Before her death in 2021, Akat Piwas was the only Elder still singing in the Mushuau dialect of Innu-aimun.

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Akat Piwas was also a positive force for those facing their darkest moments, said Christine Poker, the co-ordinator of the Mushuau Innu Healing Lodge in Natuashish, where Akat Piwas would regularly visit and speak with clients.

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Rose Rich remembers: "My mother told me that when I was born, Akat Piwas was one of the midwives that helped

when I was born. She and her late mother, and I think her sister. They were the ladies that were midwives

when I was born."