Amos Tumma speaks gives advice, then tells a story of bowhead whale hunting long ago around 1918 or 1919, followed by a flood story, and speaks of traditional hunting weapons used long ago, and more.
Elder Amos Tumma is storytelling of hunting and travelling stories including when he hauled freight for the Hudson Bay Company and when the missionaries started heading to the Eastern Arctic.
Elder Amos Tumma is storytelling about beluga whaling at Nalurugiaq and Niaqunnaq long ago, about lifestyle changes he sees, about climate change, about how to live right, about his faith, about hunger, about work ethics, and more.
Elder Amos Tumma is storytelling about an old legend of a Chief’s daughter who didn’t want to marry then speaks of communal versus individual lifestyles. He then tells a story he heard from his wife’s grandfather about a mistreated orphaned…
Elder Amos Tumma is storytelling about long ago Kittigaar̂ungmiut, Utqalungmiut, Qikiqarr̂ungmiut, and Uummarmiut culture and way of life long ago before and after the arrival of the bowhead whalers, trading, and the trading post era.
Elder Amos Tumma is telling a legend about a man who murders a woman’s father because he wanted to marry her followed by another legend of two ruler’s children who married each other.
Elder Amos Tumma is telling stories of hunting, fishing, trapping, and his many travels and how he and others lived long ago as well as the many changes.
Elder Amos Tumma is telling old time stories of his younger days of hunting and travelling, and of his wife’s grandfather’s stories from long ago of how they lived, working hard, hardly sleeping, hunting for their food prior to arrival of…
Elder Amos Tumma is storytelling about when boats were iced in, when bowhead whaling season was done, of their travels, of trapping and hunting, then continuing their sailing journey after the winter, and making their way to the trading posts to…
Elder Amos Tumma is telling stories from when he was a boy in the early 1900’s of when the European bowhead whalers would winter at Qikiqtarr̂uq and the events he witnessed. He also tells of a widow and her two sons who were always hunting and…
Elder Amos Tumma is storytelling a story that was already in progress about a prophecy told to a young man of when he would be asked to become the next leader and how this poor man life unfolds on the A Long Time Ago program.
Elder Amos Tumma is storytelling about Inuvialuit and Inupiat culture and way of life long ago before and after the arrival of the bowhead whalers, trading, and the trading post era on the A Long Time Ago program.
Elder Amos Tumma is telling old time stories about a widow and her two sons, about some of his uncles, warriors, no animal parts wasted, harvested food prepared and stored to last all year long, a giant killer mouse, life prior to White peoples…
Elder Amos Tumma is storytelling about several life stories of missionaries, bowhead whalers, drinking, shoot outs, White miners, murder, a comical weasal story, and more on the A Long Time Ago program.
Elder Amos Tumma is storytelling about some of his earliest memories of his family, others families, and stories from long ago of how he and other Inuvialuit lived, their struggles, hardships and survival during their travels on the A Long Time Ago…
Elder Amos Tumma is speaking about Inuvialuit way of life today compared to Inuvialuit way of living when he was younger. He shares his thoughts and opinions of the lifestyle changes he has seen over the years and shares his wishes and advice for…
Elder Amos Tumma is storytelling about how Elders taught them how to live long ago, and speaks of foolish and wise ways of living and shares his wisdom and advice on the A Long Time Ago program.