Kim Tennant
"Nothern Spirit of Dog Sledding"

This banner depicts a dog sled driven by a racer, pulled by six dogs.

Dog sledding was originally a means for hunting and transporting goods/supplies up north. In the present, the spirit of the dogs is captured in dogsled races. Their spirited vocals at the  anticipation of a races reflects the spirit of the north.

I was a volunteer at a couple of the Red Lake Gold Rush dog sled races. In February 2009, I drove a dog sled for the first time at Burton Penner’s Borealis Dog Sled Adventures in Vermilion Bay. I have previously read about the significance of dogsleds to First Nations people.