{"id":8596,"date":"2026-04-22T01:28:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T01:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/?p=8596"},"modified":"2026-04-22T01:28:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T01:28:12","slug":"blog-3-living-in-the-north-an-art-in-itself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/?p=8596","title":{"rendered":"Blog 3 : Living in the North, an Art in Itself"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Already half my immersion has\u00a0flown\u00a0by! This week, I explored the artistic side of Yellowknife. To experience it\u00a0fully, I went to two art galleries. In the first one, I saw sculptures, paintings, jewellery, traditional\u00a0clothing\u00a0and pelts. They had pieces from different Indigenous nations like the Inuit\u00a0and\u00a0Dene.\u00a0At the second, they showed art that was made in Northwest Territories (NWT) or by\u00a0Northwesterners. They had paintings, scarves, bowls, jewellery, books,\u00a0postcards\u00a0and artisanal soaps.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Art Exhibition at the Gallery of the Midnight Sun<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Traditional Inuit coat<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Painting exhibition at Down to Earth Art Gallery<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Artisanal baskets<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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On Monday,\u00a0I booked a dog sledding experience. It was so exciting! The dogs were eager to run\u00a0and\u00a0once\u00a0running, they seemed unstoppable.\u00a0It was cold, especially the wind that pierced through my coat, but the experience and the happiness of the dogs made it worth it. After it, the owners treated us to hot chocolate and\u00a0bannock, which is traditional bread from NWT. It tasted amazing with butter!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The traditional Bannock<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dog sledding<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Finally, I went\u00a0to Nature\u2019s North Wildlife Gallery and Bullock\u2019s Bistro. Nature\u2019s North Wildlife Gallery is a taxidermy gallery\u00a0exhibiting\u00a0the wild animals from NWT.\u00a0I was thrilled by my\u00a0visit, since\u00a0I learned about each species and could touch the furs of those wild animals. It made me want to see them\u00a0all\u00a0alive. At Bullock\u2019s Bistro, I ate a grilled lake trout caught in Great Slave Lake. Their sauce was\u00a0mouth-watering\u00a0giving the fish just enough flavour to highlight its natural taste.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bullock’s Bistro<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Grilled Lake trout meal<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Moose at the Nature’s Wildlife Gallery<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Next week, I will dive into the history of Yellowknife by visiting Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre and Yellowknife Historical Museum.\u00a0I want to share with you this sweet little boy, Otis, who has been moved to a different shelter due to NWT SPCA’s overcrowding.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I will miss you little gremlin\u2764\ufe0f\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Already half my immersion has\u00a0flown\u00a0by! This week, I explored the artistic side of Yellowknife. To experience it\u00a0fully, I went to two art galleries. In the first one, I saw sculptures, paintings, jewellery, traditional\u00a0clothing\u00a0and pelts. They had pieces from different Indigenous nations like the Inuit\u00a0and\u00a0Dene.\u00a0At the second, they showed art that was made in Northwest Territories (NWT) or by\u00a0Northwesterners. They had paintings, scarves, bowls, jewellery, books,\u00a0postcards\u00a0and artisanal soaps.\u00a0 Art Exhibition at the Gallery of the Midnight Sun Traditional Inuit coat Painting exhibition at Down to Earth Art Gallery Artisanal baskets On Monday,\u00a0I booked a dog sledding experience. It was so exciting!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":8607,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"book_review_cover_url":"","book_review_title":"","book_review_series":"","book_review_author":"","book_review_genre":"","book_review_isbn":"","book_review_publisher":"","book_review_release_date":"","book_review_format":"","book_review_pages":"","book_review_source":"","book_review_rating":"","book_review_summary":""},"categories":[56,5,101],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8596"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8596"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8608,"href":"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8596\/revisions\/8608"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}