ᐸᓖᓯᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑏᑦ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᖓ
ᐊᐊᔪᕈᓐᓃᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᕆᔭᖏᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᕆᔭᖏᑦ ᕿᒧᔅᓯᖃᑦᑕᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᕿᒧᔅᓯᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖅ ᓄᖅᑲᐹᓪᓕᖅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᐱᓕᕆᓂᕆᔭᖓ ᐸᓖᓯᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑏᑦ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ.
1970-ᒥᓂᑦ ᑎᑭᑦᑐᒍ 1990 ᐸᓖᓯᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑏᑦ ᑎᓕᐅᖅᑕᐅᓕᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐸᓖᓯᓐᖑᖁᔭᐅᓕᖅᑐᑎᒃ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᓂᐊᕐᒪᑕ ᐸᓖᓯᓄᑦ.
ᐱᓕᕆᔪᓐᓇᑎᐊᕐᓂᕆᓚᐅᖅᑕᖏᑦ ᐸᓖᓯᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑏᑦ ᑕᐃᑲᓐᖓᓂᒃ 1800 ᑕᒪᐅᖓ 1900 ᑐᓐᖓᕕᒋᔭᐅᕗᑦ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐸᓖᓯᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᒥᐅᔪᖅ ᐸᓖᓯᒃᑯᑎᒍᑦ. ᐱᒋᐊᕈᑎᒋᔭᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᑕᐃᒃᓱᒪᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᕆᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔭᖏᑦ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᖏᑦᑐᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑏᑦ, ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐸᓖᓯᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᓇᓱᐊᕈᒪᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᐱᐅᓂᖅᐹᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᑦᑎᐊᕐᒥ.
RCMP Aboriginal Policing Flag
ᔨᐅᕆ ᑭᓴᐅᓐ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᔪᖅ ᑲᑎᓐᖓᑦᑎᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᕐᓂᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᑖᒃᓱᒥᖓ ᐸᓖᓯᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑎᒥᒃ ᐆᑐ ᐸᐃᓐᑐᒥᒃ. ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᔪᖅ ᑖᓐᓇ ᐆᑐ ᐅᖃᐅᔾᔨᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᒻᒪᑦ, “ᖃᓄᐃᒻᒪᑦ ᐸᓖᓯᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᖏᓚᑎᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑕᐅᓗᑎᑦ ᐅᕙᑦᑎᓐᓄᑦ?” ᔨᐅᕆ ᐅᖃᐅᔾᔭᐅᔾᔪᓯᐊᒥᓂᒃ ᐃᑉᐱᒍᓱᑦᑎᐊᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐆᒪᑎᒥᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᖃᓯᐅᑎᓪᓗᓂ ᐸᓖᓯᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑎᐅᓕᖅᑐᓂ 1971-ᒥ. ᐱᐊᓂᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐸᓖᓯᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑎᐅᓕᖅᑐᓂ 1975-ᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᕆᐊᓯᓪᓗᓂ ᐋᐴᑕᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᔫᑳᓐᒥ.
ᐃᓅᕕᐊᓗᒃᒥᐅᑕᐅᒐᒥ, ᔨᐅᕆ ᐅᑎᖅᓯᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒧᑦ. ᐱᔨᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᓄᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᒋᓚᐅᖅᑕᖏᑕ ᑐᒃᑑᔮᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓅᕕᒃ 1986-ᒥᓂᑦ 1996-ᒧ ᐸᓖᓯᐅᓕᖅᑐᓂ.
ᑕᐃᒪᓐᖓᓂᒃ, ᔨᐅᕆ ᑲᔪᓯᓯᒪᐃᓐᓇᖅᐳᖅ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᖅᑐᓂ ᐃᓄᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᒋᑕ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᑦᑎᐊᕐᒥ, ᐱᖃᓯᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕐᓂᖓ ᑲᒥᓴᓇᐅᑉ ᑐᒡᓕᕆᓕᖅᑐᓂᐅᒃ ᓄᓇᑦᑎᐊᕐᒧᑦ 2016/2017-ᒥ.
Inuvik Sub/Div. Insp. John Sebastien congratulates S/Cst. Gerry Kisoun on receiving his Regimental number, allowing him to attend the RCMP Training Academy, 1974.
NWT RCMP special constables in Vancouver at Expo ’86
NWT Archives/G-1995-001:4743
RCMP Officer Julia Crapeau of Detah at the “G” Division Headquarters in Yellowknife, 1989.
NWT Archives/G-1995-001:2877
ᐸᐸᓖᓯ ᐃᐳᕈ ᐱᐅᓪ ᐆᑦᑑᑎᑦᑎᐊᕙᐅᒻᒥᔪᖅ ᐅᓪᓗᒥᐅᔪᖅ ᐸᓖᓯᐅᔪᖅ. ᐱᕈᖅᓴᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᓄᓇᑦᑎᐊᕐᒥ, ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕈᒪᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥᐅᑕᕐᓂᒃ ᐸᓖᓯᐅᓗᓂ. ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕆᔭᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᑖᒃᑯᓄᖓ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐸᓖᓯᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓗᐊᓂ “G” ᐊᕕᑦᑐᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ, ᖁᕕᐊᒋᔭᖃᑦᑐᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᔭᕆᐊᔅᓴᖅ ᓄᓇᑦᑎᐊᑉ ᓄᓇᓕᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᕚᓪᓕᖁᓪᓗᒍ ᐸᓖᓯᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕐᓂᖏᑦ.
Right: Cpl. April Bell in full Red Serge, 2017.
Background: 1973 RCMP Commemorative Plaque outside “G” Division Headquarters in Yellowknife.
ᒪᒥᓴᕐᓂᖅ
ᒪᒥᓴᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᖅ ᑲᔪᓯᔪᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᕗᖅ ᐃᒻᒥᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᓐᓂᐅᑉ ᐃᓗᐊᒍᑦ. ᐃᓚᐅᑎᑦᑎᕗᖅ ᐊᑦᔨᒌᖏᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᓐᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕆᐊᖅᐸᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ, ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᑦᑐᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᓪᓚᐃᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕆᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᕕᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ, ᐅᑉᐱᓐᓂᓕᕆᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᑎᒥᖁᑎᖏᓐᓂᒃ, ᒐᕙᒪᐃᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑲᓇᑕᒥᐅᑦ.
ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᑐᕕᓃᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓯᒪᓂᕆᔭᖏᑦ ᐸᓖᓯᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓚᒋᒋᕚ ᒪᒥᓴᕐᓂᐅᑉ ᐃᓗᐊᒍᑦ.
Background: Exhibit Opening, August 3, 2017. (Angela Gzowski Photography)
ᒪᑐᐃᖅᑕᐅᓂᖓ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᓂᐅᑉ
ᐃᓕᓴᕆᔭᐅᔪᑦ
ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᓂᖅ “ᐸᖅᑭᓚᐅᖅᐸᕗᑦ” ᒪᑐᐃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑕᐃᑲᓂ Prince of Wales ᐃᑦᑕᕐᓂᓴᒥᓂᕐᓂᒃ ᑕᑯᔭᒐᖃᕝᕕᒃ ᓄᓇᑦᑎᐊᕐᒥ, ᐋᒌᓯ 3, 2017. ᓴᖅᑭᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᖃᑦᑐᑎᒃ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᖏᑦ ᓄᓇᑦᑎᐊᑉ ᐱᓕᕆᕝᕕᖏᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ, ᑖᒃᑯᐊᓗᑦᑕᐅᖅ ᐸᓖᓯᒃᑯᑦ “G” ᐸᓖᓯᖃᕝᕕᖓ.
ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᕈᒪᕗᒍᑦ ᐃᓘᓐᓇᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᑕᐃᒃᑯᓂᖓ ᐃᓄᓐᓂᒃ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕈᓐᓇᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐅᕙᑦᑎᓐᓄᒃ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᓂᖃᑦᑎᓪᓗᑕ:
Bella Arey, Inuvik
Sonny (Edward) Balsillie, Fort Resolution
Steve Beck, Hay River
Otto Binder Jr., Inuvik
Grace Blake, Tsiigehtchic
Mabel Brown, Inuvik
Dale Clark, Tsiigehtchic
Albert Elias, Inuvik
Freddy Jerome, Inuvik
Thomas Kotchea, Trout Lake
Wilfred Lennie, Tulita
George Mandeville, Fort Smith
Arlene Wright, Fort Liard
Charlotte Menacho, Tulita
Louie Mercredi, Fort Smith
Winston Moses, Inuvik
George Niditchie, Tsiigehtchic
Louise Reindeer, Tulita
Peter Ross, Tsiigehtchic
ᐃᓕᑕᖅᓯᓪᓗᑕᑦᑕᐅᖅ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᕆᓚᐅᖅᑕᖏᓐᓂᒃ:
RCMP Heritage Centre
Deborah Kigjugalik Webster, Ottawa
Paul Andrew, Yellowknife
Lee Cazon, Fort Simpson
April Bell, Yellowknife
Gerry Kisoun, Inuvik
RCMP Quarterly
Gwich’in Tribal Council staff:
Alestine Andre, Ingrid Kritsch, Diane Baxter
CBC NWT
GNWT Aboriginal Languages and Learning Secretariat
Wally Wolfe, St. Albert
Sue Look, Hay River
Wallace Finlayson, Trophy Lodge, Reliance
Leslie McCartney
Kevin Antoniak, Fort Smith
Barb Cameron, Yellowknife
Translated into Inuktitut by
Innirvik Support Services