UNDER THE NORTHERN SKY – Respect Mother Earth On Your Hunt

Xavier Kataquapit with his father Marius Kataquapit in their family freighter canoe in the fall of 1996 at the mouth of the Attawapiskat River on James Bay. Photo provided by X Kataquapit.

By Xavier Kataquapit Gold has arrived. Here in the north of Ontario we see vast streams of gold shimmering across the landscape as autumn is here and the the leaves are turning. There are also flashes of red and brown as though a huge blanket has descended onto Mother Earth from the heavens. This is my favourite time of the year as it is not too hot or too cold and the wilderness beckons us to wander and wonder at the sights and scents of fall. It was an extremely hot summer, there were terrible forest fires and many alerts of dangerous storms and even tornadoes here in northern Ontario. Climate change is reminding us of the damage we have done to the environment with the rise of global warming…

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