UNDER THE NORTHERN SKY – In Play We Are Finding Our Way

Man with Northern Lights reflectionby Xavier KataquapitATTAWAPISKAT – School is out for the holidays and my friends and I are eager to head out into the winter weather. None of us are thinking about Christmas or New Years but just happy to have time off of school.We busy ourselves with our work in the snow. It is 1985 and our group of ten-year-old boys is breaking trails through the community.We take part in an old playtime activity that has been passed down to us. It is a play time tradit