Thank you for the suggestions several of you have already sent across the pond. I thought by way of another trade I would send you this link to a story about the Journey of the Nishiyuu (Journey of the Youth), a 1600 kilometre trek by a few indigenous youth from the far north on Hudson's Bay to the nation's capital, Ottawa. They are arriving in Ottawa, I think today, so if you are as intrigued and impressed as I am I am sure you will be able to google up additional newspaper articles and photos. They are walking in recognition and in honour of the Idle No More Movement, which began in Canada in December in response to government attempts to dissolve the reserves and other draconian measures.
The link below is from an APTN tv reporter, the Aboriginal Television Network:
http://aptn.ca/pages/news/2013/03/25/journey-of-nishiyuu-began-with-vision-ends-with-hope-wolves-will-unite/\
Pamela
Dr. Pamela Banting
English Dept.
University of Calgary
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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