Wapos Bay
Wapos Bay is a stop motion animated family drama comedy television series that follows the adventures of three (or four) children (Raven, her brother Talon, their cousin T-Bear and friend Devon) as they explore their remote Cree community in northern Saskatchewan It is aired across Canada by the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (as part of APTN Kids) and in the United States on the First Nations Experience Network (FNX).
It is aired in the languages of Cree, English, French and Inuktitut.
The series was created by Dennis and Melanie Jackson of Saskatoon, and is a humorous look at aboriginal life featuring positive role models for children. The producers have been able to procure the help of people including Jordin Tootoo, Lee Majors and Mike Holmes to supply voices to their own characters (or in Lee Majors' case, a character based on Steve Austin, his character from The Six Million Dollar Man).
The pilot episode There's No "I" In Hockey received the Canada Award for best Canadian multicultural program as well as a Golden Sheaf Award for best children's production. In 2012, the film Wapos Bay: Long Goodbyes was nominated for the 2012 Kidscreen Award for Best One-Off, Special or TV Movie and end up winning against its other nominees, ZhuZhu Pets: Quest for Zhu and Heartcatch Pretty Cure The Movie: Fashion Show in Paris!! The first two seasons of Wapos Bay were coproduced with the National Film Board of Canada.
List of episodes
- There's No 'I' in Hockey debuted May 15, 2005
- Journey Through Fear debuted October 9, 2006
- They Dance at Night debuted 2007
- Something to Remember debuted 6 November 2006
- A Time To Learn debuted 16 October 2006
- The Elements debuted October 16, 2006
- All's Fair debuted 2007
- As the Bannock Browns debuted 20 November 2007
- Guardians debuted 11 December 2007
- All Access debuted 11 November 2006
- As Long as the River Flows debuted 4 December 2007
- Tricks 'n' Treats debuted 12 February 2008
- The Hunt debuted 20 November 2007
- A Mother's Earth debuted 23 December 2008
- Going for the Gold debuted 18 November 2008
- Raven Power debuted 25 November 2008
- Lights, Camera, Action debuted 2 December 2008
- Dance, Dance debuted 9 December 2008
- Raiders of the Lost Art debuted 16 December 2008
- The Hardest Lesson debuted 2009 or 14 June 2010
- Dance Monkey Dance debuted ? 2009
- Self Improvement debuted 28 October 2009
- Patients debuted 18 November 2009
- A Time for Pride debuted 25 November 2009
- Breakin' Too debuted ? 2009
- It Came from Out There debuted ? 2009
- Time Management debuted 6 October 2010
- The Ways of the Quiet debuted 13 October 2010
- The World According to Devon debuted ? 2010
- Catch the Spirit debuted ? 2010
- Partic-Inaction debuted ? 2010
- The Wapos Falcon debuted ? 2010
- Too Deadly debuted ? 2010
- Treasure of the Sierra Metis debuted ? 2010
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Long Goodbyes debuted 23 October 2011
- This was a 72 minute film, not a standard 1/2 hour episode of the TV series.