Knowledge of traditional medicines passed on at workshops in Aklavik, N.W.T.
Participants learned how to make spruce gum juice and ointments
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Participants learned how to make spruce gum juice and ointments
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Aklavik, N.W.T., residents were able to learn how to make traditional medicine this week during a two-day workshop sponsored by the Aklavik Indian Band and the Ehditaat Gwich'in Council.
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March 21, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Knowledge of traditional medicines passed on at workshops in Aklavik, N.W.T.
Participants learned how to make spruce gum juice and ointments
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Participants learned how to make spruce gum juice and ointments
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In 1956, photojournalist Rosemary (nee Gilliat) Eaton, as part of her northern travels, got this capture of Alice Semple, ‘baby Alfred’ in the tub and Ruth and Georgina Greenland as they walked down a road in Aklavik, NWT in
📷 Rosemary Gilliat | Library and Archives Canada
📷 Rosemary Gilliat | Library and Archives Canada
May 26, 2026 at 9:39 PM
In 1956, photojournalist Rosemary (nee Gilliat) Eaton, as part of her northern travels, got this capture of Alice Semple, ‘baby Alfred’ in the tub and Ruth and Georgina Greenland as they walked down a road in Aklavik, NWT in
📷 Rosemary Gilliat | Library and Archives Canada
📷 Rosemary Gilliat | Library and Archives Canada
March 4, 1940:
Northwest Territories Premier Nellie Cournoyea was born in Aklavik, NWT. She served as an MLA in the Northwest Territories from 1979 to 1995. She was the first female premier of the NWT, serving from 1991 to 1995.
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Northwest Territories Premier Nellie Cournoyea was born in Aklavik, NWT. She served as an MLA in the Northwest Territories from 1979 to 1995. She was the first female premier of the NWT, serving from 1991 to 1995.
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Nellie Cournoyea
History was made in 1991 when Nellie Cournoyea became premier of the Northwest Territories. Before we get to that, let’s look at her life. Nellie Cournoyea was born in Aklavik, Northwest Territorie…
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March 4, 2025 at 12:30 PM
March 4, 1940:
Northwest Territories Premier Nellie Cournoyea was born in Aklavik, NWT. She served as an MLA in the Northwest Territories from 1979 to 1995. She was the first female premier of the NWT, serving from 1991 to 1995.
Learn more 👇
Northwest Territories Premier Nellie Cournoyea was born in Aklavik, NWT. She served as an MLA in the Northwest Territories from 1979 to 1995. She was the first female premier of the NWT, serving from 1991 to 1995.
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Driving the ice road from Aklavik to Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories, April 2024.
December 17, 2024 at 8:43 PM
Driving the ice road from Aklavik to Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories, April 2024.
#ufosky #ufo #ufohistory
Today in UFO History - Encounter on the Ice Road
February 22, 1997 — Aklavik, Northwest Territories
1/Near Aklavik, Northwest Territories, Canada, two silver-gray objects follow five people along a road.
Today in UFO History - Encounter on the Ice Road
February 22, 1997 — Aklavik, Northwest Territories
1/Near Aklavik, Northwest Territories, Canada, two silver-gray objects follow five people along a road.
February 22, 2026 at 1:26 AM
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Today in UFO History - Encounter on the Ice Road
February 22, 1997 — Aklavik, Northwest Territories
1/Near Aklavik, Northwest Territories, Canada, two silver-gray objects follow five people along a road.
Today in UFO History - Encounter on the Ice Road
February 22, 1997 — Aklavik, Northwest Territories
1/Near Aklavik, Northwest Territories, Canada, two silver-gray objects follow five people along a road.
In Aklavik I'll eat your neck.
In Chicoutimi I'll eat your knee.
And I'll eat your nose
And I'll eat your toes
In Trois Rivieres and Moose Jaw.
In Chicoutimi I'll eat your knee.
And I'll eat your nose
And I'll eat your toes
In Trois Rivieres and Moose Jaw.
September 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
In Aklavik I'll eat your neck.
In Chicoutimi I'll eat your knee.
And I'll eat your nose
And I'll eat your toes
In Trois Rivieres and Moose Jaw.
In Chicoutimi I'll eat your knee.
And I'll eat your nose
And I'll eat your toes
In Trois Rivieres and Moose Jaw.
Group of men, women and children, outside of a church at Aklavik, Inuvik Region, Northwest Territories. Photographed by Oxford anthropologist Beatrice Blackwood in 1952. (unnamed)
Pitt Rivers Museum. University of Oxford
Pitt Rivers Museum. University of Oxford
July 2, 2024 at 6:37 PM
Group of men, women and children, outside of a church at Aklavik, Inuvik Region, Northwest Territories. Photographed by Oxford anthropologist Beatrice Blackwood in 1952. (unnamed)
Pitt Rivers Museum. University of Oxford
Pitt Rivers Museum. University of Oxford
In 1956, photojournalist Rosemary Gilliat, as part of her northern travels, got this capture of Alice Semple, ‘baby Alfred' in the tub and Ruth and Georgina Greenland as they walked down a road in Aklavik, NWT in 1956.
📷 Rosemary Gilliat | Library and Archives Canada
📷 Rosemary Gilliat | Library and Archives Canada
May 28, 2025 at 2:55 PM
In 1956, photojournalist Rosemary Gilliat, as part of her northern travels, got this capture of Alice Semple, ‘baby Alfred' in the tub and Ruth and Georgina Greenland as they walked down a road in Aklavik, NWT in 1956.
📷 Rosemary Gilliat | Library and Archives Canada
📷 Rosemary Gilliat | Library and Archives Canada
Against All Odds: The Firth Twins' Path from Aklavik to Olympic Glory
Let's learn about the two Gwich'in sisters who dominated 🇨🇦 #canadian Cross-Country Skiing for over 17 years in the 70s and 80s👇 #history
Let's learn about the two Gwich'in sisters who dominated 🇨🇦 #canadian Cross-Country Skiing for over 17 years in the 70s and 80s👇 #history
Against All Odds: The Firth Twins' Path from Aklavik to Olympic Glory
The Gwich'in sisters who dominated Canadian Cross-Country Skiing for 17 years
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March 2, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Abigail Arey, from Aklavik, won Team NT's first gold ulu of the 2026 Arctic Winter Games in Dene Games' stick pull event. Watch the team explain the rules.
AWG 2026: Aklavik’s Abigail Arey wins Team NT’s first gold ulu
Abigail Arey, from Aklavik, won Team NT's first gold ulu of the 2026 Arctic Winter Games in Dene Games' stick pull event. Watch the team explain the rules.
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March 10, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Abigail Arey, from Aklavik, won Team NT's first gold ulu of the 2026 Arctic Winter Games in Dene Games' stick pull event. Watch the team explain the rules.
Nov. 14, 1991:
Nellie Cournoyea became Premier of the Northwest Territories. She was the first female premier of a Canadian territory and the second female premier in Canadian history after Rita Johnson in British Columbia.
Learn more 👇
Nellie Cournoyea became Premier of the Northwest Territories. She was the first female premier of a Canadian territory and the second female premier in Canadian history after Rita Johnson in British Columbia.
Learn more 👇
Nellie Cournoyea
History was made in 1991 when Nellie Cournoyea became premier of the Northwest Territories. Before we get to that, let’s look at her life. Nellie Cournoyea was born in Aklavik, Northwest Territorie…
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November 14, 2024 at 12:45 PM
Nov. 14, 1991:
Nellie Cournoyea became Premier of the Northwest Territories. She was the first female premier of a Canadian territory and the second female premier in Canadian history after Rita Johnson in British Columbia.
Learn more 👇
Nellie Cournoyea became Premier of the Northwest Territories. She was the first female premier of a Canadian territory and the second female premier in Canadian history after Rita Johnson in British Columbia.
Learn more 👇
Happy birthday to Nellie Cournoyea, born on this day in 1940 in Aklavik, Northwest Territories. She served as the sixth premier of the Northwest Territories from 1991 to 1995. She was the first Indigenous woman to lead a provincial or territorial government in Canada.
March 4, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Happy birthday to Nellie Cournoyea, born on this day in 1940 in Aklavik, Northwest Territories. She served as the sixth premier of the Northwest Territories from 1991 to 1995. She was the first Indigenous woman to lead a provincial or territorial government in Canada.
Water levels near Aklavik are rising at 0.5 meters per day and may soon approach water levels of past flood events, the GNWT said in a Saturday afternoon update.
Water levels in Peel Channel near Aklavik may reach past flood levels
Water levels near Aklavik are rising at 0.5 meters per day and may soon approach water levels of past flood events, the GNWT said in a Saturday afternoon update.
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May 24, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Water levels near Aklavik are rising at 0.5 meters per day and may soon approach water levels of past flood events, the GNWT said in a Saturday afternoon update.
Bought new shades from a Gwich’in fellow from Aklavik. Can’t wait to try them out on my next bike ride.
November 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Bought new shades from a Gwich’in fellow from Aklavik. Can’t wait to try them out on my next bike ride.
I've only been to Aklavik, Northwest Territories by driving the ice roads, but here's what the grave of Albert Johnson, the "Mad Trapper of Rat River," looked liked like in April 2024, just before the ice roads broke up for the season.
October 21, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I've only been to Aklavik, Northwest Territories by driving the ice roads, but here's what the grave of Albert Johnson, the "Mad Trapper of Rat River," looked liked like in April 2024, just before the ice roads broke up for the season.
Spring breakup 2025: Hay River breakup begins
Breakup is beginning in and around Hay River. Here's the latest from the town as of Sunday evening, plus…
https://cabinradio.ca/233167/news/beaufort-delta/aklavik/spring-breakup-2025-updates-as-we-get-them/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
Breakup is beginning in and around Hay River. Here's the latest from the town as of Sunday evening, plus…
https://cabinradio.ca/233167/news/beaufort-delta/aklavik/spring-breakup-2025-updates-as-we-get-them/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
April 28, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Spring breakup 2025: Hay River breakup begins
Breakup is beginning in and around Hay River. Here's the latest from the town as of Sunday evening, plus…
https://cabinradio.ca/233167/news/beaufort-delta/aklavik/spring-breakup-2025-updates-as-we-get-them/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
Breakup is beginning in and around Hay River. Here's the latest from the town as of Sunday evening, plus…
https://cabinradio.ca/233167/news/beaufort-delta/aklavik/spring-breakup-2025-updates-as-we-get-them/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
Aklavik hunters and trappers committee wins science award
Polar Knowledge Canada gave its 2024 Northern Science Award to Aklavik's hunters and trappers committee for the group's conservation and education work.
Polar Knowledge Canada gave its 2024 Northern Science Award to Aklavik's hunters and trappers committee for the group's conservation and education work.
Aklavik hunters and trappers committee wins science award
Polar Knowledge Canada gave its 2024 Northern Science Award to Aklavik's hunters and trappers committee for the group's conservation and education work.
cabinradio.ca
January 2, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Aklavik hunters and trappers committee wins science award
Polar Knowledge Canada gave its 2024 Northern Science Award to Aklavik's hunters and trappers committee for the group's conservation and education work.
Polar Knowledge Canada gave its 2024 Northern Science Award to Aklavik's hunters and trappers committee for the group's conservation and education work.
#30DayMapChallenge Day 11:
School students in Aklavik (Canada) helped capture drone images of their village in the #Arctic.
Berlin students then identified power poles with our #crowdmapping app (mapswipe.org), as part of the #CitizenScience project undercovereisagenten.org on #permafrost thawing.
School students in Aklavik (Canada) helped capture drone images of their village in the #Arctic.
Berlin students then identified power poles with our #crowdmapping app (mapswipe.org), as part of the #CitizenScience project undercovereisagenten.org on #permafrost thawing.
November 11, 2024 at 10:03 AM
#30DayMapChallenge Day 11:
School students in Aklavik (Canada) helped capture drone images of their village in the #Arctic.
Berlin students then identified power poles with our #crowdmapping app (mapswipe.org), as part of the #CitizenScience project undercovereisagenten.org on #permafrost thawing.
School students in Aklavik (Canada) helped capture drone images of their village in the #Arctic.
Berlin students then identified power poles with our #crowdmapping app (mapswipe.org), as part of the #CitizenScience project undercovereisagenten.org on #permafrost thawing.
Figured I needed a first bluesky post. Here are some photos from field work this summer in the Aklavik Range, NWT. Lots of smoke and mosquitos. We were studying the effects of climate change on arctic landscapes as well as the western extent of the Laurentide Ice Sheet
November 16, 2023 at 2:35 AM
Figured I needed a first bluesky post. Here are some photos from field work this summer in the Aklavik Range, NWT. Lots of smoke and mosquitos. We were studying the effects of climate change on arctic landscapes as well as the western extent of the Laurentide Ice Sheet
Julie Pokiak holds a puppy in Aklavik, Northwest Territories in 1956.
NWT Archives N-2001-002
NWT Archives N-2001-002
May 10, 2024 at 9:43 PM
Julie Pokiak holds a puppy in Aklavik, Northwest Territories in 1956.
NWT Archives N-2001-002
NWT Archives N-2001-002
Christmas card from NRS Aklavik, a radio intercept station that operated in Canada's Northwest Territories from 1949 to 1961.
December 24, 2024 at 5:43 PM
Christmas card from NRS Aklavik, a radio intercept station that operated in Canada's Northwest Territories from 1949 to 1961.
Driving the ice road (a frozen channel of the Mackenzie River) from Aklavik to Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories, in April 2024. Just because I can 😀
February 4, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Driving the ice road (a frozen channel of the Mackenzie River) from Aklavik to Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories, in April 2024. Just because I can 😀
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