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Podcast: #Waterfowl
Episode: A chat with mayor Natasha in Inuvik, about northwest culture, remote care and food security.
Description: In the 1950's, the federal government in the Beaufort delta at east 3 (the third location on the eastern shore of the Mackenzie river.) Moved Iklavic, a mixed community of western Arctic and Dene people from a village site, that had flood potential every year. 1958 Inuvik was born with prominently indigenous and mixed population currently at 3300 but gets up to 5000 with transient workers. Even growing Muslim and Philippines populations. I learned about midnight sun and the sunrise festival around January 6, when the days start to get longers after the winter dark. We talk machine sports, cabins, ice road, boat acess and...