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The Bathurst caribou herd have migrated Canada’s arctic since before memory. In the last 30 years their population has mysteriously dropped from 500,000 to just under 9,000. Climate change, predation, industrial development, and over hunting are all suspect, but at this time, no one knows exactly what is happening to the herd.

The Tlicho people have coexisted with the Bathurst for millennia, depending on the herd as a source of food, clothing and culture but can now see a future without the Bathurst in the not too distant future.

Knowing that something must be done they take action. Using the traditional teachings of their elders they travel to the barren land and walk countless kilometres with the Bathurst to watch over them in their time of need.