In This Issue....
From the Editor:
Who Will Share Our Vision?
ISDI Launches
New Partnership in Nunavik
Qimmiit Utirtut's
First Litter
A Real Inuk
Update: Sledge
Dog Memorial Fund
Recollections
of the Doggy Man
Sledge Dogs of The
Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, 1947-50
Fan Mail
In the News
Video Reviews:
Secrets of Antarctica
Wolf Dog
Return of the Qimutsiit
Dogs That Changed the World
Product
Review: Leather Mittens by Sterling Glove
Tip for the Trail:
It's in the Bag
IMHO: One Brick
at a Time
Editor's/Publisher's
Statement
Editor-in-Chief:
Sue Hamilton
Webmaster:
Mark
Hamilton
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Kangiqsualujjuaq, Nunavik
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The
Inuit
Sled Dog International (ISDI)
is a consortium of enthusiasts whose goal is the
preservation of this
ancient
arctic breed in its purest form as a working dog.
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"Once again this year Daniel Annanack and the IPL students
are running dog team excursions for the classes at the school. The
excursions are going great! The teachers and students have provided
so much positive feedback--the students just love it. The parents
in the community and especially the Elders are really supportive of the
outings. Following her excursion by dog team, Eva Obed wrote a poem for
her English class. The poem was very touching. Reading Eva's
poem made Daniel and me feel that all our hard work is really worth it!"
Mark Brazeau
Eva Obed, age 18, is a secondary 4 student (grade 12/fourth
year in high school) at
the Ulluriaq School, Kangiqsualujjuaq, Nunavik.
photo: Maïté de Hemptinne
A Real Inuk
by Eva Obed
Travelling over the snow
Pulled by a team of dogs
I felt something strange and new:
I felt like a real Inuk.
The snow smelled fresh-
Just fresh
When we stopped to rest,
The tent smelled like spruce
Sharp and sweet.
I've spent my life in the North
but this was my first dogsled ride
For the first time
I felt something
Incredible
Enter my life
I thought about how hard it must have been
For our ancestors.
Running with the dogs.
Hunting for their food.
Fighting for the cold.
Running with the team
I couldn't go far.
My boots too big and heavy
In the past
It would've been harder
How strong my ancestors were
I felt like a hunter
Running with his team
I felt like a real Inuk.
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