Editing Caribou hunt (section)

=Painting Cabin=

As the week progressed, and I was still waiting for the weather to turn so that I could fly back home, Leonard and his family made sure I was comfortable and had company. As I tried to make myself useful in a way that aligned more with my own skills, I helped Leonard and his grandson paint the inside of a cabin that was in the preparatory stages of being pulled out on the land later that season. I also was invited by the family to help prepare one of the Caribou from the hunt before. As I received guidance on how to cut a rib with an Ulu (traditional Inuit knife) from Leonard’s wife, I was present for the- what I have learnt later to be a very common- scene of preparing meat on a cardboard sheet on the floor, while family members and other community members would come in for a chat and to collect a cut. 

In total I would only spend 5 days in Coral Harbour that first trip. Much of that time was spent drinking tea with Leonard while we watched the world respond to the Covid-19 pandemic on our phones. Apart from a lack of toilet paper and hand-sanitizer, Coral Harbour seemed shielded from the rest of the world during those days. This of course was not the case - the North is highly connected and its residents are reliant on frequent travel. Nevertheless, this visit to Coral Harbour- although cut short- allowed for an experience that would thoroughly impact my approach to becoming knowledgeable about Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit and its relations to the land. 

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