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Northern games fiddle contestants playing fiddle tunes

A COPE meeting was already in progress where discussions started with the agenda items and the progresion of the meeting. Meetings discussions were about annex satelites, providing services to northern communties, providing more Indigenous radio…

Sarah Kuptana is completing the final part 8 of this series of stories of her younger days when they first returned to Sachs Harbour, of her children leaving for school, of their travels by plane including a trip to Alaska and learning about the…

Mary Kailek is sharing memories of she and her family’s travels, of various visitors, of beluga whale hunting, of fishnet fishing, of traditional food preparation, of making dryfish and also teaching the grandchildren who wanted to learn how to…

Jim Edwards is completing his Christmas story in English followed by Jean Tardiff who is also telling a Christmas story in Inuvialuktun then Louie Goose reads some Jean’s story in English. Louie then tells a short story in English then introduces…

The recording is of a meeting that was already in progress in English regarding plans for proposed funding for the Indigenous Northern Games and teaching of the northern games and other topics of discussion such as COPE (The Committee of People’s…

A photo of Mickey Gordon doing a high kick in mid air just before he attempts to hit the target.

The photo shows Jerry Allen doing the move on rear end game, with Edward Lennie coaching him on.

A photo of Mickey Gordon doing the high kick game.

A photo of Edward Lennie standing by the wall in Inuvik.

The photo shows Pat Tingmiak doing the one arm reach game with someone sitting on his feet.

The photo shows people sitting on the floor and on chairs observing an event.

The photo shows a few people doing the blanket toss in Jim Koe Park with others looking on.

The photo shows Jane Charlie from Ft. McPherson skinning rat in a competition. We can also see another competition going on in the background, along with SAMS school.

The photo shows a dead seal liad out on a plastic sheet, most likely for a seal skinning contest. We can also see a lady bending over preparing to do something to the seal with an audience around her.

The photo shows a woman skinning a seal with a man next to her with a camera, as well as a crowd of people watching her.

The photo shows William Day and Jerry Allen Kisoun performing the Stick Pull northern game.

The photo shows Jerry Allen and Mickey Gordon performing the Arm Pull northern game.

A photo of Robert Torangeau from Norman Wells getting ready to throw a harpoon for a competition.

The photo shows a seal skinning competition in Inuvik.

The photo shows a kayak race on the Mackenzie River in Inuvik.

The photo shows a view of a man performing the High Kick at the northern games in Inuvik.

The photo shows a Body Weight Contest with people from Inuvik at the Eskimo Olympics in Fairbanks Alaska.

The photo shows a man attempting to do a High Kick in Jim Koe park with many people watching him.

A photo of Pat Tingmiak demonstrating/ competiting in a one arm reach nothern game.