Folks in Baker Lake held a traditional dress contest to celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day on June 21 in Baker Lake. The contest saw a combined total of $550 paid in prizes to the top dressers in a children’s category and an adults’ category.
ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᖃᒪᓂ’ᑐᐊᕐᒥ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᑎᒍᑦ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᑦᑎᐊᖅᓯᒪᓛᖑᓇᓱᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐅᑉᓗᖓᓂᒃ ᔫᓐ 21-ᒥ ᖃᒪᓂ’ᑐᐊᕐᒥ. ᐱᒡᒍᓴᐅᔾᔪᐊᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᑲᑎᖦᖢᒋᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᑦ ᓵᓚᒃᓴᒐᒃᓴᑦ $550-ᒦᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᑦᑎᐊᖅᓯᒪᓛᖑᔪᓂᒃ ᓄᑕᖅᑲᓂᒃ ᐃᓐᓇᕐᓄᑦ.
Photos courtesy Jimmy Misheralak
ᑲᕐᓘᔅ ᑕᐃᐸᓈᖅ ᑐᒡᓕᕆᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᓄᑕᖅᑲᑦ ᐱᒡᒍᓴᐅᔾᔪᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ.
ᐳᕐᔨᑦ ᑐᖑᐊᖅ ᓵᓚᒃᓴᖅᑐᖅ $100-ᒥᒃ ᓄᑕᖅᑲᒥᑦ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᑦᑎᐊᖅᓯᒪᓛᑦ ᓵᓚᒃᓴᕋᓱᒃᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᓲᑎᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐅᑉᓗᖓᓂᒃ ᔫᓐ 21-ᒥ ᖃᒪᓂ’ᑐᐊᕐᒥ.
ᑲᐃᓖᓐ ᓇᑦᓯᖅ ᑕᑯᔪᒥᓇᖅᓯᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐱᖓᔪᒋᔭᐅᑉᓗᓂ ᓄᑕᖅᑲᑦ ᐱᒡᒍᓴᐅᔾᔪᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ.
ᓯᓐᑎᐊ ᑐᙳᐊᖅ ᑐᒡᓕᕆᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ $100-ᒥᒃ ᓵᓚᒃᓴᖅᖢᓂ ᐃᓐᓇᐃᑦ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᑦᑎᐊᖅᓯᒪᓛᖑᓇᓱᒃᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ.
ᐊᖑᑎᑐᐊᖑᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᒃ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᑦᑎᐊᖅᓯᒪᓛᖑᓇᓱᒃᑐᓂᒃ, ᒪᐃᑯ Hᐊᖅᐱ, ᐱᖓᔪᒋᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᑦᑎᐊᖅᓯᒪᓛᖑᓇᓱᒃᑐᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒍᑎᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐅᑉᓗᖓᓂᒃ ᔫᓐ 21-ᒥ ᖃᒪᓂ’ᑐᐊᕐᒥ.
