On Monday, October 11, we ended our study of Canada with a gathering. Pauline asked the children what they remembered about Canada and here is what they said:
Ian - spirit quest (for young Haida men searching for their spirit guides and special talents)
Alan - the spirit quest takes place at age 13 and the boys stay in icy rivers until they can no longer stand it, then rub themselves with sticks (branches) until they bleed
Raine - age 11 or 12
Maggie Rose - the fish hook (artifact) with the pointy-poky thing
Alleck - spearing salmon
Clare - the salmon go to the ocean, but start their lives in rivers
Alleck - ping pong on ice (???)
Dhabih - Haida coats made of cedar bark
Hazel - lots of hockey
Maggie Rose - no golf because there's too much water (???)
Raine - very cold
Alan - not many people live up north due to the cold
Kian - "let's sing O Canada!"
Eliason - polar bears that kill seals
Dhabih - ice fishing and how it is done
Hazel - "Are there penguins?"
Alleck - belugas live there
Hazel - Haidas made their boats out of cedar
Dhabih - their boats are called canoes
We ended the ceremony with the singing of 'O Canada' and went to work. We began our study of Chile the next day, coincidentally the day that "Los 33" began to ascend to freedom and out of their dim, collapsed mine. I told the story of the miners and what was happening at that very moment in Chile. It was great serendipity to begin our study on such a joyful note.
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