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."^[3] Additionally, he wanted to show that his culture was filled with a variety of types of people with different lifestyles.^[6]

Characters

Joseph Lazare:

Cory
Regis, Cory's uncle
Kim
Ado Darho

Kaniehtiio Horn:

Karen, Cory's cousin
Oneida

Others:

Waneek Horn Miller
A1T2

Mighty 5 Nations (M5N):

Mohawk, guy who curls a dumbbell. His totem is Eagle.
Oneida, girl with brown hair, 3 feathers, no purple shawl, heels
Onondaga, guy
Seneca, girl with black hair, 1 feather, glasses, purple headband, shoots arrows. She initiates Super Mighty Warrior.
Kayuga, guy
Tuscarora the uncounted towel boy with glasses, Sene is afraid he will be hurt. His totem is Rock which he can become as the SMW head. Becomes dispatcher after secretly helping.

Injusticers:

Ado Darho
Father Fauhder
Bucky, the most evil buck tooth beaver. He gets enlarged.
Queen Vexin, commands army of robot bees. She gets shrunk.
Firewater Man

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 series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	1	"Here We Are"	Joseph Lazare	Joseph Lazare	2008 (2008)
Cory is pulled away from his big-city life and forced to move to his parents' hometown.
2	2	"Can You Feel the Spirit"	Joseph Lazare	Joseph Lazare	2008 (2008)
n/a
3	3	"Grip the Stick"	Joseph Lazare	Joseph Lazare	2008 (2008)
n/a
4	4	"Indian Princesses Are Lame"	Joseph Lazare	Joseph Lazare	2008 (2008)
Cory helps Karen look her best for a beauty pageant.
5	5	"Tent in His Shorts"	Joseph Lazare	Joseph Lazare	2008 (2008)
Cory is forced to go camping.
6	6	"Cigs"	Joseph Lazare	Joseph Lazare	2008 (2008)
Cory and Karen decide to take jobs at a local smoke shop.
7	7	"Yes, No, Maybe So"	Joseph Lazare	Joseph Lazare	2008 (2008)
A bully orders Cory out of town!

Season 2

Season 3

APTN hosts this.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b "By The Rapids Cartoon". The Nation: Cree News. 2008-10-25. Archived from the original on 2018-01-13. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
^ "Hometown boy makes good with By the Rapids". Kahnawake News. Kahnawake News. 2008-06-09. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
^ ^a ^b Szklarski, Cassandra (2008-11-13). "Aboriginal cartoon series 5 years in the making". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
^ Marian, Bredin; Henderson, Scott; Matheson, Sarah A. Canadian television : text and context. p. 88. ISBN 129931306X. OCLC 741399601.
^ Twist, Kade (2007). "Indigenous Animation Movement Rising". Native Peoples Magazine. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. 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
^ Thompson, Isha (2009-11-01). "Two old friends make up a family of characters". Windspeaker (Edmonton). 27: 13. Archived from the original on 2017-05-08. Retrieved 2017-05-05.
^ http://aptn.ca/bytherapids/about/season-3/ ^{[dead link‍]}

External links

[:0-1] "By The Rapids Cartoon". The Nation: Cree News. 2008-10-25. Archived from the original on 2018-01-13. Retrieved 2017-04-04.

[2] "Hometown boy makes good with By the Rapids". Kahnawake News. Kahnawake News. 2008-06-09. Retrieved 2017-04-05.

[:1-3] Szklarski, Cassandra (2008-11-13). "Aboriginal cartoon series 5 years in the making". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2017-04-05.

[4] Marian, Bredin; Henderson, Scott; Matheson, Sarah A. Canadian television : text and context. p. 88. ISBN 129931306X. OCLC 741399601.

[5] Twist, Kade (2007). "Indigenous Animation Movement Rising". Native Peoples Magazine. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. 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

[6] Thompson, Isha (2009-11-01). "Two old friends make up a family of characters". Windspeaker (Edmonton). 27: 13. Archived from the original on 2017-05-08. Retrieved 2017-05-05.

[7] ttp://aptn.ca/bytherapids/about/season-3/ ^{[dead link‍]}

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