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A photo of a polar bear skull in a pool of water at the North end of Cape Parry.

A photo of a whaler's hut with polar bear skull in the foreground at the north end of Cape Parry.

A photo of hunters' hanging polar bear skin, harvested caribou, and sleds in front of a house in Ulukhaktok.

Photos of two polar bear hunters posing on a sled in front of a hanging polar bear skin.

A photo of four men at a table during the Inuvialuit-Inupiat Polar Bear Management Agreement meetings.

Tim Lennie with bear cub that was caught without its mother and later sent to the Winnipeg Zoo.

The image shows Shirley Esau and Sarah Kuptana cleaning a bear skin.

Peter Esau in kayak (?) hooking bear that was shot 10 miles out on the sea ice as it broke through.

Buster Kailek is storytelling about their travels including traveling to Tuktoyaktuk getting supplies at the Hudson Bay, and the many schooners that were there, of their traveling challenges, of a child’s death, of hunting and trapping, of their…

Mabel Steffanson is continuing to tell her life stories of her younger days. Part 3. To be continued.

Joe Nasogaluak is completing his life stories from September 1923 when he was nineteen years old. Final Part 2.

Persis Gruben is storytelling about when she lived a nomadic lifestyle with her parents then later moving to Tuktoyaktuk, of travelling with dogteams and use of dogs. Persis also shares stories of when they first got skidoos, of hunting and trapping…

Persis Gruben is storytelling about being taught to be respectful to their parents, about her relationship with her parents, about their travels, about Sunday bible teachings from her parents, about Christmas Gatherings and about Christmas new…

Persis Gruben continues storytelling about her younger days with her parents, of she and her family’s many travels, of fishing, hunting and gathering for food when living a traditional nomadic life,. She also speaks of fatal illness, of when the…

Persis Gruben continues to tell of her life experiences of when she was younger, of their travels, of fishing and hunting, of various families, of traditional food, of getting staple supplies for the winter, of her sister Winnie’s accident and when…

CHAK’s A Long Time Ago host Louie Goose introduces Jim Wolki and Father Le Meur where Jim is telling part four of The Long Crossing story in English. To be continued.

Alexandria Elias interviews Susie Tiktalik who shares her personal life stories when she was a young married woman of plentiful caribou and happy times and also speaks of various hardships and sufferings such as abandonment, births, deaths, the big…

Joe Nasogaluak is storytelling about his life stories from the spring of 1916 onwards. Audio fades away during part of the story.

A Long Time Ago host Louie Goose airs Joe Nasogaluak storytelling life stories from 1917 and then from 1918 followed by Alaskan songs and stories.

Joe Nasogaluak is storytelling of he and his family’s’s travels and way of life beginning in the fall of 1915 in Tuktuur̂aqtuuq

Elder Johnny Ruben is storytelling about some Eastern Arctic families migrating west, a fatal illness, hardships, priests, Paulatuk starting up, as well as personal stories of his grandparents, and more. To be continued.

Morris Nigiyok is telling stories of his younger days of his many travels, his hunting and trapping trips, the various families, his marriage, Christmas and Easter celebrations, ministerial visits, the fun times and the not so fun times, and more.

Morris Nigiyok is continuing part 2 his storytelling of his younger days of his travels, hunting trips, dogteam races, and more.

A Long Time Ago host Ishmael Alunik airs Joe Nasogaluak storytelling. Joe is storytelling about his younger days between December and January 1927

A Long Time Ago host Ishmael Alunik airs Joe Nasogaluak storytelling. Joe is telling polar bear, seal, and muskrat hunting and fishing stories from the 1930’s.