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The photo shows the northern game, Finger Pull that is being performed by Pat Tingmiak and Buck Dick.

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…

People Speak Inuit host Frank Cockney airs Elders Mary and Buster Kailek who speak to and send greetings to family and friends, then Sam Raddi speaks about COPE, ITK, and ICI, then Frank interviews Simon Bennett about traditional and modern education…

Kenneth Peeloolook, Raddi Kowichuk, and Sam Raddi speak to and send greetings to family and friends then Edward Lennie gives a northern games update.

Elders drumming with traditional caribou-skin drums on stage at Tuk Summer Games (Northern Games)

Two elderly ladies watch on at Northern Games events in Tuktoyaktuk 1974

A photo of Edward Lennie receiving an award and shaking hands with a woman who is giving him his award. At the Eskimo Olympics in Fairbanks Alaska.

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

The photo shows the northern game, Ear Weight Contest that is being performed by Charlie Kasook.

A photo of Charlie Kasook from Inuvik who is competing in the Ear Weight Contest at the Eskimo Olympics in Fairbanks Alaska.

People on stage dancing to a traditional invitational drum dance in front of crowd in background, Northern Games Tuktoyaktuk.

People on stage dancing to a traditional invitational drum dance in front of crowd in background, Northern Games Tuktoyaktuk.

A photo of Willie Hensley-Kotzebue Alaska's State Senator, who is a competitor in double high kick & knuckle hop in the Fairbanks Eskimo Olympics in Alaska.

A photo of Pat Tingmiak performing a Double High Kick at the Eskimo Olympics in Fairbanks Alaska.

A photo of a crowd of people doing the Blanket Toss in Jim Koe park in Inuvik.

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…

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

Woman in mid-air during blanket toss and crowd of onlookers in foreground and background.

Person in mid-air during blanket toss in front of onlookers at Northern Games events grounds.

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

Radio Host Ishmael Alunik interviews Bertha Ruben about being the Northern Games Good Woman Contest winner

The photo shows the northern game, Back Push that is being performed by Jerry Allen and Buck Dick.

A photo of Mickey Gordon attempting to perform the northern game that is the High Kick.

The photo shows the northern game Arm Wrestling with two contestants from Paulatuk and Tuktoyaktuk performing the game.