Day: March 8, 2009

  • It now the Elder's center.....

    That request about the churches here had me out with my camera yesterday, looking for a blue building with steps! A beautifully sunny day  was much welcome after blizzardly three days of no flights in and out ( guess what I was doing at work....travel agent not social worker )

    This blue paneled building is the Catholic church. Next door a number of houses and this sign for the tourists found another smaller building which peaked my curiosity. Asking a lady coming out she said it was the Elder's and Heritage center and definitely OK to come in! Delighted to find a group of elders playing games, apparently in honour of a birthday.

    The circle games involved a dice and when certain number rolled passing a rope with knots and untying or picking up stones in the center. Asked to join I preferred just taking shots. However one challenging one was the muskox horn on the string! Try as I might could not master the swing to even get it close to being lodged on the nail....the elder ladies did it so easily!

    Traditional caribou clothing and other artifacts were on display.... this colorful wall hanging as well.

    Asked if this building had ever been a church or if memories of when built ( through an interpreter ). Told by one lady who could remember when that yes, it was built first as a church before the present Catholic one and yes, the were some " missionaries " from the south who helped.

    So Nicole, I think found the church that your father worked on....so add some details if you can!

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An Albertan & Canadian, definitely a northern gal. Social worker by profession, this blog has included some of my work over 10 years in Nunavut from 2002 on. Passionate about slowing down & taking time to appreciate the beauty of the outdoors or kindness in relationships as gifts & blessings; injustices against children in situations beyond their control; my faith; Nature, experiencing the outdoors whether cycling, walking. x-c skiing or gardening, my dogs, capturing on film God's beauty, experiencing life intensely & with the senses, richness of late afternoon light, wind in my hair cycling with my dog on a beach road, couching inches from an arctic flower or alpine lichen to capture it with my camera, insight of a student's new learning, a good conversation over a coffee.

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