We had our first snow fall this Friday. Although it did not stay, It made many people especially children excited. As the season changes, so does the subsistence activity, now the snow geese are focused on by many men. They work hard to get to them, but year after year, they look forward for their arrival. Even they don't get many on a trip, they keep going whenever possible. I think my husband brought home a total of seven last fall, for the year. Snow geese are a prized delicacy meal once they are plucked.
Many people, especially girls and women are lining the banks of the river and slough to pull in tom cods, a small fish about 12" long. When a person gets enough, they are gutted, strung, and hung to dry, they are also edible frozen or boiled.
And as the season progresses other animals, plants will be sought after.
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I guess it's happening all over. We had our first snow in Fairbanks on Friday night/Saturday--about an inch. This was great news to my son, a cross country skier, and I'll have to admit I like it too. Don't know yet if it will stick around. Out in the hills where I live it looks like it's here to stay. In town, it will probably melt. I just hope we hae a decent snow year this year. The last two years have been below average and late in coming. If it's going to snow, it should snow a lot.
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