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Ajaja Daycare children head down to the Co-op store on Aboriginal Day to enjoy hot dogs, hamburgers and drinks while wearing signs that together read, "I am proud to be who I am, Inuk." Pictured in the back row are Nate Mukpah, left, Perseis Adams, Pearl Uluksi, Eleanor Anawak, Sophia Johnston, Kate Lindell and Eva Lachance. In the front row are Howard Kusugak, left, Keenan Uluksi and Isabella Anawak. - Miranda Scotland/NNSL photo |
Great turnout for celebration RCMP and co-op store team up to bring the community food and prizes for Aboriginal Day
Miranda Scotland
Northern News Services
Published Wednesday, June 26, 2013
RANKIN INLET
Community members in Rankin Inlet hopped on their quads or into their trucks and rushed down to the Kissarvik Co-op on June 21 to celebrate Aboriginal Day.
Mothers, fathers, daughters, brothers, grandfathers and grandmothers gathered together to enjoy each others company while snacking on food provided by the grocery store and the local RCMP detachment.
Those who stuck around also had the chance to win a variety of prizes.
Const. Stephen Currie said the day's turnout was amazing. The team, he said, served hotdogs and hamburgers non-stop since the event kicked off at 3 p.m. It's been great being able to connect with the residents, he added.
"It's good to get out," Currie said. "You meet a lot of the community at functions like this."
Initially, it looked like the event might be rained out but fortunately the weather pulled through, said store manager Glenn Woodford.
"The good Lord looked out for us," said Woodford. "It's not too warm, it's not too cold and there are no bugs, so what more can you ask for?"
According to Woodford, the co-op and the RCMP have run the same event every Aboriginal Day for the past few years.
"We're both about community," he said, adding the business's board of directors wanted to do something to recognize aboriginal people on June 21.
National Aboriginal Day was proclaimed by the Governor General in 1996. It is held on June 21 every year because it is the summer solstice, the longest day of the year.
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