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Mary Kailek is storytelling of when she recovered from her illness and went to pick up Joe from the hospital with her dogteam, of the numerous people that were sick and some who passed away, with the hospital in Aklavik being full including the…

Mary Kailek is sharing stories of her lifestyle, of her travels, of her family and friends, of hospitalizations of family members, and shares her faith in God, and also tells a bear legend, and much more.

"Mary Kailek is storytelling of her younger days, of when she’d sew traditional caribou clothing for the police, of the various people, of the Christmas gatherings with the arrival of many with dog teams, the traditional food, and describes the…

Mary Kailek is storytelling of the fall of 1930 when she went to Utqaluk (Baillie Island) and of some who went to Pierce Point where there were many Eastern Inuit living there at that time, of stories she heard of Eastern Inuit and shamanism, and of…

Mary Kailek is storytelling of when she was younger living with her parents, of various people, of her sister Annie’s birth, of when the schooners arrived and her dad purchased a record player for her, of their travels, of living at various…

Mary Kailek is continuing (repeating initial part of the story) a legend from the previous story where the daughter refuses to marry a man, then tells a short personal story of an unusual sighting from her younger days, followed by a First Nations…

Stories start with a repeated story from previous old time story that was already in progress that Mary Kailek heard from Itualuk. Mary also speaks about lifestyle changes from their very traditinoal active and busy lifestyle to a life of ease and…

Mary Kailek’s storytelling starts off with some of the latter story repeated from the previous story of when she was younger around Christmas time then Mary continues sharing her memories: of when she just had two children when her son Alex Kaglik…

Mary Kailek is continuing to share her memories from 1942 and 1943 of: she and her family’’s activities such as hunting, trapping, of various people, of their travels, of going to Aklavik for Easter, Peffer’s Hotel, Banksland people who flew to…

Mary Kailek is storytelling of when they were at Avvaq, of various people, of mourning for her uncle Kimiksan, of her relations with others, of their travels including to Tuktoyaktuk and then to Aklavik, of her parents, and shares more fond memories…

Mary Kailek is continuing to share her memories from the previous story, of the supply ships that arrived with an abundance of food followed by feasting with gathering of Gwich’in, Inuvialuit, and Caucasians, of court, of her father working for…

Host of the A Long Time Ago program, Louie Goose, airs Silas Kangegana telling about times of hunger, suffering and survival in Alaska during a time of wildlife shortage and staple shortage at the Trading Post. Father Le Meur then tells Silas’…

Host of the A Long Time Ago program, Louie Goose, airs Silas Kangegana telling about times of hunger, suffering and survival in Alaska during a time of wildlife shortage, trading at the trading post, and employment. Part 2. To be continued.

Host of the A Long Time Ago program, Louie Goose, airs Silas Kangegana telling about times of hunger, suffering and survival in Alaska during a time of wildlife shortage, trading at the trading post, and employment. Father Le Meur then tells…

Host of the A Long Time Ago program, Louie Goose airs Raddi Koiksak storytelling about his travels in the Arctic in the summer of 1922 to 1923.. Part 2. To be continued.

Host of the A Long Time Ago program, Louie Goose airs Raddi Koiksak storytelling about his travels in the Arctic in the summer of 1922 to 1923.. Part 3. To be continued.

John Holman, host of the A Long Time Ago program, airs Raddi Koiksak who is storytelling about his travels and adventures in the Arctic.

Edgar Kotokak and Andy Cockney are telling oldtime stories including their lifestyle stories while speaking with the unidentified interviewer.

Edgar Kotokak then Jimmy Komeak are telling lifestyle stories and being interviewed by an unidentified interviewer.

Raddi Kowichuk and Felix Nuyaviak are telling stories of long ago from around 1910 or 1911 and also sing some Alaskan and other drum songs on the A Long Time Ago program.

Frank Kuptana is telling lifestyle stories from long ago. He also identifies traditional place names on the map.

Frank Kuptana is storytelling about his earliest memories of traveling alone with his mother who was packing him, of hard times and good times, of his mom remarrying, of the gatherings, games, visiting, and dances, of their homes built, of hunting,…

Frank Kuptana is storytelling about the way of life long ago with fishing, hunting seals, caribou, and polar bears, traditional clothing that was made, the clean snow houses that were made, the traditional food, homemade storage containers for the…

Frank Kuptana is telling old time stories of how people lived long ago of how people hunted, fished, and gathered for their food long ago, living a totally traditional lifestyle compared to today with help now a days from the government, with people…

Frank Kuptana is sharing more memories of his lifestyle after getting married, of when he and his wife’s travels and living on the the land, hunting, trapping, fishing, getting ice and wood, and tells stories of living the traditional life,…