Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Stuff I Learned

Uptik (Cloudberry, Salmonberry) - When you find an individual uptik you call out, "Uptik!".

Vehicular Traffic in Yk - You can drive a skidoo or a quad on the roads in town. They have to be licenced and you have to be a licenced driver.

Kerosene - If your firewood is really wet you can use a splash of kerosene to get the show on the road.

Tuktuk - Caribou

The Main Languages - Chippewa, Slavey, Dogrib.

NDilo - The native village over the causeway from Yk. It's on Latham Island.

Trucking Water and Hauling Waste - Fairly predominant in a lot of areas in town because of the Shield and because of people living off the grid.

Sunlight Bar Soap - You can't buy it in Yk. Available anywhere else?

Moss Bags - Used to carry babies until they were five months old. Baby girls faced forward so they could see what their mothers were doing, baby boys faced away so they could look at the world around them.

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