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March 19 – On-the-Land Contest

Winner: Elijah Takkiruq‎
Gjoa Haven
My daughter Olivia Takkiruq, Gjoa Haven.


ᐃᓚᐃᔾᔭ ᑕᒃᑭᕈᖅ
ᐅᕐᓱᖅᑑᒥᐅᖅ
ᐸᓂᑯᓗᒐ ᐅᓕᕕᐊ ᑕᒃᑭᕈᖅ, ᐅᕐᓱᖅᑑᒥ.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Runners-up:


Jeeteeta Merkosak
Pond Inlet
Five years ago.

ᔨᑏᑕ ᒥᖅᑯᓵᖅ
ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᖕᒥᐅᖅ
ᐅᑭᐅᖑᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᓂ.

 

 

 

 

 


Joseph Aupaluktuq‎
Baker Lake
Baker Lake sunset.

ᔫᓯᐱ ᐊᐅᐸᓗᒃᑐᖅ
ᖃᒪᓂ’ᑐᐊᒥᐅᖅ
ᖃᒪᓂ’ᑐᐊᒥ ᓯᕿᓂᖅ ᓂᐱᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ.

 

 


Maggie D Jones Kingmeatok
Rankin Inlet
Our mother meets her biological son first time after 48+ years on August 10, 2017.

ᒫᒋ ᑎ ᔫᓐᔅ ᑭᖕᒥᐊᖅ
ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥᐅᖅ
ᐊᓈᓇᒐ ᑕᑯᒋᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐃᕐᓂᒥᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᑦ 48 ᐅᖓᑖᓄᑦ ᖄᖏᖅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐋᒋᓯ 10, 2017-ᒥ.

 

 

 

 

 


Amber Nangmalik
Whale Cove
Caught my first bear on November 15, 2017. It was a beautiful day, and I got the bear in the head. I was so nervous. Photo taken by my stepdad Tupa Ford.

ᐋᒻᐳ ᓇᖕᒪᓕᒃ
ᑎᑭᕋᕐᔪᐊᒥᐅᖅ
ᓇᓐᓄᒋᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᒐᒪ ᓄᕕᐱᕆ 15, 2017-ᒥ. ᐅᓪᓗᑦᑎᐊᕚᓘᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓇᓄᖅ ᑖᓐᓇ ᑯᑭᖅᖢᒍ ᓂᐊᖅᑯᐊᖅᖢᒍ ᓱᓇᐅᕙ. ᓴᔪᓚᐅᑲᓚᐅᖅᑐᖓ. ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᖅᑕᐅᔪᕕᓂᖅ ᐊᑖᑕᒃᓴᖓᓄᑦ ᑐᐸ ᕗᐊᑦᒧᑦ.