“#Indigenous stories hold analogies of the natural unspoken laws of Mother Earth. But the truth is that stories expose powerful messages and there are forces in this world that do not want us to have that power.”
Mother Earth is Our Elder: A Northern Indigenous Perspective on the Climate Crisis blends author Katłįa’s perspective as a woman from Dënéndeh with the stories and wisdom of Dene Elders and knowledge carriers from across the Northwest Territories.It’s very much a collective effort, although Katłįa, also known as Catherine Lafferty, did the “heavy lifting” over a three-year period travelling throughout N.W.T. to gather stories.
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Snowshoes are a technological marvel that allow northern Dene peoples to move across the land during the long winter. Unsurprisingly, there is an ancient and intricate vocabulary associated with snowshoes and snowshoe construction.
aayh "snowshoes"
sh’ǎay’ "my snowshoes"
wu’ǎay’ "his/her snowshoes"
aayh dechěnn’ "snowshoe frame"
ch’inx̲et "thin snowshoe webbing"
Here's some green (and red and brown) for St. Patrick's Day! A photo of mine of Mountain Cranberry, Crowberry, Alpine Bearberry, & Spruce Cone, Whitefish Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada. ©Carl R. Englander
#StPatricksDay #ThrowbackThursday #Tundra #NaturePhotography #Nature #Naturalist #Conservation #Outdoors #Photography #Biodiversity #Film #Velvia #Canada #Inuit #NWT #Barrenlands #Dene #Environment #Ecosystem #Ecology #Plants #PhotographersOfMastodon
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saa "sun"
xesaadin'ąą "it's sunny"
xasaaghin’ąą "the sun rose"
nasaaghin'ąą "the sun set"
yitehkaayh "it's starting to become daylight"
natsaa’elxek "it's getting dark"
saa ndéeth "early spring", when days are rapidly lengthening but snowmelt has not started.
FUSIONZ pres. Revoxx / FLUNKERT @ Arzenal - 13 Mar feat. Revoxx, Johanna Bozai, ädene
John Dal
Windspeaker.com
Rick Thoman
Rick Thoman
CBC Indigenous
CBC North
Carl Englander
SESH.sx