FLY AWAY SNOW GOOSE
(Nits’it’ah Golika Xah)
Juliet Waldron and John Wisdomkeeper
(Nits’it’ah Golika Xah)
Juliet Waldron and John Wisdomkeeper
Yaotl and Kele
splashed along the shores of behchà, spears hefted, watching for the flash of
fin to rise to the surface and sparkle in the sunlight. Tender feelings, barely
discovered, flushed their faces. Waving their spears they laughed and teased
one another with sprays of newly melted ice water.
In the
distance, the warning about the kwet'ı̨ı̨̀ (white Indian agents) sounds,
but on this fatal day it goes unheard; Yaotl and Kele fall into the hands
of the Indian Agents. Transport to the Aklavik residential school is
only the beginning of their ordeal, for the teachers believe it is their
sworn duty “to kill the Indian inside.”
All
attempts at escape are severely punished, but Yaotl and Kele, along with
two others, will try, beginning a journey of 900 Kilometers along the
Mackenzie River. Like wild geese, brave hearts together, they are
homeward bound.
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