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On-the-land contest: Sept. 11, 2020

Winner:

Brenda Apsaktaun
Kugaaruk
My 10-year-old son Willy Makabe Angutingunirk's 6th whale since he was 8 years old in Kugaaruk, Nunavut. Long tusk just under 8 foot – 7 feet 9 and 3/4 inches.

ᐊᑭᓯᔪᖅ: ᐳᕋᓐᑕ ᐊᑉᓴᒃᑕᐅᓐ
ᑰᒑᕐᔪᒃ
10-ᓂ-ᐅᑭᐅᓕᒃ ᐃᕐᓂᕋ ᐅᐃᓕ ᒫᑲᐱ ᐊᖑᑎᙳᕐᓂᐅᑉ 6−ᒋᔭᖓᓂ ᕿᓚᓗᒐᖅᑕᖓᓂ ᑕᐃᒪᙵᓂ 8−ᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᖃᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᑰᒑᕐᔪᒃ, ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ. ᑑᒑᑯᑖᓕᒃ 8 ᐃᓯᒍᓪᓗᐊᑲᓴᖕᒥ – 7 ᐃᓯᒐᓪᓗᐊᑦ 9 ᐊᒻᒪ 3/4 ᐃᓐᓯᔅ.

Jutai Mikkigak
Kinngait
My God son, grandson Johnny Jutai James picked berries for his Godmother and grandmother near the airport in Kinngait, NU.

ᔫᑕᐃ ᒥᑭᒐᒃ
ᑭᙵᐃᑦ
ᐊᖏᕈᑎᒋᓯᒪᔭᕋ, ᐃᕐᙳᑕᕋ ᔮᓂ ᔫᑕᐃ ᔭᐃᒥᓯ ᐊᕝᕗᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐸᐅᕐᙵᓂᑦ ᐊᒃᑐᐊᔾᔨᔨᖓᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᓈᓇᑦᑎᐊᖓᓄᑦ ᒥᑦᑕᕐᕕᐅᑉ ᖃᓂᒋᔭᖓᓂ ᑭᙵᐃᑦ, ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ.

David JR Porter
Gjoa Haven
Out on the land, part of Gjoa Havens Haput “fishing weir” and some the catch.

ᑕᐃᕕᑦ ᓄᑲᖅᖠᖅ ᐳᐊᑕ
ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᖅ
ᓄᓇᒥᑦ, ᐃᓚᖓ ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᑉ ᕼᐊᐳᒻᒥ “ᐃᖃᓗᒐᓱᖕᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓴᐳᑎ”.

Donna Nisic
Pond Inlet
Kris Mullaly fishing near Pond Inlet, Aug. 25.

ᑖᓇ ᓂᓯᒃ
ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᒃ
ᑯᕆᔅ ᒧᓚᓕ ᐃᖃᓪᓕᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᐅᑉ ᖃᓂᒋᔭᖓᓂ, ᐋᒍᔅᑎ 25−ᒥ.

Stella Attagutaluk-Awa
Naujaat
Thomasie Kalluk Avva took this picture at Pituqiq, closer to Naujaat from Igloolik, for Caribou hunt on Aug. 25, 2020.

ᔅᑕᓚ ᐊᑕᒍᑦᑖᓗᒃ-ᐊᕙ
ᓇᐅᔮᑦ
ᑑᒪᓯ ᑲᓪᓗᒃ ᐊᕙ ᐆᒥᖓ ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᖅᓯᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐱᑐᕿᕐᒥ, ᓇᐅᔮᓄᑦ ᖃᓂᓐᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᖕᒥ, ᑐᒃᑐᓕᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐋᒍᔅᑎ 25, 2020−ᒥ.