The Inuit make no bones about it. Theirs is a hunting culture; but what does that mean? Most Inuit still eat a solid diet of country food, which is just like it sounds, traditional foods such as caribou, whale, seal, fish and so on. Hunting remains a central practice in Inuit communities. So is that…
Category: Indigenous law
Idle No More Women’s Townhall: What we’re doing, where we’re going
It has been over a month since I’ve published anything on my own blog, and for that I apologise. I’ve been plenty busy in other ways but I have such a long list of articles I want to write that I feel constantly guilty about not being able to squeeze out a few more precious…
We make good scapegoats, eh?
I’d like to talk about popular perceptions about native peoples and our relationship to the environment. Recently the CBC ran a story about the slaughter of 30 caribou in Northern Manitoba. Chief Joe Antsanen of the Northlands Denesuline First Nation and Grand Chief David Harper of the Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak decried the waste, and the…
No justice, no peace.
I hope everyone had a holiday and managed to enjoy it…I used to think that people complaining about putting on weight over the holidays was an exaggeration, but that was back when my metabolism allowed me to gorge myself on pretty much anything with no repercussions! For some reason however, the fact that there is…
Our stories, our law.
I’m sitting in a hotel in Fort St. John, BC wondering what to do with myself now that my flight has been delayed. I’ve been sick for nearly two weeks now and I’m not exactly feeling up to seeing the sights…especially since there doesn’t seem to be any place here to buy seed beads! It’s…