Xavier Kataquapil: UNDER THE NORTHERN SKY: Eighty Nine Seconds And Counting

By Xavier Kataquapit My father Marius Kataquapit, a hunter, trapper and traditional person from the remote Attawapiskat First Nation could understand the English language but seldom spoke it yet every night he tuned into the late night CBC news and he encouraged me to also. He was curious about everything and he believed it was important to have an awareness of what was going on in the world even though the news was often filled with war and tragic events. He made me aware that other outside forces had control of our lives. Recently, I tuned into the internet broadcast for the Doomsday Clock which is maintained and provided by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Their recent announcement on January 28 on their YouTube channel was to move the…

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