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We enjoy many sports, especially floor hockey. Children and adults like to play or walk around outside, visit with friends, go camping in the summer, and skidoo riding in the winter. There are lots of things to do here: hunting, hiking, boating, sewing, playing cards, working out for exercise, and listening to music. Some people go with their dog teams. At special times we have a community feast.
Many plants grow here such as lichens, moss, berries of different
kinds, tundra grass, mushrooms, arctic willow, arctic heather
and sea weed in the ocean. Some of the animals, birds and
fish in our region include: fox, wolf, lemming, ermine, seagull,
falcon (several different types), snowy owl, arctic tern,
arctic swan, ptarmigan, walrus, polar bear, caribou, rabbit,
ducks, geese, halibut, arctic char, scalpins, shrimp, and
clams. There are several different kinds of whales - beluga,
killer, bow head, and narwhale. We also have harp, ring and
bearded seals. We like to eat country food - the animals and plants that are found here. Most common foods are seal, arctic char and other fish, caribou, ptarmigan, and polar bear. In season there are lots of berries, (qungulik) and eggs. We also like southern food, especially pizza and "junk food" like pop, chips and chocolate.
In ten years we think our community will be bigger, with more people, houses, more and bigger stores and services. Maybe things will be less expensive, There might be more jobs. We might have more tourism, some restaurants, and the beginning of agriculture - maybe hydroponics. We could have cable T.V. and satellite dishes as well as Internet access. More people would have a better education. We have to think about the fact that the permafrost might melt a bit if global warming continues.
Because we are a small community we don't think that the coming of Nunavut will change many things in our daily life. Maybe there will be more jobs if businesses get going. The coming of Nunavut does not change the way we think of ourselves. |