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Elder Amos Tumma is storytelling about his travels as early as 1913 as well as hunting and trapping stories, and more on the A Long Time Ago program.

Elder Amos Tumma is storytelling about when boats were iced in, when bowhead whaling season was done, of their travels, of trapping and hunting, then continuing their sailing journey after the winter, and making their way to the trading posts to…

Agnes Nanogak is telling the legend of some young women, one of whom is impregnated and was initially ashamed of her child later named Kaluniq including delicacies and or creatures of the sea, and more. The last five to six minutes of the tape is of…

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 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 sharing her opinions of and comparing past lifestyle of Inuvialuit to present modern day Inuvialuit lifestyles in regards to transportation, sewage and garbage, influence of European lifestyles, hunting and wildlife, and traditional…

A photo of two people walking in the winter in Fort McPherson.

A photo of a dog with Fort McPherson buildings in the background.

A photo of Mary Kunnizzie (far right) sitting with three women in Fort McPherson.

A photo of the inside of the church at Fort McPherson.