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Yellowknife
www.spectacularnwt.com
Direct fl ights year-round to
Yellowknife Airport depart
from Vancouver, Edmonton
and Calgary.
Yellowknife Airport is 5 km
(3 mi.) from downtown
Northwest
Territories
KEELE RIVER • DESTINATION CANADA/CANOE NORTH ADVENTURES
Land and The rhythmic beating of drums fi lls the air as a
group of men wearing beautifully beaded
traditional moosehide vests sing in the local Dene
Culture language. In the centre of the room, people dance
in a circle following one another as they shuffl e
their feet and sway to the beat of the drums.
BY HÉLÈNA KATZ Welcome to a northern drum dance. 
