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Sep 16, 2017
Day 139: Painted Walls
I’ve been feeling down the last few days, you know, ready to get home and get away from the road for a while. So it took a lot of willpower...
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Sep 15, 2017
On the Arctic Ocean
Tuktoyaktuk is an isolated hamlet on the east side of the Mackenzie Delta in the Beaufort Sea. Population around 900. Accessible in the winter by an ice road and soon...
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Sep 15, 2017
A Brief History of Self-Government in the Yukon
I didn’t know self-government existed in First Nations in Canada outside of Nunavut. I knew that the Indian Act first passed in 1876 was still in effect. I knew self-determination...
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Sep 14, 2017
Day 137: On the Coast
The last 100 kilometres towards the mouth of the Skeena River were flat, downriver and full of sunshine. The highway for the most part fits in between the river and...
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Sep 13, 2017
Asia, Granddaughter
Asia was working at the Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre in Dawson City; a museum, cultural centre, gallery and gathering place for Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in people and culture. The Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in are...
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