Land-based Learning 

Dr Herman J Michell (2018) suggest that Pipon was the time to do: 

• Storytelling, songs, drumming, ceremony

• Winter hunting-caribou, moose & fur bearing animals

• Skinning, stretching, and drying fur

• Migration patterns of caribou

• Ptarmigan nets are set in the bush

• Safe winter shelters and survival skills 

• Winter fishing activities 

• Winter modes of travel- dog sledding

• Rabbit snaring activities 

• Winter weather patterns 

• Winter survival skills 

• Harvesting trees for cabin building 

• trapper festivals and competitions 

• Fish derbies