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February 24 – On-the-land contest

WINNER: Derek Ittimangnak
Kugaaruk
Northern lights in Kugaaruk, Nunavut, taken Feb. 6, 2020.

ᐊᑭᓯᔪᖅ: ᑎᐊᕆᒃ ᐃᑎᒪᖕᓇᖅ
ᑰᒑᕐᔪᒃ
ᐊᖅᓴᕐᓃᑦ ᑰᒑᕐᔪᒃ, ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ, ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᖅᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᕕᕈᐊᕆ 6, 2020–ᒥ.

Putuguk Oleekatalik Kripanik
Taloyoak
Caribou swimming across the ocean outside of Taloyoak on our way home from camping on the other side of the ocean. This was back in 2012/13.

ᐳᑐᒍᖅ ᐅᓕᑲᑕᓕᒃ ᕿᐸᓐᓂᖅ
ᑕᓗᕐᔪᐊᖅ
ᑐᒃᑐᐃᑦ ᐳᐃᔾᔪᕋᖅᑐᑦ ᑕᕆᐅᒃᑯᑦ ᑕᓗᕐᔪᐊᖅ ᓯᓚᑖᓂ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᑎᓪᓗᑕ ᑕᖕᒫᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᒡᓗᖔᖓᒍᑦ ᑕᕆᐅᕐᒥ. ᐅᓇ 2012/13–ᒐᓚᖕᒥ.

Bergit Tunguaq
Baker Lake
This is my 1-year-old niece Mary Tutarut Taipana, her mother and grandmother were letting her play with a caribou skin so that she'll likely learn our culture so that she won't have to let anyone do anything for her when she's older, teaching while she's still really young.

ᐴᒋᑦ ᑐᖑᐊᖅ
ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᖅ
ᐅᓇ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᒥ–ᐅᑭᐅᓕᒃ ᐅᔪᕈᒐ ᒥᐊᕆ ᑐᑕᕈᑦ ᑕᐃᐸᓇ, ᐊᓈᓇᖓ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᓈᓇᑦᑎᐊᖓ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑐᒃᑑᑉ ᐊᒥᖓᓂ ᐃᓕᑦᑎᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᕐᒪᑦ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕆᐊᖃᓛᙱᒻᒪᑦ ᑭᓇᑐᐃᓐᓇᒥᒃ ᐃᓐᓇᕈᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᓂ, ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᖅ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᒻᒪᕆᑯᓘᑎᓪᓗᒍ.

Sal Kanayuk
Pangnirtung
Hunting in Cumberland Sound, end of August 2019.

ᓵᓪ ᑲᓇᔪᖅ
ᐸᖕᓂᖅᑑᖅ
ᐊᖑᓇᓱᖕᓂᖅ ᐸᖕᓂᖅᑑᑉ ᑲᖏᖅᖢᐊᓗᐊᓂ, ᐋᒍᔅᑎᐅᑉ ᓄᙳᐊᓂ 2019.

Joanne Aiyout
Taloyoak
My daughter Felicia, with her first find of a wild egg! Using an aqtaqtaaq (snow suit) and caribou skin kammiks! This was early June of 2018.

ᔪᐋᓐ ᐊᐃᔭᐅᑦ
ᑕᓗᕐᔪᐊᖅ
ᐸᓂᒐ ᕙᓖᓴ, ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᖓᓂ ᐱᑭᐅᑕᒥᓂ ᑎᖕᒥᐊᑉ ᒪᓐᓂᖓᓂ! ᐊᑐᖅᖢᓂ ᐊᒃᑕᖅᑖᕐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑐᒃᑐᕋᔭᖕᓂ ᑲᒥᓂᑦ! ᐅᓇ ᔫᓂᐅᑉ ᐱᒋᐊᕐᓂᐸᓗᐊᓂ 2018–ᒥ.