THE STORIES
Some stories are meant to be shared.
Stories live. They should be respected and honoured as an act of sharing, connecting and teaching. Over the past five years — including a pandemic pause — the students of Stories North and people in communities throughout the Yukon have created stories of beauty, struggle, culture, doubt and hope. We are so grateful to be able to share these with you.
The Stories
A tradition of collaboration moves ice-age science forward
A long time ago, there was a giant creature. The giant creature got stuck in a mud pit and was wedged between a lake and a river. It had to use all of its strength to crawl and pull itself out of the mud pit.
Bridging the past and the future: Inside Tl’oo K’at’s fish camp
The motor goes quiet.
The boat comes to a halt.
The wind whipping through our hair dies down.
Robert Kyikavichik, Old Crow’s game guardian, leaves his seat and makes his way to the bow. Five passengers gently sway.
Living off the land: What the Porcupine caribou mean to the Vuntut Gwitchin
William Josie remembers standing inside the community centre talking to a few out-of-town guests when he heard someone yell.
It was the long weekend in May and the annual Caribou Days festival was underway. Josie walked out of the centre, stepped over a few broken eggs that had been dropped by competitors playing a friendly game, and rushed to the banks of the Porcupine River right outside.
‘Our language is our life’: Revitalizing Gwich’in in Old Crow
“Vadsaih, caribou.” “Negoo, fox.” “Zzoh, wolf.” “Nehtruh, wolverine.”
Elizabeth Kyikavichik flips through flash-cards with children at her daycare in Old Crow. This is part of the daily routine. The three-to four-year-olds sit in front of her and confidently recite the Gwich’in names of animals shown on the cards like they’ve done it a hundred times before.