{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Harvard Gazette","provider_url":"https:\/\/dev.news.harvard.edu\/gazette","author_name":"gazetteimport","author_url":"https:\/\/dev.news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/author\/gazetteimport\/","title":"Porcupine lessons &#8212; Harvard Gazette","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"GiGhKa6UOZ\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/2001\/06\/porcupine-lessons\/\">Porcupine lessons<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/2001\/06\/porcupine-lessons\/embed\/#?secret=GiGhKa6UOZ\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Porcupine lessons&#8221; &#8212; Harvard Gazette\" data-secret=\"GiGhKa6UOZ\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/dev.news.harvard.edu\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"The snow was compact and the toboggan glided to the snowmobile trail head more easily than I had expected. I had a plastic sled with an unwaxed snowboard mounted on the bottom, and over 120 pounds in gear and supplies, enclosed by a brown tarp tied to the device with a thin nylon cord. The others - the Innu participants - had wooden or aluminum toboggans with belongings twice the weight of mine tightly roped down and covered with anything from recycled canvas strips to clear plastic. It occurred to me later that the Innu walkers were going to live in the country (nutssimat), while I was only prepared to camp. Unlike with our gear, for the most part we were all dressed uniformly, with handmade caribou moccasins and snowshoes prepared by a number of elders - technologies that would outlast our synthetic equipment. We had all made it to the trail outside of Happy Valley, and our 150-mile walk to Minipi (pronounced Mananipi in Innu) was to begin.","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/dev.news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/wp-content\/uploads\/2001\/06\/25-divstudent1-350-21.jpg"}