just when I thought I was clever

Welcome to "Nametau innu: Memory and knowledge of Nitassinan", a website dedicated to the Innu nation in which elders pass on their skills and knowledge to younger generations. The site, split into four sections: First steps, Innu Daily Life, Innu World and Glossary, is also a response to widespread ignorance about Innu reality, heritage and living culture. It is a quite involuntary misunderstanding among Quebecers despite clear evidence of miscegenation, among other First Nations struggling with their own challenges and among young innus in quest of their own identity.
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http://www.nametauinnu.ca/en/home
 
Codger_64 said:
Welcome to "Nametau innu: Memory and knowledge of Nitassinan", a website dedicated to the Innu nation in which elders pass on their skills and knowledge to younger generations. The site, split into four sections: First steps, Innu Daily Life, Innu World and Glossary, is also a response to widespread ignorance about Innu reality, heritage and living culture. It is a quite involuntary misunderstanding among Quebecers despite clear evidence of miscegenation, among other First Nations struggling with their own challenges and among young innus in quest of their own identity.

http://www.nametauinnu.ca/en/home
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Thanks.
 
I don't bolt upright with bulging eyes at every native info site. I've been in the far north and many Indians do have great outdoor knowledge. At the same time I've met some that don't know how to fart, whistle, or wind their watch to save their own lives. The northern cultures are changing very rapidly and much TEK (traditional environmental knowledge) is being lost. Northern Indian kids wouldn't dream of following a trap line if they can get a gaming system or cell to text on. Many of the northern communities have satellite tv, and they see the world much as you and I.
 
Another thing you have to be weary of is who's doing the writing. I've seen academics explaining things that even a novice woodsman would recognize as bunk.

Edit: Not saying this link is that way but in general.
 
A few first nation peoples are making attempts to recover and record their old ways, including skills and languages. More than you might imagine is available online. Search by tribe/nation.
 
Codger_64 said:
A few first nation peoples are making attempts to recover and record their old ways, including skills and languages. More than you might imagine is available online. Search by tribe/nation.
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That may be a saving grace for some of the communities. But it really feels like we are all slowly blending into a universal world culture in so many ways. I can no more speak Gaelic than my orange haired Scottish grand mother could. I know that many reserves try to teach their children their original language....with mixed results. Maybe when all of this around us falls, and it will, the ''traditional'' northern kids will have a survival edge.
 
Well lets all just keep talkin about real things like Blast matches and PSKs
 
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