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2015-07-08
This work is one of many that are found on the exterior of buildings in Yellowknife. This work is painted on several pieces of plywood nailed together. The image includes a landscape with spring on the left and winter on the far right. The winter sky shows the aurora borealis. Animals include...
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2015-07-09
Blueberries are a common wild fruit that is used as both traditional food and traditional medicine by Indigenous people in Canada's North. This painting is attached to the exterior corrugated metal wall of the Yellowknife Inn, located at the corner of 50th Street and 50th Avenue in Yellowknife,...
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2015-07-09
This painting on the corrugated metal exterior wall of the Yellowknife Inn in Yellowknife, NWT shows the flower, foliage and green and ripe berries of the green gooseberry plant. Gooseberries are used as both traditional food and traditional medicine by Indigenous people in Canada's North
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2015-07-08
This polar bear skin rug lies on the floor of the NWT Legislative Assembly Chamber. There is a story that the tour guides tell about it. A man asked the Legislative Assembly to help him because the bear was terrorizing the settlement. The Assembly did not help, so he killed the bear and brought...
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2015-07-10
Aspen serpentine leaf miner is a common insect pest in the Northwest Territories. This tree was at 44St and 50th Avenue in Yellowknife. Identification of the pest confirmed by Dr. David Langor Research Scientist, Pest Management and Biodiversity Conservation Natural Resources Canada, Canadian...
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Porcupine quill work on the replica of the original mace of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
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A replica of the original mace of the Legislative Assembly of the Norhwest Territories is on display at the Legislature Building. Around the shaft of the mace there is a section of dyed porcupine quills stitched into diamond and checkerboard patterns in red and blue.The top and bottom edges are...
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2015-07-08
In hard rock environments, power poles can be erected in two ways: drilling or augering a large enough hole in the rock that the pole can be placed into it or placing the pole on top of the rock and anchoring it. In this case, rods have been drilled into the rock and the power pole has been...