Sunday 13 March 2011

Atelihai! Welcome to my blog

Soapstone Koolik (lamp)
Well, hello everyone! My name is Desmond Canning. For those of you who don't know me I am Southern Inuit and a member of NunatuKavut (Inuttut for our ancient land). I grew up in Newfoundland (my father being from Labrador) but was very intune with our culture. It was something that my father taught to me since i was very young. some of my earliest memories is out on the land learning how to build a "bowiffin" a shelter made of evergreen boughs, hunting and fishing. To me our culture is very important and even more important to pass it on. In this day of modern technology i am going to try and unite the old ways with the new.
If you have any questions of feedback please let me know.

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