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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…

Sarah Kuptana is sharing her first memories of of their travels, of huntng, of their lifestyle, of large Inuit gatherings, of abandonment, illnesses, deaths, and more when she was a young girl, when they lived a nomadic lifestyle. Part 1. To be…

Persis Gruben continues to tell stories of she and her family’s travels, of various families and people, of the big houses belonging to the police and Hudson’s Bay, of various the types of homes that Inuvialuit lived in, of the big flu that…

Persis Gruben continues storytelling about she and other’s experiences at the residential school at Tapqaq (Shingle Point) and also mentions other’s experiences at Hay River, Northwest Territories, including their English language barrier, the…

Persis Gruben is stortyelling about orphans, of various people and or families at various locations they lived at including the different homes they lived in. She also spoke of water and heating oil not being delivered to them but rather they would…

Persis Gruben is telling her life stories of when she was younger of their travels with her parents then later with her husband, of her mom’s passing, of their homes, of the flu and of deaths, of various families at the various places they lived,…

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

Joe Nasogaluak is storytelling about his life stories during the year 1925.

Mabel Steffanson is telling her life stories of her birth place, her family members, their travels, and more followed by Tommy Thrasher narrating the English version of Mabel’s stories. Part 1. To be continued.

Mabel Steffanson is continuing to tell her life stories of her younger days of she and her family’s travels, of gathering eggs, fishing, a lot of deaths due to the big flu, of fun times, and more. Final, part 5.

Hester Adam is storytelling about her life stories of her lifestyle when she was younger, of who her parents and grandparents are, her siblings, of how and where they lived, their travels, and more. Part 1. To be continued.

Hester Adam is continuing her life stories from long ago, of their many travels with various people, of their nomadic lifestyle, encountering illnesses, and ball games, and more. Part 6. To be continued.

Hester Adam is completing her final, part 7, life stories from when she was young, of listening to the old timers telling stories that she really enjoyed listening to, of their travels, places they lived, and of Christmas gatherings and singing, and…

Frank Cockney is storytelling of his life with his grandparents, of their many travels, of hunting and trapping stories, and shares his grandfather’s words of wisdom, and more. Part 5 and 6. To be continued. Note: The audio has some background…

Frank Cockney is storytelling of when he was a young man and newly married, of his dogs and dog team, of hunting and trapping stories, of Mangilaauk passing away, and more. Note: Unidentified singer/speaker around the 25 minute mark. Part 7 and 8. …

Frank Cockney is storytelling of when his grandmother, his father in law, then mother in law passed away, of his grandfather's independence, of he and his wife’s and many other’s registered traplines, of living a worry free healthy traditional…

Frank Cockney is storytelling of his travels including to Aklavik where alcohol purchases were just opened to Indigenous people after initially only Caucasians were allowed to purchase alcohol from the Liquor store, of hauling stuff for Fred…

William Kuptana is storytelling about his parents and siblings, who only had Inuvialuit names since they all passed away prior to the arrival of Europeans, and mentions that David Roland having his father’s Inuvialuktun name, , of learning how to…

Frank Kuptana and an unidentified speaker are continuing their discussions from the previous story and sharing memories and stories from the past.

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,…

Mary Kailek is sharing her journals of she and her family’s activities from summer of 1979 to 1980, of activities such as living out on the land, hunting, fishing, trapping, snaring, of their visitors, of their travels, of deaths, and births, of…

Mary Kailek is sharing more her journals of she and her family’s activities from 1979, and October 1980 onward, of activities such as living out on the land, fishing, trapping, snaring, their travels, and births, of sewing her fancy parkas, of her…

Mary Kailek is storytelling of her many travels, of various people, of the types of animals harvested, of her concerns of the new wildlife officer’s regulations and governance during that era, clothing and other items made from animal skins, of…

Mary Kailek is sharing more memories of her younger days of when she gave birth to her son, of her siblings who were on their way to residential school when her younger brother Donald Kaglik got hurt, of when her dad started trapping after he was…