Aboriginal Day
Yesterday was National Aboriginal Day. The local RCMP BBQ’d hot dogs for the community. We even got to see them all dressed up in their Red Serge. Not a sight we get to see very often. It looked like they had a very successful turnout. I went for a while to check things out. I have included a few pictures I captured while I was there.
Below is some of an excerpt I found from this website.
Aboriginal Day is a time for all Canadians to recognize the diverse cultures and outstanding contributions of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples.
Aboriginal peoples are the descendants of the original inhabitants of Canada. The Canadian Constitution recognizes three groups of Aboriginal peoples: First Nations, Inuit and Métis. Although these groups share many similarities, they each have their own distinct heritage, language, cultural practices and spiritual beliefs.
Celebrating Inuit
Inuit are the Aboriginal people of Arctic Canada and they mainly live in Nunavut, the Northwest Territories and northern parts of Labrador and Quebec. Inuit means The People in Inuktitut – the Inuit language – and is the term by which Inuit refer to themselves.
“National Aboriginal Day is the perfect date to gather, feast, celebrate the season and participate in life. It’s the longest day of the year, live it up! The recognition of this day means that throughout June 21 my thoughts can be with thousands of others who also remember that it is Aboriginal Day!”
Katherine Gofton, Pangnirtung, Nunavut
“Aboriginal people have in common the celebration of life through music and dance. National Aboriginal Day gives us the opportunity to celebrate together the pride of who we are as Inuit and Aboriginal people with the rest of Canada.”
Sylvia Cloutier, Kuujjuaq (Nunavik), Quebec
“As an Inuk, June 21 is a very signifi cant annual event for me. The contribution to the continuous development of Canada by Aboriginal peoples – and particularly by the Inuit, in their respective home territories, regions and communities – is recognized through the designation of June 21 as National Aboriginal Day.”
Simeonie Kunnuk, Igloolik, Nunavut
We have been enjoying your pics and makes me homesick, especially at this time of the year! So nice to see familiar land and faces, but do not know who’s young ones some are. But, my husband and I get a kick out of it by guessing whose kid they may be. Thanks for the pictures and keeping us up to date on how the land is looking. First Lake is looking so good. I hear there was a polar bear at the “Finger” Point the other day.
Once the sea ice is gone from the bay, you will be able to enjoy the sandy beach in front of the RCMP compound! There had been summers in the past that I had tempted to rake up all the dry seaweed on that area in front of the fish plant and get a beach chair!!
Hope you feel better soon and again “Thank You” for the photos.
Great photos. I guess Aboriginal Day is also the summer solstice celebration. Is school finished?
Yes, school has been finished for over a week now.
I have not had a chance to read your blog for a while and I always find it so interesting. You are sure going to miss the peace and quite when you move east. I can hardly wait to move up to the lake I love the solitude there. But your young and you have had the best of both lives, just enjoy for now.
We will definitely miss the peace and quiet….we are hoping to buy land away from the city….so hopefully we will have a little more peace and quiet than we would living in the city.
Is that policeman signing an autograph in that one pic?
Looks like fun !!
That’s what I was wondering too.@Michael