Cathy Cockney is interviewing Elizabeth Banksland about her family genealogy. Elizabeth also shares her mom’s heartbreaking story of childhood abandonment and survival as well as of starvation and cannibalism. Part 1. To be continued.
Shirley Elias interviews Jean Ogina about her lifestyle from her younger days, her genealogy, and she shares stories from long ago. Shirley then interviews William Kagyut about his life, his genealogy, and he also shares stories from long ago and…
Audio starts with western music playing then Mark Emerak continues sharing some life stories as well as stories that he heard. Mark is also singing traditional songs. Part 2. To be continued.
Mark Emerak is completing his life stories as well as stories that he heard. Mark is also singing traditional songs. Final Part 3. An unidentified person also sings a short traditional song
Frank Kuptana is storytelling from when he started remembering when he was young of his way of life and culture long ago of their travels, of traditional hunting methods, fishing, of traditional clothing, of traditional food, of the fun drum dances,…
Frank Kuptana is sharing more memories of his lifestyle after getting married, of when he and his wife’s travels and living on the the land, hunting, trapping, fishing, getting ice and wood, and tells stories of living the traditional life,…
Frank Kuptana is storytelling about his lifestyle long ago, of his travels when he was a young man, of seal hunting, of fishing, of the very few people and houses at Ulukhaktok when he first went there, of the trading post, of Father Bruyant, of…
Sarah Kuptana is sharing her first memories of of their travels, of huntng, of their lifestyle, of large Inuit gatherings, of abandonment, illnesses, deaths, and more when she was a young girl, when they lived a nomadic lifestyle. Part 1. To be…
Sarah Kuptana continues to tell more stories of when she was a young woman with her young family, their struggles after she and her husband survive tb (tuberculosis), in trying to re-establish a new life and trying to find their place in a harsh cold…
William Kuptana is storytelling of when he started remembering when he was a young boy of how they lived long ago prior to Caucasians arriving, of when they lived a totally traditional lifestyle and describes their hunting and fishing methods prior…
Inuvialuktun host, Ishmael Suuyuq Alunik, introduces William Kuptana who is storytelling about his lifestyle when he was a young man, of when Inuvialuit gathered together including their traditional hunting and fishing methods prior to Whiteman…
Murielle Nagy and Agnes White continue to interview Joe Apiana followed by an interview with Sarah Kuptana and Edith Haogak. They also view a map and discuss numerous Inuvialuktun traditional place names some of which are not listed in the Place…