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I can only speak about what I know. I did sleep out on the North York Moors with my friend and some others. I wasn't concerned and neither were they. Over here when I used to be involved in guiding white folk I noticed many were nervous when in the bush but I didn't want to trouble them about...

I'm afraid it is not as simple as that boatman. The government places many restrictions and rules on both our land use, traditions, our hunting and so on. The state boarding system had a part but not necessarily a major part up north. There are plenty of older people here who never had...

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Of course we take care not to attract unwanted critters into our camps but not out of fear or worrying. Like driving car with seatbelt. Sensible but don't mean your scared of crashing does it? I've never seen or heard anyone standing on a snake. They hear you long before you do that. I've...

its funny, I can't think any of us worried about being in the bush. Bear, fox, wolf, northern rattlesnake or other animals we see of little matter when we are out in the bush (forest). Like many of my fellow first nations I love the sound, sights and smell of what you guys call the wilderness...

This is interesting. I wondered why you would do such a thing, but now I think I know it is because many people in your countries can't track maybe? In winter we leave easy tracks in snow and our camp fires can maybe seen long distance. In summer it is very easy to follow families on the move...

Our children are allowed to handle knives and axes as soon as they are able to pick them up (but not babies). We don't teach them same as you teach. They learn by doing, so often will imitate adults. My daughter could skin fox or other small animal by the time she eight or nine. Most sons...

Hey I wasn't getting at you and I didn't mean to insult you. The film you made a link to just showed rather crude looking huts to me and there were comments about how the door and bad design or construction method caused these huts to be too cold for the folk to stay there. Anglos believe that...

Thank you for your thoughtful words Mary.

Maybe it would be better if elephant buried the archeologists. I wonder how many archeologists or people who are claiming they are experimental archeologists have any real experience at building or making anything for a living? If they have not then maybe no surprise their experiments show...

I find it very embarrassing and it makes me a little angry that white folk think that tribal societies, especially hunting and nomadic ones, such as existing all over Canada lived in the kind of scruffy houses I've seen in books about the stone age. Our people and others would have built...

Hey guys You are canoeing in Canada in summer. Not in England. I've never seen even an anglo up here use neoprene socks. And we certainly don't. I don't know how cold the water is on the river you paddle on but the choice most visitors do here is wear something on their feet like runners...

But if you have very thin shirt mozzies will bite through it no problem. Same if you wear sandals on feet. Socks no problem either if thin. They can get through any gap in your clothing. And if you sweat your shirt will stick to skin and mozzies will love that. If you sweat deet may not...

Survival Kit? For us it is our rifle, big hunting knife and Axe. Our forest provides the rest. But many people can manage with just the axe and forest. The forest is not our enemy or somewhere we survive. It is our home and store.

Northern rivers are normally cold all year. But most of Yukon / Teslin river is flat I think so no chance of falling in maybe unless you don't canoe much at home. Ordinary clothes are fine. Same type you wear for walking in British summer. Most europeans we get up here find mosquitos and...

These things I've never seen before. What do you brits use them for? Do they have hunting/bushcraft use or something or are they just for walking if you are not well or maybe injured?

Knowing what animals live in your forests and can't find track or don't know what the track & spoor is, or the animal signs, one way we learned was to sit out on a still night with back to moon and resting yourself on tree. Don't smoke, drink or talk. Animals will walk right past you and if...

We don't go bold Sunndog like anglos. Some wear moustaches and thin chin hair but we can't grow facial bush like you.

Ineteresting. But..... I'm not sure who Sally was and why we've not read this before. Please don't think that all native americans had long hair in the 1970's. Many - and I was one one who had it cut short. People didn;'t like indians with long hair. It was discouraged . Most USA indians...

Thank you Swallow bird. But the uk i noticed had much water and no deserts when I visited so I wondered where you might need to carry such little water as you can carry in one of those things. As for the tampon thing then I think if you cannot find tinder in the woods and forests of your...