Eskimo … you can thank my people, the Ojibway and Cree for that description … in our language it literally just translates to “raw meat eater” … (‘ishishkeh’ … means “raw uncooked meat” and adding the ‘eemeh-oo’ just denotes that the word is describing a person or group of people)
But when it comes to snow blindness, it’s a terrible condition. I had it three or four times when I was a young kid. It’s like having sand INSIDE your eye and no amount of scratching can relieve it.
We’re south of the Inuit so we are less prone to snow blindness because we have trees and few open spaces. But it’s dangerous in the spring time. The combination of snow covered land, longer days and brighter sun is the time for snow blindness.
We never had any real use for snow goggles because the times we needed them were too few in the year. We just avoided going out during those times.
EDIT: … I wrote ‘raw meat water’ … lol … corrected
Thank you for sharing! I had never heard any story on Eskimo, only that it wasn’t correct and not to use it. I still won’t, but it is helpful to know the background. Stay warm and with vision this winter and spring!
Eskimo … you can thank my people, the Ojibway and Cree for that description … in our language it literally just translates to “raw meat eater” … (‘ishishkeh’ … means “raw uncooked meat” and adding the ‘eemeh-oo’ just denotes that the word is describing a person or group of people)
But when it comes to snow blindness, it’s a terrible condition. I had it three or four times when I was a young kid. It’s like having sand INSIDE your eye and no amount of scratching can relieve it.
We’re south of the Inuit so we are less prone to snow blindness because we have trees and few open spaces. But it’s dangerous in the spring time. The combination of snow covered land, longer days and brighter sun is the time for snow blindness.
We never had any real use for snow goggles because the times we needed them were too few in the year. We just avoided going out during those times.
EDIT: … I wrote ‘raw meat water’ … lol … corrected
Thank you for sharing! I had never heard any story on Eskimo, only that it wasn’t correct and not to use it. I still won’t, but it is helpful to know the background. Stay warm and with vision this winter and spring!