Things to Watch or Listen for While Viewing the Movie

1. Name of the story teller. (Adamic Inukpuk – the grandson of the legendary Nanook of the North.)
2. Story of the rainbow – holds up the sky; it’s the Earth’s walking stick.
3. Inuksuk – Piles of rocks, sometimes in human form, used as markers for the Inuit. Each Inuksuk tells the story of the humans who have passed by that spot.
4. Caribou and Reindeer herds.
5. Adamic speaks of his favorite time of the year being Autumn because it’s a time to see family and friends. Notice the contrast between putting up the shelters of the old ways and the dirt bikes used as transportation.
6. Northern Lights – Aurora borealis
7. Marking of the Reindeer by each family
8. The final act of the round-up – Elder leading the old Reindeer out of the coral first so the animal can lead the rest of the reindeer to freedom. As long as the reindeer are allowed freedom they will always return.
9. Ice house – igloo
10. Ice fishing for the seal. “The patient man survives. To wait is not a waste of time.”