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Haida Gwaii: Mist enshrouded isles & vibrant Haida resurgence - Canadian Roadstories

The Haida First Nation comes from the wild coast of northern British Columbia south of Alaska in an archipelago of more than 200 islands called Haida Gwaii.

If I were go to Canada or Alaska, I'll be sure to check these places out soon after arrival.

Eating Seal Meat Is a Vital Part of Life in My Community

Many people opposed to seal hunting don't understand that kids in indigenous communities are hungry, and it's painful to see that. It's ridiculous that other cultures are welcome to survive off of our natural resources, but we're not.

Before anyone here loses their minds regarding the seals, please read this to know the perspective, and check out the video inside. This touches on important issues facing many of my editor’s kinds among his Native ethnicities. Especially for the Inuits & the high costs of groceries combined with inflation, I can’t help but see parallels to food importation costs in my own homelands.  The video of the caribou toward the end looks sonno keraan (truly tasty).

Penner: Canada's Stonehenge older than many great spirit sites of the world

As the ragged ribbon of road — no, jeep-trail is more accurate — meandered through the god-knows-where prairie, a timeless aura soon took hold. No pioneering boy had ever plowed these p…

Well it’s a good thing ancient Canadian site are getting their due more recently. If only we start to look more into the history of the people behind it & their descendants.

Glad this can be brought in a straightforward way, especially with our island chains and ways of life. As someone from a pastoral family, I can confidently say that factory farming and cramped conditions are less humane especially if not supplemented with the occasional hunt and/or other forms of harvest.

Unpopular opinion but even if indigenous communities had 100% access to other food sources, they should still be able to continue with their traditional and sustainable hunting practices.

Indigenous people shouldn’t be expected to abandon their cultures’ traditions just because outsiders have decided that those traditions are “wrong” or that there’s better options.

Relearning The Star Stories Of Indigenous Peoples

How the lost constellations of indigenous North Americans can connect culture, science, and inspire the next generation of indigenous scientists.

Here’s some help to offer for other astronomy kinds yet. Now for more such models to come up across the cultures reaching the across the Bering strait along with constellations.

Ipehe Siretanra poronno ipehe Nonnosir samba ne, korkay ponno naa oyamokte-ampe ne.

(Canadian food is a lot like [U.S./States United] American food, but is a little more wondrous.) Don’t forget spruce beer as a local drink, which can be alcoholic or non-alcoholic & even served as a soda. If ye have country (native) food from it to contribute, please do so for the benefit of us all.

To anyone wanting to claim that Canada doesn’t have a national cuisine:

Nanaimo Bars

Invented in Nanaimo, BC

Persians 

Kind of a cross between a large cinnamon bun and a doughnut, topped with strawberry icing, unique to Thunder Bay, ON.

Butter Tarts

Invented in Eastern Ontario.

Beaver Tails/Elephant Ears/Whale Tails

Particularly popular at fairs.

Nougabricot

A Québécois preserve consisting of apricots, almonds, and pistachios.

Flapper Pie 

Wafer pie in Manitoba; a custard pie popular in Western Canada

Moosehunters

Molasses cookies.

Pets de sœurs

Pastry dough wrapped around a brown sugar and butter filling.

Tire d'érable sur la neige/Maple Toffee

Hot maple syrup poured over snow then rolled up on a stick.

Figgy Duff

A pudding from Newfoundland

Back Bacon/Peameal Bacon

A kind of cured ham.

Green Onion Cakes

Created in Edmonton, AB in 1979 and unique to the Greater Edmonton area.

Poutine

Invented in Quebéc, and Canada’s national food.

Cod tongues and scrunchions

Baked cod tongue and deep fried pork fat

Jiggs dinner

A Sunday meal similar to the New England boiled dinner.

Toutons

Fried bread from Newfoundland.

Oka cheese

Cheese originally manufactured by Trappist monks

Flipper pie

Pie made with harp seal flipper, traditional to the Maritimes region

Garlic fingers

Dough with cheese, garlic, and sometimes meat on top, similar to pizza

Tourtière

A meat pie made of pork and lard.

Calgary-style Ginger beef

Candied and deep fried beef, with sweet ginger sauce

Canadian-style baked beans

Beans cooked with maple syrup.

Bannock

An Indigenous food that’s basically fried bread dough (though some versions are baked instead).

Pemmican

Dried berries mixed with dried meat and fat. Really freakin’ delicious and originally used by Indigenous people as a food for travelling as well as for avoiding scurvy in winter. There are various ways to make it, each variation coming from a different Indigenous culture.

Montreal-style smoked meat

Cured donair-like smoked meat

Ceasar (cocktail drink)

Invented in Calgary, AB in 1969. Similar to a Bloody Mary, but contains clam broth.

Try again. (And that’s by no means a complete list.)

Check Out Haida Manga, A Stunning New Genre Of Indigenous Art

Contemporary artist Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas merges Haida cultural memory with Asian brush techniques.

Tan nokambi katu sonno pirka wa raka-an ne.

(This comic form is very good & useful.) At least the main guy (a Métis) put the narratives to good use and was efficient with the allotted spots in the form.