GotGarlic
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Reindeer! Was this in Alaska? How was it?
It was absolutely delicious. They used a smoked reindeer sausage in it.Reindeer! Was this in Alaska? How was it?
I know that many years ago they passed a law that only indigenous Alaskans were allowed to have reindeer herds. The Saami who had been invited by the government to bring their deer to Alaska had to get rid of their herds. Most of the reindeer ended up with indigenous Alaskans. Some of those reindeer were herded off to Canada. I have a FB friend who lives in Inuvik. His ancestor led that very large herd of reindeer to Canada. Until he retired, he was in charge (and may have owned) some of those reindeer. The trip from Alaska with the reindeer took a couple of years. I believe there were Indigenous Alaskans helping bring those deer to Canada.In Alaska, we were told that reindeer meant that it was domesticated and raised on a farm, and caribou were harvested from the wild. No one said anything to us about the lineage. But....delicious!