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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…

A photo of Quyeraetuk (Imirak’s younger brother) and Katauyaq (Philip Haogak’s brother (?) (different dad) Uniyaq’s son) standing beside each other near a cabin.

A photo of a man wearing traditional clothes, including traditional snow goggles. In the background there are a dog sled team and a cabin. Iligait is captured in the photo.

William Kuptana is storytelling about Kullaq, the very good polar bear hunter, of the first people, the Kangiryuarmiut, that started going to Ikaahuk (Sachs Harbour), Banksland, of the (Eastern Inuit) Qangmalit old timers who called it "Ikaahuk"…

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 four 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.

Alexandria Elias interviews Susie Tiktalik who shares her personal life stories when she was a young married woman of plentiful caribou and happy times and also speaks of various hardships and sufferings such as abandonment, births, deaths, the big…

A Long Time Ago host Louie Goose airs Father Le Meur who interviewed Elders Bessie Wolki and Ivy Raddi, then Paul Adam about how they survived very trying times on Banks Island. Father Le Meur then translates their stories into English.

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…

A photo of Harry Taliriktuk, Ernest Donovan, Mr. Webster (Anglican minister), and Victor Ikutaq (Rufu Niriunaq’s husband) sitting on a loaded sled.

Radio host Ishmael Suuyuk Alunik airs Agnes Nigiyok who is telling the story of when they were sailing accross the ocean and got shipwrecked on the A Long Time Ago program.

Sarah Kuptana continues to share more memories of her younger days of happy times, hard times, fearful times, then suffering with sickness that she did not know was TB (tuberculosis). She shares about how she was eventually transported by boat to…

Sarah Kuptana shares more memories of her younger days, of a very good life, of so much wildlife, fish, and the occasional staple food from the Hudson Bay, that no one would go hungry, and more, part 3. To be continued.

Sarah Kuptana continues storytelling about a good life, of the Hudson Bay Store, of her dad’s job, of getting a monthly rashion, of their travels, her parents illnesses, of various families, of fishing, hunting, and her first experiences of what…

Murielle Nagy and Agnes White are viewing photographs with Sarah Kuptana and Edith Haogak for identification purposes as well as viewing maps and naming the traditional place names. They also interview them about their genealogy and and life…

Shirley Elis interviews Sam Oliktoak who also shares stories about his lifestyle and memories from his younger days. Note: At times there was a lot of background noise making it hard to hear including some traditional place names.

Murielle Nagy and Agnes White continue to interview Sam Lennie who is telling personal and historical stories. They also view and discuss photographs and maps discussing place names and historical contexts.

Agnes White is interviewing Sam Dick about his lifestyle long ago, and about where he lived and traveled. Sam also shares memories and stories from long ago. Interview was already in progress.

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…

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…

Olga and David Roland, Agnes White, and Murielle Nagy continue viewing and discussing the historical contexts and contents of the photos including, the year, and location of the photos, as well as sharing personal stories in Inuvialuktun and English.

Nicholas Uluariuk is storytelling about his lifestyle from his younger days.

A photo of Nerriuna, H. Coll in traditional clothes.

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,…