To start reading from the beginning, go to May 11, 2008. Weeks before arriving at the camp in Omalik, Uncle Martin and Aunt Maggie talked at the dinner table about squirrel hunting. I immediately assumed they spoke of guns — maybe BB guns. “You pick them up by the scruff of the neck and reach [...]
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My Eskimo Family 57 (continued from September 6)
Posted in My Eskimo Family, tagged camping, Eskimo, Inupiaq, squirrel hunting on September 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My Eskimo Family 56 (continued from August 24)
Posted in My Eskimo Family, tagged camping, Eskimo, Inupiaq, squirrel hunting on September 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
To start reading from the beginning, go to May 11, 2008. Martin flew the four of us women and Belinda’s dog in two trips. We had sleeping bags, food, cook stuff, traps, skinning supplies, fuel (wood and kerosene) and a spare change of clothes and gear for possible cold. September brought sudden heat or chill. [...]
