Indigenous people Stories

The Arctic Region in Canada is a land of unrivaled beauty despite its inhospitable conditions. For thousands of years, the indigenous people known as the Inuit have survived there, but at times, some groups found their existence threatened. ~oOo~ The great white bear padded silently through the snow, his paws sinking into the drifts. The wind carried something that night that stirred his heart. Catching a whiff, he froze...

We had a good thing going—the Indigenous people and me. They left no footprints. Then the loud ones came, sticking stakes in me, upturning, trampling, and spoiling me. The worst was when weighty boots dug in their heels, and the rhythmic dance of bare feet turned to thundering thumps of war. As the blood of my people seeped into my soil, I knew I would be forever stained. Sadly, the songs of the Indigenous grew faint, dis...