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Old schooner at Pauline Cove (Herschel Island).

Buildings at Pauline Cove (Herschel Island).

Persis Gruben and Agnes White at Pauline Cove

Agnes White is interviewing her mother, Persis Gruben, about when she was travelling and living around Banksland as well as other places where she and other’s travelled and lived, and more. Persis also shares memories and stories from long ago. …

Persis Gruben is telling her life stories of her birth place, of their travels with her parents, of when her mom got sick, of the Eastern Inuit (Qangmalit) visiting: who had different clothing and a different language and who practised shamanism, of…

Persis Gruben is sharing stories of the many changes she has witnessed in her life such as living a nomadic lifestyle out on the land to community permanent living, prior to European contact such as: the fast skidoos, of languages, of the…

Persis Gruben is continuing her storytelling of the lifestyle changes, about traveling with her parents long ago and later with her children when her husband was hospitalised, of her traditional teachings, of wildlife hunted, of the oil companies…

Persis Gruben continues storytelling about her younger days with her parents, of she and her family’s many travels, of fishing, hunting and gathering for food when living a traditional nomadic life,. She also speaks of fatal illness, of when the…

Persis Gruben is storytelling about being taught to be respectful to their parents, about her relationship with her parents, about their travels, about Sunday bible teachings from her parents, about Christmas Gatherings and about Christmas new…

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 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…

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…

Murielle Nagy and Agnes White interview Peter Esau about his genealogy, his lifestyle, and his life stories

Murielle Nagy and Agnes White interview Philip Kuptana about his lifestyle long ago and his travels.

Joe Nasogaluak is continuing the story about the police arresting Inuit men, in the early 1920’s, for murder, and transported them to Herschel Island and other old time stories from the years of 1918 to 1923. Note: Audio is very low. Final, Part…

Joe Nasogaluak is storytelling about police arresting men, in the early 1920’s, for murder, and were transporting themto Herschel Island. Note: Audio is very low. Part 1. To be continued.

A photo of the RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) building during the summertime. Credit: Martha Harry.

Elder Amos Tumma is telling stories from when he was a boy in the early 1900’s of when the European bowhead whalers would winter at Qikiqtarr̂uq and the events he witnessed. He also tells of a widow and her two sons who were always hunting and…

The image shows the excavation of remains of a sod house (without entrance passage) at Avadlek Spit.

The image shows a distance shot of the remains of a sod house that has not been excavated yet at Avadlek Spit.

The image shows the remains of a sod house with a entrance passage at Avadlek Spit, also we can see the coast in the background.

The image shows Renie Arey interviewing David Roland in front of Thomas Umauq's house, Pauline Cove, Herschel Is.

The image shows Renie Arey interviewing David Roland in front of Thomas Umauq's house, Pauline Cove, Herschel Is.

The image shows an aerial view of Avadlek Spit (Herschel Island) with a couple sand bars and a entrance to the Firth river.