Today is the 15th anniversary of the signing of the Nunavut Lands Claims Agreement on July 9,1993.With negotiations beginning over 5 years previous, the NLCA led directly to the establishment of the Canada's newest arctic territory: Nunavut.

Nunavut Day activities, dogs and I wandered down..

and many dressed up as this pair in outfits of the territorial flag.

Rather warm with our weather this outfit was her mothers, sewn with a wolverine ruff around the face and hanging tails in front, wolf on the shoulders and beaver on the cuffs, originally a parka made for traditional Inuit dancing and singing.

 Children's tug of war, hot dogs, face painting, tea boiling and some traditional games were among the many activities today in Rankin Inlet.

Here are some additional shots from Canada Day,  July 1, our 141st birthday that was complete with a red and white birthday cake. Also included was a hamlet parade of fire and RCMP trucks, flag raising by the cadets and O Canada in 2 languages. Nothing like those men in red!

On the walk home, beneath the rocks of Arctic College again after siksiks.
 

" I hear it but where did that thing go?" wonders Dysis with a tilted head.