Dene Náoweré Kó - Canada's Digital Collections

The drawings, poetry, and stories by the youth of Deline show a remarkable depth of experience and knowledge about our community, the land and the wildlife in and around Great Bear Lake. This is linked to a strong sense of self-confidence on the land, and a bond with the family members with whom the experience of hunting, cooking and eating off the land has been shared.

The Lucky Catch
Kraig Tatti, Grade 4, Deline

One spring day, I went to bush with Grandpa and my dad. We didn’t find any caribou, but we saw a special caribou. So we thought it might be a leader.

Anyway, we shot it quickly! Before we shot it, the other one hid in the bushes. We saw it running. We shot it in the leg.
My dad said, “Let’s find some rabbits!” So we travelled to where the rabbits were. They said, “Is it a frog?” Then they checked it. It was a rabbit. Then we hid in the bushes. We shot it.

My grandpa said to me, “Do you want to go home?” “Yes.” “Are you tired?” “Yeah.” “Go to sleep then.” And then we went to my grandpa’s cabin there in the bush.

I woke up feeling happy. I had a good dream.

This digital collection was produced with the financial assistance from Canada's Digital Collections Initiative, Industry Canada.