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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...
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2015-07-09
The Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre is located on the edge of Frame Lake in Yellowknife, near the Legislative Assembly Building. PWNHC contains a museum, the Territorial Archives, the Museum Restaurant and teaching/programming space. It can be accessed via a flag-lined walkway that...
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2015-07-08
Raised beds are common in Yellowknife, where there is little topsoil in which to make a garden. In this bed there are several flowers, herbs and vegetables including: marigolds, pansies, parsley, and chives (in bloom).
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2015-08-30
Wild raspberries are a part of Indigenous peoples' diets in the Northwest Territories. They have also been used in traditional Indigenous healing.
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2015-07-09
The south wall of the Yellowknife Inn faces a parking lot at 50th Street and 50th Avenue. The Urban Art in Yellowknife exhibit includes cut-out paintings of birds and wild plants that produce edible berries. This painting is of the raspberry and shows the foliage and the green and ripe berries....
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2015-08-30
Indigenous people use rose hips as a source of vitamin C
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2015-07-10
Saskatoon berries grow across Northern Canada and are used both as a food source and as a traditional medicine. The berries start out green and are a deep purple when they are ripe.
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.jpg "Smoking whitefish at Yellowknife")
2015-07-10
Smoking of fish is a traditional way of preserving it for winter. Many families have smoke houses at their traditional fish camps. Today, smoked fish is often bagged and frozen for later use.