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On-the-land-contest – Aug. 7

Amazing on-the-land stories - Aug. 7, 2020

WINNER: Kimberly Jayko
Taloyoak
My daughter Cassiday Anne Kootook, age 2, with her home-made tent I made for her picture. Taken in Middle Lake outside of Taloyoak.

ᓵᓚᖃᖅᑐᖅ: ᑭᒻᐳᓕ ᔭᐃᑯ
ᑕᓗᕐᔪᐊᖅ
ᐸᓂᒐ ᑳᓯᑎ ᐋᓐ ᑰᑑᒃ, ᐅᑭᐅᓕᒃ 2−ᓂ, ᓴᓇᐅᒐᕐᒥ ᑐᐱᖓᓐᓂ ᓴᓇᓚᐅᖅᑕᓐᓂ ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᖅᑕᒧᑦ. ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᖅᑕᐅᔪᖅ Middle ᑕᓯᖓᓐᓂ ᑕᓗᕐᔪᐊᑉ ᓯᓚᑖᓂ.

 

Bertha C Utak
Hall Beach
My husband sent this picture to me weeks ago when he was out seal hunting. Heart shaped seal hole.

ᐴᑕ ᓯ ᐅᑕᒃ
ᓴᓂᕋᔭᒃ
ᐅᐃᒐ ᓇᒃᓯᐅᔾᔨᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐆᒥᖓ ᐊᔾᔨᙳᐊᒥᒃ ᐅᕙᓐᓄᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓰᑦ ᒪᕐᕉᓕᖅᑐᓂ ᖄᖏᖅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᓂ ᓇᑦᑎᕋᓱᒋᐊᖅᓯᒪᑎᓪᓗᒍ. ᐆᒻᒪᑎᑐᑦ ᓴᓂᒪᓂᓕᒃ ᐊᒡᓗ.

 

Pongok Kemukton
Cambridge Bay
This is a picture of the old stone church sitting across Cambridge Bay, all fixed up a few years back.

ᐳᖑᒃ ᑭᒧᒃᑐᓐ
ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᖅ
ᐅᓇ ᐊᔾᔨᙳᐊᖅ ᓄᑕᐅᙱᑦᑐᒥ ᐅᔭᖅᑲᓄᑦ ᓴᓇᓯᒪᔪᒥ ᑐᒃᓯᐊᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᑉ ᐊᑭᐊᓂ, ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᑦᑎᐊᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᖃᔅᓯᐊᕐᔪᖕᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓂ ᖄᖏᖅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᓂ.

 

 

Mavis Aqqiaruq
Arctic Bay
Huge seal skin from a successful hunt in Arctic Bay, Nunavut, taken in the beginning of July.

ᒪᐃᕕᔅ ᐊᕿᐊᕈᖅ
ᐃᒃᐱᐊᕐᔪᒃ
ᐊᖏᔪᒻᒪᕆᐊᓗᒃ ᕿᓯᒃ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᒃᐱᐊᕐᔪᒃ, ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ, ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᖅᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᔪᓚᐃ ᐱᒋᐊᕐᓂᐸᓗᐊᓂ.

Winnie Qammaniq
Pond Inlet
Dalton loves being outdoors, doesn’t mind if mosquitoes are out too. He’ll gladly play out with them ... He was playing out by my parents tent by the water lake in Pond Inlet.

ᐅᐃᓂ ᖃᒪᓂᖅ
ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᒃ
ᑖᓪᑎᓐ ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᒋᑦᑎᐊᖅᑕᖓ ᓯᓚᒦᖦᖢᓂ, ᖃᓄᐃᒃᓴᙱᑦᑐᖅ ᕿᒃᑐᕆᐊᖃᕋᓗᐊᕈᓂ. ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᒍᓱᒡᓗᓂ ᐊᓃᕋᔭᖃᑎᒋᓂᐊᖅᑕᖏᑦ ... ᐊᓃᕋᔭᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᒪ ᑐᐱᖓᑕ ᓯᓚᑖᓂ ᐃᒥᖅᑕᕐᕕᐅᑉ ᑕᓯᖓᓂ ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᖕᒥ.