Culture Project

For my Culture project I chose 5 pictures that represent different topics with things that I do often and that represents who I am.

Hunting

 (This is me, Photograph taken by Cat Zechner / Busy B Photography)

During the fall season, my family and I leave home and go to camp for 2 weeks; we take time off of school & work to go hunting. During hunting season we try and get at least 2 moose. When you get the moose you then have moose meat to eat for the year and we then give some back to the community too feed other people. I chose this picture because it represents something that has never changed in my life as I grew up.

Hiking

During the year, my friends and I like to go hiking up the mountains around our town. It takes us about a half an hour to get to the top but after we get to the top we just sit there and look at the view and socialize with each other or if we feel up to it, we go and look around. This is significant to me because I have been doing this since I was 8.

Winter

(Photograph taken behind Nip-Rock High School)

 Every year we get snow from November til May, sometimes shorter or sometimes longer. During the winter months my family and I go ice fishing, trapping, snow machining and many other things. This is my favourite season because there is so much to do outside and you could always find something to occupy yourself with like making snow men and snow forts. I decided to put this into my project because some places do not get snow.

Hockey

From October to March, most of my friends and I play hockey. Hockey season is an exciting thing around here because everyone gets to come out and play hockey and for those who don’t play hockey they can come to the community arena and watch our hometown team play. This is a cultural thing for me because all of my family is revolved around hockey, everyone in my household has or does play hockey.

Powwow

 

Every summer in the area that I live, there is a powwow which is a weekend where aboriginal people come from different towns and cities to meet up and have a gathering. During this gathering people put up food stands and little shops so you could buy things. The main reason to go to a powwow is to dance. There are drummers in the centre of the circle and they sing and people dress up in their cultural costumes and they dance around the drummers to show their respect to all the aboriginals and everything we have gotten and are thankful for.