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This video depicts the Muskrat Jamboree in Inuvik. Features include: the feast, bottle sucking contest, parade, dog sled racing, ski doo racing, and various games.

This video depicts the Muskrat Jamboree in Inuvik. Features include: the feast, bottle sucking contest, parade, dog sled racing, ski doo racing, and various games.

Video footage of the activities and competitions of the Mad Trapper Rendezvous. The main highlight is the gun shooting competition that was hosted to raise money for ducks unlimited. The video ends by revealing the natural scenery in Aklavik.

This video depicts the festivities of the various Spring Jamborees. Highlights include: games, snowmobile races, sled racing, fire building, etc.

This video highlights the September celebrations for the grand opening of the recreation centre.

Events at the 1999 Kingalik Jamboree in Ulukhaktok. Highlights include: potluck dinner, musical performances, jigging, and games.

A video depicting cultural games; fishing techniques.

Adam Emaghok then Joseph Avik are interviewed about their lifestyles long ago. They also share stories and memories from their younger days.

Annie Emaghok is sharing a story that her mother told her of the very challenging times that she has endured long ago as well as stories from when she was young. After a short period of silence, Betty Cockney’s storytelling was already in progress…

Christine Kimiksana is telling stories of her childhood memories with her family, final part 2.

Christine Kimiksana is telling stories of her childhood memories with her family after returning from school, Part 1. To be continued.

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 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…

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 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.

Legend of a man who goes on a journey and meets a woman who becomes his wife and they have a son. The son begins hunting with his father but one day they encounter some people and narrowly escape their wrath.

A Long Time Ago host, Louie Goose introduces Donald Kaglik who is telling the legend of The Boy who Found the Lost Tribe of the Caribou and Beluga Whale, part 2 and part 3

Ivy Raddi is continuing her life stories and sharing memories of her younger days from Part 3. To be continued.

Elder Buster Kailek is sharing about how they lived long ago out on the land which he says is very different from his present day living.

Kenneth Peeloolook continues his storytelling of their travels, adventures, his caribou hunting experiences, large Inuvialuit and Inupiat gathering of dancing and games in 1902 and arrival of the White Bowhead Whalers, along with alcohol. Part 6. To…

"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…

Photograph of Mary Kudlak playing a traditional string game at the Inuvialuit Elders Storytelling Gathering, Inuvik, November 2019.

Rosemary Kuptana interviews Bessie Lennie about her memories of her lifestyle long ago such as her birth place, age, family, lifestyle including life on the land, of when she first started to remember things as a young child, traditional lifeskills…

Frank Kuptana is storytelling of his younger days, of when people were arriving to Aggie Bolt’s land to purchase supplies from the store, of the Sunday services and games, of when they were unloading the trading supply ship that arrived, of…

Persis Gruben is storytelling of her younger days, of a time when she didn’t see alcoholism amongst the people, of a fire where her family lost everything, of how people have changed and are not like how they were long ago: when people used to help…