Comments on: Yukon Quest 2017 – Day 2

By: Bryan

Bryan — Mon, 06 Feb 2017 21:25:16 +0000

It isn’t a bad things for these days, as the Yukon is not exactly Manhattan, even in the 21st century. You can own a ‘smart’ phone but good luck on finding a cell tower. 🙂

By: JuanitaM

JuanitaM — Mon, 06 Feb 2017 18:41:12 +0000

Some of it serves the same purpose as coats-of-arms did in Europe, to identify your family, clan, and tribe.

I can see where that might come in handy in prior times. If a musher came in that was not familiar, his dog blanket would identify him for the community.

Very interesting.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Mon, 06 Feb 2017 02:23:33 +0000

Never buy real Native American handicrafts if you don’t have a decent grasp of what the symbols mean. There are a lot of people running around wearing things that proclaim that they paid too much for inferior work or, that they are jerks.

The decorations on various things represent a form of written language. Some of it serves the same purpose as coats-of-arms did in Europe, to identify your family, clan, and tribe.

By: JuanitaM

JuanitaM — Mon, 06 Feb 2017 01:26:08 +0000

Nice to read about the history of the dog blankets. I didn’t know about them at all.