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Extreme Events
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This is a winter landscape photograph, With the reality of climate change causing shifts in weather, there is an increasing number of extreme weather events present. Events as slight as prevailing winds to flooding or fire frequency can have a large impact on plant and animal survival.
The real concerns with extreme events lies within the fact hat predictable weather patterns are becoming invalid.
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Food
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This is a picture of lichen which is a favorite food of caribou., In the Boreal Forest of Canada, seasons can provide wither bounty or hardships for woodland caribou. Food sources are more plentiful in the summer, with a large number of high quality foods available. As a large herbivore, woodland caribou are also known to survive on lichen. However, lichens are known to be the least nutritious- when rely on this food service; they need large amounts.
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Gary Carriere- Culture in Canada-Language
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This audio recording discusses talks about language preservation. Gary Carriere discusses talks about how there may be a name for a thing in Cree, but not in English. He states it is important for children to learn these names as to teach them about traditions.
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Gary Carriere- Culture in Canada-Traditions
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This audio recording discusses Gary Carriere's life growing up. He mentions his decision to follow a traditional lifestyle is due to his grandfather and elders in his community.
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Gilbert Morin- Climate Change- Precipitation
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This audio recording discusses the amount of snow in the past which does not equal how much is present during winters in modern day. This audio recording is in Cree and the English Translation is below.
"There was substantial amount of snow, the depth of the snow was profound. And Today, the snow is not as deep."
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Gilbert Morin- Culture in Canada- History of the People
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This audio recording discusses the survival methods and how once would live off the land. This audio recording is in Cree and the English translation is in English.
"Survival meant checking snares, muskrat snare and rabbit snares, checking the net to feed your dogs. Fish was also for human consumption. These were ways we lived off the land for continued existence."
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Habitat
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Picture of a body of water., Characteristics of habitat for woodland caribou are based on their seasonal needs. The habitat must provide access to food, safety from predators, and low amounts of disturbances such as roads and human activity.
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History of the People
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This image is of Mukluks., Each community within the scope of our project has its own unique history. Elders describing their stories, reminiscing of the past and the way it used to be can an important indicator of the changes that were occurring.
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Howard McKenzie-Climate Change-Precipitation
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This audio recording describes the impacts on the people because of extreme precipitation. Part of this sound recording is in Cree and the full English translation is below.
"We had more rain this summer too (2010). We couldn't really go all over the place because we would get stuck on the trails because the water was too deep. We couldn't go back into the bush because there was too many deep places back into the swamp. we had too much rain."
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John Carriere- General Biology- Migration
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This audio recording discusses how caribou stay in a small area and their interactions with humans. This audio recording is in Cree and the English translation is below.
"They pretty well stay in a small area. They don't travel as much now. They don't go far north. The #10 highway [Manitoba] traffic prevents them to cross, but every now and then some of them cross. I've been watching these animals and whenever there was wood cutters, timber harvesters they prevent these animals from traveling across and especially they scare them further back away from their work areas."
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Josephine Carriere- General Biology- Migrations
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This audio recording recalls the caribou's migration patterns. This audio recording is in Cree and the English translation is below.
"They missed Beaver Lake, where we lived, but they always crossed at the rapids across (East) of Beaver Lake. My dad always said that's where they crossed every year. (Those are the barren ground caribou?)
Yes. (And the big woodland caribou stayed here all year round?)
Yes. That was the pattern they followed by the barren ground caribou. The tradition of the woodland caribou stayed close by the time- all year round."
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Josephine Carriere- General Biology- Populations
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In this audio recording Jospehine Carriere recalls a memory of a population of caribou crossing train tracks which halted the train she was on. This audio clip is in Cree and the English translation is provided below.
"One time, in 1939, I was on a train to Churchill. Suddenly, it stopped and about 300 caribou we had to let them go, because they were just going, going, going,. They were coming from Beaver Lake and on the move to up North. That's a big area and they came from there."