Old Timer’s Stories of Killings and Murders by William Kuptana

Collection

Citation

Kuptana, William, “Old Timer’s Stories of Killings and Murders by William Kuptana,” Inuvialuit Cultural Centre Digital Library, accessed May 5, 2024, https://inuvialuitdigitallibrary.ca/items/show/1430.

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Title

Old Timer’s Stories of Killings and Murders by William Kuptana

People

Kuptana, William

Date

[197-?]

Description

William Kuptana is telling stories that he heard from his grandfather and his parents as well as telling stories of what he also witnessed when he was young. Stories of dangerous men killing each other when warring and fighting over women, of physical fitness and strength being very important in winning in battles of one or more opponents, of people killing each other and wasting time warring with each other rather than using that time for hunting, when warring with handcarved bows and arrow and knives prior to contact with White people. William also talks of how their arrow weapons were made, and of how people used shamans long ago.

Type

Audio

Identifier

N-1992-253-0369

Dialect

Sallirmiutun