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The photo shows a woman working on skinning a seal in Inuvik, with a crowd watching her.

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…

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…

Buster Kailek is storytelling about their travels including traveling to Tuktoyaktuk getting supplies at the Hudson Bay, and the many schooners that were there, of their traveling challenges, of a child’s death, of hunting and trapping, of their…

Michael Amos is storytelling about when he was travelling on the land with his dog team, and the challenges he over came, until he made it back home safely on the A Long Time Ago program hosted by John Holman.

CHAK’s A Long Time Ago host Louie Goose introduces Jim Wolki and Father Le Meur where Jim is telling part five of The Long Crossing story in English. To be continued.

CHAK’s A Long Time Ago host Louie Goose introduces Jim Wolki and Father Le Meur where Jim is telling part three of The Long Crossing story in English. To be continued.

CHAK’s A Long Time Ago host Louie Goose introduces Jim Wolki and Father Le Meur where Jim is telling the final part six of The Long Crossing story. Father Le Meur then interviews Jim about his successful trapping days when he was younger.

Agnes Nanogak is storytelling of some of she and her family’s many travels, of living in various places, and of of some of their experiences such as when her father fell in water and nearly froze to death, of when he made his own kayak boat with…

Kenneth Peeloolook is storytelling about Stefansson’s iced in ship that sunk and how they were able to survive with Inupiaq guides followed by a short personal life story

A photo of Fred Carpenter and Peter Esau standing by a bearded seal that they caught. Photo by Peter Sydney.

A photo of sled dogs resting at a seal hunt camp. Six people and a tent are in the background. One person is carrying a crate.

The image shows Robert Kuptana and Peter Esau skinning seals on the shore.

S/Cst. Peter Esau skinning seal ugyuk.

The photo shows a woman in Jim Koe Park skinning a seal in front of on lookers.

The photo shows a seal skinning competition in Inuvik.

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.

A photo of a seal skin ornament picture frame.

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 image shows Peter Esau posing with a seal ugyuk he got from hunting.

The image shows Peter Esau and another man in rubber boat going hunting for seals at an open crack about 10 miles out.

A photo of Fred Carpenter and Peter Esau with a bearded seal they caught about seven miles south of Sachs Harbour.

Persis Gruben continues to tell stories of her life experiences of when she was young living and travelling with her parents and siblings, of a gunshot accident, of hunting and trapping stories, of traditional first aid and healing methods, of a…

A photo of Father Tardy holding a pickaxe beside several seals in Ulukhaktok.

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…