Wapos Bay

Wapos Bay - "There's No "I" In Hockey" is a unique stopmotion production for family audiences and children ages 5-10. The film begins as the community of Wapos Bay prepares for their Winter Festival. A rival hockey team and their young captain catches the eye of Talon and T-Bear who must learn how to work together in order to win the hockey tournament

T-Bear and Jacob receive some surprising fame while stranded atop the fire lookout tower. Raven must overcome her fear of water in order to do traditional gathering activities with her mother, Sarah.

Raven learns to whistle and tests fate by whistling at the northern lights after being told the cultural story against it. T-Bear learns the protocol of picking sweet grass for the elders.

T-Bear reluctantly volunteers to give a speech for Remembrance Day, but is surprised to learn who in his own family is a veteran. Raven tries to do something nice for a departing teacher.

Talon has to complete school work before leaving with his dad on a trapping expedition; the dogs escape after T-Bear fails to tie them up properly.

Talon, Raven and T-Bear help their Mushom (Grandfather) set up the Elders and Youth Winter Cultural Camp. A sudden snowstorm strands them as Mushom must walk back to town for help.

Tryouts for the Aboriginal Winter Games hockey team are taking place when a new student, Elue Wetaluk, an Inuit boy comes to Wapos Bay. T-Bear feels threatened at his athletic ability and becomes very competitive, while Talon befriends Elues visiting cousin, Jordin Tootoo and invites him on the trap line by dog sled

The Carnival comes to Wapos Bay and T-Bear is smitten by the Carnival owner's daughter, Evelyn and will do anything to help out at the Carnival. T-Bears dad, Jacob, tries everything to keep his son away from the 'Carnies', as he calls them because of his own earlier experiences. Raven is bed ridden with Chicken Pox and develops an over active imagination by watching too many soap operas on TV.

T-Bear, Talon, Jacob and Mushom think they have videotaped a Bigfoot around Wapos Bay. Jacob and T-Bear try to sell the footage for six million dollars to Steve from Austin, Texas (Lee Majors), who works for the O.S.I. (Observation of Saskwatch Institute). Raven learns about sharing with her mother, Sarah and grandmother, Kohkum while picking berries for the elders of the community.

A distant cousin, Betty, visits Wapos Bay. Betty is in a wheelchair because of Osteogenesisimperfecta (Brittle Bone disease) and T-Bear tries to avoid her because he knows he plays too rough.

T-Bear becomes a hero when he campaigns to raise money for more elder programs in Wapos Bay after Talon suggests it to him. Talon becomes jealous after T-Bear gats all the attention and does not mention him. T-Bear must learn to give credit where credit is due.

Raven has more fun than she expected on Halloween as the elders of the community tell the children the scary story of the woman of the woods.

The community of Wapos Bay is celebrating Kohkum Mary's nomination for a lifetime Aboriginal Accomplishment Award. Mushom, Jacob, Talon and T-Bear must go hunting a Moose for the traditional honour feast. T-Bear helps an old hunter, Gabriel, who accidentally shoots a mother moose, which orphans her small calf

Everyone is honoured and happy that Talon and T-Bear are asked to be Old Man Gabriel's sweat lodge helpers. After awhile T-Bear is exhausted and unhappy at how much work it is and starts becoming disinterested. When Raven has to write a school report about her identity she gets disappointed because she gets complicated answers from everyone she asks

Talon dreams of winning gold for Wapos Bay in the North American Indigenous Games. He can't decide which event and leaves it T-Bear and Devon to help. When Talon realizes that his dream competing golf he enlists Jacob to train him. Jacob agrees to the training and forgets T-Bear's birthday

Raven convinces the women of Wapos Bay to leave the village after deciding the men were taking them for granted. The men wake to find life very different with no women and turn to Jacob to take care of the entire village. The women create their own retreat and teach skills to the young girls and share experiences

Talon and T-Bear are at odds about how to make a video project on the history of Wapos Bay for the up coming Treaty Day celebrations. Adam Beach comes to Wapos Bay to mentor the aspiring filmmakers. Talon and T-Bear learn that collaboration is a valuable lesson. Raven has difficulty trying to spend time with her mom, Sarah, and her dad, Alphonse

T-Bear learns he can follow his dream when he becomes interested in Metis dancing, much to the chagrin of his father, Jacob, who would rather see T-Bear follow his own dream of becoming an Olympic wrestler. Talon and Raven learn that eavesdropping doesn't give you all the facts. They overhear a conversation and are in for a pleasant surprise with a new addition to the family.

T-Bear, Talon and Devon become disheartened to learn that someone is spray painting graffiti on Wapos Bay property and are determined to stop them. Their investigation leads them to some strange characters and even stranger detective methods. Raven plans her 7th birthday party with her friends only to find out that her mom has planned something different

T-Bear learns that the memory of his mother is important after he tries to find his father a new wife. T-Bear and Jacob wear their pink shirts to support breast cancer research and T-Bear decides that his father should get remarried. So he enlists the help of Talon and Devon to find the potential new wife. Meanwhile Raven goes behind her mother's back to use make-up

T-Bear gets a new videogame called "Dance Monkey Dance" in order to practice for his class dance. He lets his father try the game and suddenly Jacob seems obsessed. When T-Bear, Talon, and Devon go to school they discover that their dance has been cancelled due to a teacher conference. The boys realize that they have to throw their own dance

T-Bear is tired of things not working like they are supposed to around his house. He learns about the Mike Holmes show where home repair is just a phone call away. Talon gets behind in his homework and takes Devon's suggestion of skipping school in order to catch up on his work. They find that playing at the tree fort is not helping in getting the homework done

Talon, T-Bear and Devon are bored and want to go to the beach along the river to swim, but Mushom becomes ill and cannot take them. Uncle Peter decides to help the boys, but they have to collect the fish from the nets first. Raven goes on a girls summer camp and gets caught up in the gossip about her friend Amber

T-Bear, Talon and Devon are bored. Jacob overhears this and decides to take them on a tour of the exciting, bustling community of Wapos Bay. When the tour does not quite go as planned, T-Bear must chose to give up on his dad's tour or go with Talon and Devon. Jacob's plan to instill pride in the community is misinterpreted and evident in the Wapos Bay Parade.