Igloo

Relating this to the movie Nanook of the North, the viewers can say, although the events that took place in the film were staged, it shows the harsh artic life and some of the survival strategies used by the Intuits. The methods used for making an igloo, fishing and hunting skills, travelling and other survival skills were all well presented in the film. Another example would be the film Four Families, which was produced for the general Canadian public during the 1950s with a commanding…

Inuktituk is the language of the Inuit, that the majority speech in Canada as well as other places such as Quebec and the areas around the Arctic Ocean (Inuit Cultural 15). There are currently different dialects of Inuktituk; Inuvialuktun, Inuinnaqtun, Inuktituk itself, and Nunatsiavumiuttut (Freeman). Inuktituk is also actually seen as an official language in parts of the world (Inuit Cultural 15). The language itself looks nothing like any words in the English language. For example, the word…

My first experience of snow was like a snow globe, except it seemed whoever was shaking it wasn’t going to stop. Snow Globes are a model of a scene surrounded by particles of fake, white matter resembling snow, but when shaken it turns to a magnificent snowstorm. While I have many snow globes at my house collected from my childhood, this was the first one I was in. I think a lot about the countless times my dad has told me of stories of his childhood. His numerous adventures of snow days,…

A LITTLE ABOUT ME On February 10, 2005, a girl was born and it was about 5 am when she entered this world. Her name was Crystal Arellano. That’s me! My life story should be interesting because I'm going to talk about my childhood, my family and how my future will look like. Being born on February 10 makes my zodiac sign an Aquarius. I am a very curious person and very creative so the characteristics of an Aquarius suits me very well. Although one characteristic of an Aquarius that does not suit…

CRACK! The ice breaks under the Inuit hunter, while he is waiting for his chance to catch a walrus or any other food they can find. He tries to jump out of the way of the newly found hole in the ice, but slips. He swerves with all his might to get out of the way of the hole, and barely made it. Now, the ice in the Arctic is melting very fast, due to all the pollution we are causing, and the Inuit are living there, and have to watch as their home begins to melt. In other places, the Iroquois and…

and therefore the World won’t recognize Canada. He further demonstrates this point by referencing a segment done by Rick Mercer. In this segment, the people of America, to whom we look up to for recognition, still see Canadians as people who live in igloos and ride polar bears or moose to school every day. His insight is further strengthened as he recalls the gang from the comical movie South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut singing the hit Blame Canada from the movie’s soundtrack. The lyrics of…

nation-state - Nation-states play a large role in American history, and are vital to the existence of the United States. A nation-state is the joining of one or many nationalities to create a formal political union, just like the (now) fifty United States of America. If the colonies were not able to unite as one in the beginning, the United States might not exist today, but instead be a continent full of many small countries like Europe. The melting-pot culture that the United States is known…

The ground was like a stone mattress, but Luke somehow managed to fall asleep with the sounds of coyotes yipping across the prairie—the sounds of home, a little familiarity and comfort. He even dreamed all night—weird dreams. Now he was dreaming he was hunting dinosaurs—dreams are funny that way. In the dream a herd of duckbills were charging toward him like the scene in Jurassic Park. He had his homemade bow ready, but he doubted his arrows would penetrate their hard skin. As they grew closer,…