“Do we just wait in line here?” I asked the preteen Cree girl and her friend as they watched our convoy maneuver slowly for the approaching ferry. “You have to do it backwards.” She said with the authority of a dock supervisor. “Thanks!” I exclaimed, relieved to have some understanding […]

Thump-thump…clank.  Every few seconds we would hit a full width trough in the payment and the Jeep would jump, followed by the tinkle of metal objects – coins, a spoon, tent stake – somewhere in the vehicle.  On occasion an object would slide off its perch and dive gracefully into […]

We sat in the huge white tent and the milky light faded as evening settled.   The tent was big enough for a circus.  It had bleachers surrounding a huge plywood dance floor.   At one end was a stage with an older, energetic Cree woman announcing, in Cree, the goings on.   […]

Cape Jones Expedition

I was still a little bleary eyed as I crawled out of the back of my Jeep.   Our camp, on the shore of Longue Pointe, was still quiet.  We were a lonely arrangement of Jeeps on the rocks above the receding morning tide.  A few of the team were just […]