Importance of the North = importance of the Inuit?

[Kakato]

If you have been there 20 years then maybe you would know Dianne the cook from the book the barrenlands?
You probably know the mine inspector from Nunavut also,big Dutch fellow and if you have been around Baker lake or Rankin inlet then do you know Peter Tapatie?
I know its such a big area but I find after a few years you get to know everyone in the small communities.
I agree that wheat will grow as it would sprout up around the tents after the seeds were brought in on peeps shoes or clothing.The caribou allways munched on that at night and would be rubbing on the side of the tent scaring the **** out of me.
Didnt mean to offend you with the vid,it's just something that most who have been on the other side would enjoy,I'm not a geologist though wish I was,amateur rockhound was the best I could do after quitting school but I do have my supervisors/shifters ticket for Nunavut.

 

[petros]

There is a new inspector for the WSCC as of last December. Nope don't know Dianne but have heard of the entertainer with the super whale if that is who you mean.

I think every Canadian should make the journey north. Then they' wouldn't be so willing to sell it all off for pennies on the dollar to EU interests.

Question for you it is my major pet peeve in regards to the lack of the investment in a northern comm sat.

What is the most valuable thing you've traded or been offered for bandwidth?

 

[Kakato]

There is a new inspector for the WSCC as of last December. Nope don't know Dianne but have heard of the entertainer with the super whale if that is who you mean.

I think every Canadian should make the journey north. Then they' wouldn't be so willing to sell it all off for pennies on the dollar to EU interests.

Question for you it is my major pet peeve in regards to the lack of the investment in a northern comm sat.

What is the most valuable thing you've traded or been offered for bandwidth?

My bandwidth came from a 12 foot sat dish hooked up to Rogers in Vancouver and connected to a wireless router in the geo tent,Van was 5000 miles away and I could phone there toll free.:lol:
But Rankin inlet just got cel service last summer along with other small communitys and they have only had good internet for about 5 years if even that,I found the laptops were only abundant in the Northern stores 2 years ago but the Innuit love to hear about the "world" and the demand for bandwidth or providers will only get better,I have a couple buds who are up there now putting in new sat services.

I have traded a carton of smokes for a nice set of sealskin mitts,a bug net(wedding dress) for a traditional fishing jig,a fishing rod for a soapstone carving.
I hate lugging stuff home so trade or give it away before flying out.

Investment in the north has been mostly french the last 30 years,those peeps own the place and the mine I first built an airstrip and tank farm pad for is now a fully producing gold mine and lots of the folks in Baker lake,resolute and Rankin now have jobs where there is none and most jobs only pay $12.00/hour in town if your a local anyways so things are picking up.

I've seen the core samples at the exploration camps I have been at,seen the VISIBLE gold in them,walked miles and miles to drill sites with a maxi bore and a shotgun over my shoulder on the tundra at 3 in the morning with my crazy geo.:roll:

I've come to the conclusion that all geologists are a bit crazy,Once when I packed my laptop up to the geo tent to use the hardwire I caught ours in the core shack,slicing cores,grinding them into samples and dancing to some old 60's rock and roll in his shorts,I watched through the window for a couple minutes,then thought it best to sneak off and leave him be.

 

[Kakato]

One of my better video's,i'm a bit of a cam *****!:-|

YouTube - Arctic bush pilots

 

[petros]

I've come to the conclusion that all geologists are a bit crazy,Once when I packed my laptop up to the geo tent to use the hardwire I caught ours in the core shack,slicing cores,grinding them into samples and dancing to some old 60's rock and roll in his shorts,I watched through the window for a couple minutes,then thought it best to sneak off and leave him be.

It is a mix of part crazy, the 18 hour working days and the pint of blood lost daily to mosquitos.

Yeah there is plenty of cool stuff to bring home. I'l never forget the look on my wife's face when I brought home a whale penis bone.

 

[petros]

Why are they called bush pilots when there isn't a toothpick to be found north of 62 degrees?

 

[Kakato]

Heh,I'm talking to mine right now on facebook,he was flying for ookpik airlines back then.

When I was building our ice road we would put stakes up to mark the road so you could see it in a white out and the wolves ate every last on of them,first time they ever saw wood I guess.

 

[petros]

Wolves just don't like brightly coloured objects on their turf. I've had life jackets go missing and had gerry cans with holes and teeth marks.

 

[Kakato]

The wolf in my last video came back the next year and followed me around as I was 30 miles from camp and by myself plowing my ice road,I got frostbitten fingers many times trying to get him on video but did anyways.
Like the northern lights,you go out for a pee and just have to stare in awe.
I do think everyone should see the northern part of Canada because even if I am back there ten years from now I will still be in awe.

So one more video,this is me flying out of discovery camp last september,we hit the drillers first and dropped off some supplys and headed south to Rankin inlet so I could catch a flight to Winterpeg,Calgary and then Lethbridge.

This is ten miles north of Rankin,the killer whales were munching on seals but I couldnt talk the pilot into a detour but he did let me take the stick in the chopper but not the pedals.:-?

One thing about "Northern pilots" They allways want you to take the stick,maybe it's in case of an emergency,if it's just you and the pilot then your going to be flying.:lol: I think I have more hours then my mom and shes a retired "bush" pilot.

The music starts about halfway through along with the chopper crash pics.
YouTube - july in nunavut

 

[AnnaG]

May as well make Dene official for NWT and YT

BTW treaties or no treaties we all get free university. If you believe otherwise you are a weenuk and should lay off the kinikinik wine. We are all equal. No ifs ands or buts about it.

I am form making any language spoken in Canada an official one.
If you believe ANYTHING in Canada is free, then you are a weenuk and should lay off the kinikinik wine. lol

 

[AnnaG]

This is true enough. Our culture, the main culture that has enveloped and taken control of civilization some thousands of years ago, is constructed in a way that only assimilation affords some sense of a past culture in little more than a novel setting. People fawn over what once was and wish they had a shot at it, but it's long gone. Pining for it does no good.

Treaties are like bargaining for hostages. Give you this give you that, yadda yadda yadda, it's all lip service. The ugly truth that few will even consider is that one and all are conquered at one time or another and that in fact, might makes right.
Survival of those most willing to kill off all who stand in the way then pillage all that was theirs is rule number one. No exceptions.

Back in the day, there used to be two options. Join up or die. Now that we're all about winning the hearts and minds, a third option has been added. It's particularly appealing to the most sadistic of the lot actually. You can now choose to stand aside and watch as the One Culture rapes and pillages it's way round and round the globe opening new frontiers of exploitation. The condition is that when the gaze of the all mighty One lands upon you, you best be smiling and nodding in agreement lest we feel slightly offended and take your head.

The cries of "I want I want I want" as those with great pride fall over each other to suckle at the arse of the One in hopes of a few drops of their own wealth that has long ago been consumed. In Canada your ancestors stood around patting themselves on the back for a job well done. In the US some of your ancestors held their fist in the air and stood their ground. Still better than those who met the Spanish. They couldn't even see it coming.

The rest patted themselves on the back and cheered for the virtue of welfare martyr. There is no deal with the Devil. There is no magical happy resolve for the cultures obliterated now and in the past. There is no compromise. Get in line or get your throat ripped out. That is the promise of the culture of the One.

Things are changing? It's going to get better tomorrow? Just gotta hold on a little longer? Good luck with that.

Understand this, ten thousand years ago One culture climbed out of the trees and said "mine". Deal with that.

So things don't change? Things won't get better?
Well then we might as well all stick our heads between our legs and kiss our fannies goodbye because we are basically killing ourselves by screwing up the planet. And it doesn't really matter who conquered who then.
This attitude is the same type of attitude that got us in a mess in the first place. It isn't that of the the attitude of those that care for others and care for the planet. So consume and capitalize all you want. You're basically using your own home as a garbage dump.

 

[petros]

I am form making any language spoken in Canada an official one.
If you believe ANYTHING in Canada is free, then you are a weenuk and should lay off the kinikinik wine. lol

Astum and say that. Taxes are a given but an education is the absolute best way to invest in yourself and get the best bang for your tax buck. Student loans are the result of slah and burn program cuts by weak govt and even weaker minded Canadians who were sold a song and dance while a right was yanked from them. For shame!

 

[AnnaG]

Astum and say that. Taxes are a given but an education is the absolute best way to invest in yourself and get the best bang for your tax buck. Student loans are the result of slah and burn program cuts by weak govt and even weaker minded Canadians who were sold a song and dance while a right was yanked from them. For shame!

I agree, but as I said, if you think any education in Canada is free, you're wrong. It is paid for somewhere. So free that. lol

I have no idea what astum is.

 

[petros]

I agree, but as I said, if you think any education in Canada is free, you're wrong. It is paid for somewhere. So free that. lol

It's all perspective. Knowledge is by far the greatest and most honourable gift one person can give to another.

 

[petros]

I have no idea what astum is

"Come here"...weenuk.

 

[AnnaG]

"Come here"...weenuk.

Miigwech, kchi.

 

[Unforgiven]

So things don't change? Things won't get better?

No they won't change or get better.

Well then we might as well all stick our heads between our legs and kiss our fannies goodbye because we are basically killing ourselves by screwing up the planet.

Seems the majority of people are fine with that as long as they get theirs.

And it doesn't really matter who conquered who then.

It does when all your excuses stem from some victimhood. Everyone is a victim but only a few have felt it's best to dwell on that rather than moving forward.

This attitude is the same type of attitude that got us in a mess in the first place. It isn't that of the the attitude of those that care for others and care for the planet.

Those who care for others are victims themselves making excuses for their own inability to adapt.

So consume and capitalize all you want. You're basically using your own home as a garbage dump.

My home your home it's all the same place. Don't for a moment think you aren't part of it.

 

[Downhome_Woman]

OK - here's a scenario - Quebec separates - but the first nations peoples in the former province of Quebec don't want to leave Canada. Are you going to respect their wishes?

 

[earth_as_one]

If Canada can be divided, so can Quebec...

 

[petros]

It is impossible for Quebec to seperate. Canada and all other nations of the world are registered corporations bound by international trade law. Long before even forming a seperate corporation they would need approval of the SEC to give their stock and currency validity. Without the SEC approval any international trade is illegal and subject to boycott and blockade.

Simply put, Canadian Parliament doesn't have any say in what the SEC decides and it isn't a Canadian decision.

The entire corporation would have to be dissolved and that just isn't going to happen.

Yugoslavia still technically exists but it's some old nut job's acreage. Without a trade board or currency exchange status backing it, a nation is nothing but words on paper.