The Indigenous Day

On one sunny morning when everyone else was busy fighting, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, one Chukcha and one Kalaaleq (Greenlander) were busy eating reindeer meet, drinking tea made out of tundra berries and making plans for the future. They were sitting in the Chum, a mobile home made out of reindeer skins; it was cool and pleasant inside. There was no electricity, but there was plenty of light. There was no air-condition, but people were not sweating. Children ran in and out all the time; they were not depressed or bored. They were not missing gadgets. Today they were learning...