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Elder Amos Tumma is storytelling about Inuvialuit and Inupiat culture and way of life long ago before and after the arrival of the bowhead whalers, trading, and the trading post era on the A Long Time Ago program.

Elder Amos Tumma is storytelling about shamans and medicine men prior to the arrival of ministers on the A Long Time Ago program.

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…

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…

Elder Amos Tumma is storytelling about how shamans were involved long ago prior to the arrival of ministers.

Elder Amos Tumma is telling stories of hunting, fishing, trapping, and his many travels and how he and others lived long ago as well as the many changes.

Elder Amos Tumma is storytelling about long ago Kittigaar̂ungmiut, Utqalungmiut, Qikiqarr̂ungmiut, and Uummarmiut culture and way of life long ago before and after the arrival of the bowhead whalers, trading, and the trading post era.

Host of the A Long Time Ago program, Louie Goose, airs Silas Kangegana storytelling of his reindeer herding experiences as they headed home, and their adventures followed by Father Le Meur's translation of Silas Kangegana’s reindeer herding days…

Kenneth Peeloolook continues his storytelling of their move from Alaska to the Mackenzie Delta, in the Northwest Territories, Canada, of a millionaire called Crazy Guy, of mining for gold, shares his wisdom and advice on how to live well, and much…

Kenneth Peeloolook continues his storytelling from 1902 and 1921, of their travels, adventures, caribou hunting experiences, drumming, singing, and dancing, arrival of the White Bowhead Whalers, along with alcohol, mining, employment, and much more, …

Sarah Kuptana is completing the final part 8 of this series of stories of her younger days when they first returned to Sachs Harbour, of her children leaving for school, of their travels by plane including a trip to Alaska and learning about the…

Mary Kailek is sharing more her journals of she and her family’s activities from 1979, and October 1980 onward, of activities such as living out on the land, fishing, trapping, snaring, their travels, and births, of sewing her fancy parkas, of her…

Mary Kailek shares her journal of July to August activities of her travels, hunts, the search for Archie, and pf her lifestyle with her family out on the land, of her frustrations with lifestyle changes regarding money, and speaks of her prayers and…

Radio host Lois Keating is providing news in English from Old Crow, Yukon Territories.

A photo of two men in front of a log building in Old Crow.

A photo of a landing strip on an island six miles north of Old Crow. There is a person wrapped in blankets sitting in the foreground and a small plane in the background.

A photo of a plane taking off from Old Crow and flying over the Porcupine River.

A photo of the Porcupine River near Old Crow with two boats and a few men transporting some goods.

A photo of four people transporting a patient from Old Crow by boat.

A photo of (from back to front): the Anglican residence, St. Luke’s Anglican Church, and the RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) detachment in Old Crow. A child is riding a bicycle in the foreground.

A photo of Tommy Gordon from the Reindeer Air Service transporting a patient from Old Crow.

A photo of a classroom of children sitting at desks at a school in Old Crow. Two women stand to the side of the classroom.

The photo shows an aerial view of archaeological excavation of remains of a sod house at Avadlek Spit.

The image shows another aerial view of archaeological excavation of two sod houses at Avadlek Spit. As well it shows the camp of the archaeologists team.

The image shows an aerial view of archaeological excavation of two sod houses at Avadlek Spit. The image also shows the crew camp, along with driftwood across the beach.