Arctic Moment: Shoulder Season
Location: Tibbitt Lake, North Slave Region
Photo by Tashina Weagle/NWTT
Location: Tibbitt Lake, North Slave Region
Photo by Tashina Weagle/NWTT
The Dene worldview is embedded in our songs, and it needs to be heard now more than ever.
PHOTO BY JEN SQUIRES, COURTESY LEELA GILDAY
Professional mushroom pickers might be angry they can’t cross the Yukon border this summer. But Yukoners aren’t missing them.
ILLUSTRATION BY BETH COVVEY
How one mother bear has coexisted with urban Yukoners—so far—despite a few close calls.
STOCK PHOTO
Fifty years ago, we watched the birth of the Dene Nation. We were a scrappy bunch of rebels trying to protect what was ours. This is the story of how a great northern people took control of its destiny.
PHOTO BY TESSA MACINTOSH
Lockdowns. Closures. Lost sales. Lost production. The North may have skirted the worst health impacts of the COVID-19 crisis. The economy is another story.
PHOTO COURTESY OF ANGICO EAGLE MINES LTD
Long after we’re gone our art will remain. From storytelling and music to film and painting, these will be the remnants of our collective experience that will allow future generations to learn about us and our time. And these are unprecedented times.
PHOTO BY TONY DEVLIN