Native Time

Nanuq907

Alaska natives’ clocks run at a different rate than ours do. Different things matter to them. This video really shows that.

https://youtu.be/TXJ-AGy6TBU

You might also like this, it’s all filmed within 2 miles of my house.

https://vimeo.com/56422289?ref=em-share

TANK78Z

absolutly gorgeous country, fantastic sky video, wish we could have and see a so clear a sky filled with so many stars.
 I felt COLD watching it, that's saying a lot being I live in HOT,HUMID Central Florida

Nanuq907

Imagine winter camping lying in the snow watching those skies all night.

hillbille

Nanuq907 said:

Imagine winter camping lying in the snow watching those skies all night.

on purpose???

chme

Lived north of you (Fairbanks) for a while.  Dated an Athabascan girl.  Spent time with Inuit people.  Tlingit- they looked at you like they were deciding whether or not they could eat you.  Winter skies were astounding if you got away from things that burned fuel- otherwise we had ice fog.  Native folks had sense of time much like Hawai'ians.  "What time is it?   Tuesday."  

Nanuq907

Amen, chme.  My boy's a firefighter in Kotzebue, it's the same there.  Inuit, Yupi'q and Inupiaq are the most amazing people.  It seems like "they remember".  If you're sincere, soft spoken and humble they'll open right up.  I was at a native fair during Rondy 2 years ago, looking for a sealskin hat (I see you nodding, you understand).  The place was full of loud Roundeyes and the natives were SO uncomfortable, nothing was selling.  I moved from table to table, and a lot of eyes were looking down, avoiding mine.  I couldn't find a hat big enough, I was carefully touching pieces and putting them back.  I came to a table in the corner, Helen Pootoogooluk from Shishmaref was sitting there, royalty in a room full of noise and confusion.  Lots of conversations NOT happening all around.  I touched her hats and quietly, apologetically said "my head is too big".  She quietly made eye contact for at least 5 seconds, taking the measure of the man, then reached under the table and pulled out the most gorgeous spotted seal / sea otter hat I've ever seen.  It's like it was made for me, such a perfect fit I closed my eyes to enjoy it, then when I opened them again she was smiling.  I didn't even ask how much, I wouldn't doubt her like that.  One credit card charge later, I had the possession of a lifetime.  She's gone now, but I'll have that hat forever.

Nanuq907

hillbille said:

Nanuq907 said:
Imagine winter camping lying in the snow watching those skies all night.

on purpose???

Nothing better than winter camping, when it's cold enough.  It's gotta be so cold you don't melt the snow under your bag.  There's no dirt, no bears, no mosquitos, everything stays nice and clean and dry.  And lots of stars.

chme

Nanuq- small world- have a friend who works at the airport in Kotzebue.  I spent some time working (military) with and training the 297th Infantry.  Spent time sitting and listening/ learning from them, as well as teaching them.  Still have a gift they gave me- mask from Nunivak Island.    

NeoBlackdog

chme said:

Lived north of you (Fairbanks) for a while.  Dated an Athabascan girl.  Spent time with Inuit people.  Tlingit- they looked at you like they were deciding whether or not they could eat you.  Winter skies were astounding if you got away from things that burned fuel- otherwise we had ice fog.  Native folks had sense of time much like Hawai'ians.  "What time is it?   Tuesday."  

Not whether or not they could eat you, (you know damn well they could!) but whether you'd be worth the trouble!
Spent some time around them in SE Alaska when I was a kid.  They are a tough people!

4205raymond

Drove across North America in '89 with my sweetheart of 25 years at the time from Monroe, NY and up the pipeline. Over 10,000 miles RT. I believe it was in Tok at a gun shop an article about a local Athabascan Chief in his 90's was given a ride in a airplane across his old stomping grounds for his birthday present. With tears in his eyes he remarked after stepping from plane "I can not believe that we flew over all the land that took my whole life to cover in about half an hour"------------------------------Ray

Nanuq907

Here's a neat show you might not know about, Flying Wild Alaska.  It's about Jim Tweto and his family in Unalakleet running ERA aviation.  Some of it is staged, but it also shows a little more of Bush living.  And the foods they eat!  Stink flipper, medicine fish ... Ariel says "the stinkier the better".       No thanks!

https://youtu.be/kEye_FVO2dk

mohawk600

Nanuq907 said:

Here's a neat show you might not know about, Flying Wild Alaska.  It's about Jim Tweto and his family in Unalakleet running ERA aviation.  Some of it is staged, but it also shows a little more of Bush living.  And the foods they eat!  Stink flipper, medicine fish ... Ariel says "the stinkier the better".       No thanks!

https://youtu.be/kEye_FVO2dk

That is a good show.

Nanuq907

I ran into them at a hockey game this winter, real salt of the earth folks you’d be honored to have for neighbors.

Bubba Jr.

I used to watch that show back in the day. The crazy landings with a cross wind would raise the hair on the back of my neck. If I remember right, Jim sold the airport and the show ended. His youngest daughter was a cutie.

Nanuq907

Cross winds are hairy for sure!  The ones I really like are the short landings where he has to burn off speed by dragging his tires in the river.  You tell people that and they think "no way".