Keeping traditions alive in Pang
Pangnirtung elder Lazarus Ishulutak inspects the frames he built to stretch sealskins in front of his house on Tuesday. There were eight skins, that had been harvested by his grandson, lined up against his house. Ishulutak was building more frames on a fall day with the temperature about 4 C. Ishulutak is a knowledge-keeper who is often invited to teach traditional Inuit ways of hunting seals, whales and polar bears to elementary school students in the hamlet, his grandson Jerry Laisa said. Hunting quotas mean many young people in Pangnirtung haven’t taken part in traditional hunting the way Ishulutak has, Laisa said. (Photo by Corey Larocque)
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