Northern Podcasts & Elders' Oral Stories
Personal oral histories, land stories, traditional knowledge and northern chronicles
Great caribou migrations before community settlement
Captivating account by an Inuit elder born on the winter tundra. Traditional tracking techniques, navigation without a compass, and reverence for the Leaf River herd.
Tallymen and the sacred stewardship of the hunting grounds
Living explanation of the Cree family hunting territory system. How tallymen steward beaver and moose populations for continuous multi-generational balance.
Reading sea ice: Decoding cracks, winds, and underlying currents
Elder safety wisdom for traveling across Hudson Strait sea ice. Identifying young ice, navigating tidal fractures, and winter blizzard survival.
Living inside the Windbreaker Wall: Fermont's unique polar architecture
Fascinating history behind the 1.3-kilometer windbreaker structure engineered to shelter an entire northern mining town from subarctic Labrador gales.