Storytelling
1937
Births
Visitors
Dances
Record Player
Christmas
Relations
Trapping
Snow House
Travels
Traditional Food
Hunting
Waterfowl
Various People
Animals
Tents
July 1st Gathering
Canada Day Activities
Inuvialuit
Gwich’in
Dogs
Siblings
Employment
Police
Sewing
Mary Kailek is storytelling from the 1937 era, of when she was doing a lot of sewing, of visitors and listening to storytelling in the evenings, of their travels for Christmas and New Years, stories of her dad and Joe trapping and hunting stories, of her little brother Donald Kaglik, travels to Aklavik including when her dad was working for the police who were waiting for him there, of the many tents, of the July 1st Gathering of Gwich’in and Inuvialuit, then traveling on to Tuktoyaktuk when they’re were only tents, of raising and looking after her siblings and of keeping her late mom’s word, of more people, travels, and more.
Kailek, Mary
Inuvialuktun
1942 and 1943 Memories and Life Stories by Mary Kailek Pt 1
Memories
Harvests
Family
Children
Gatherings
Mary Kailek’s storytelling starts off with some of the latter story repeated from the previous story of when she was younger around Christmas time then Mary continues sharing her memories: of when she just had two children when her son Alex Kaglik was around seven years old, of her family members, of when her brother Donald Kaglik would walk to his traps, of sewing for her family members and herself last, of hunting, trapping, harvests, various people, travels, vistors, illness’, drum dances, picture shows, square dances, and of the many people present at the large gatherings. Story ends abruptly at the 31:53 minute mark. Part 1. To be continued.
1942 and 1943 Memories and Life Stories by Mary Kailek Pt 2
Easter
Peffer’s Hotel
Deaths
Wildlife
Scow
Ernie Lacombe
Frame Tents
Tuberculosis
Cancer
Hospital
School
Hudson Bay Store
Flu Epidemic
Mary Kailek is continuing to share her memories from 1942 and 1943 of: she and her family’’s activities such as hunting, trapping, of various people, of their travels, of going to Aklavik for Easter, Peffer’s Hotel, Banksland people who flew to Aklavik for the summer, of deaths and funerals, Annie’s employment, low prices of tents, of sewing traditional clothing, of the many hospitalised with Tuberculosis and some with cancer, and the flu epidemic, and more.
1970 Beaufort Sea Committee Meeting with Father Le Meur
Beaufort Sea Committee Meeting
Exploration
Drilling
Dome Petroleum
Concerns
Host Ishmael Alunik interviews Father Le Meur in Inuvialuktun about the Beaufort Sea Committee Meeting
Le Meur, Father Robert
Alunik, Ishmael
A few short Legends and Drum Songs by Ralph Kimiksana
Legends
Drum Songs
A Long Time Ago host Ishmael Alunik airs Elder Ralph Kimiksana who is storytelling. Ralph is telling a several short legends and ends with drum songs.
Kimiksana, Ralph
A Haunting Tale followed by The Girl Who Sank in Quicksand told by Agnes Nanogak
Hunter
Haunted
Death
Quicksand
Girls
Agnes Nanogak is telling of a hunter’s haunting tale followed by a story of a girl who sinks into another world. (Note: The last five minutes of the tape is a recording of an unidentified man telling a story that was already in progress. This is not related to the story that Agnes was telling.)
Nanogak, Agnes
Unidentified Man
Inuinnaqtun
A Man Named Akak by Agnes Nigiyok Part 1
Kangiryuarmiut
Akak
Winter Gathering
Inlaws
Shaman
Snow Houses
Murder
Agnes Nigiyok is storytelling about a man named Akak who was from Iqaluktuuttiaq (Cambridge Bay) who was married to a Kaniryuarmiut but his inlaws did not like him so they had him killed. To be continued.
Nigiyok, Agnes
A Man Named Akak by Agnes Nigiyok Part 2 and Personal Life Stories
Investigation
Arrests
White People
Marriage
Agnes Nigiyok is continuing the story about the man named Akak who was killed then an RCMP investigation ensued a year later when the families involved were arrested and taken away and returned a year later. Agnes also tells about one man’s wife who eventually returned from the West, about reluctantly having to live with the Sikoaluk’s again, then getting married and having a daughter, and sometimes witnessing men taking away other people’s wives and take them away, and of tough days, and more.
A Man named Qauqsiqtuq then Another Unidentified Storyteller
Legend
Oral History
CHAK Radio
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Charlie Smith is telling a legend of a man named Quaqsiqtuq first in Iñupiatun then in English followed by another unidentified speaker who is storytelling in Inuvialuktun.
Charlie Smith
Unidentified Woman
Iñupiatun
English
A Mother and her Granddaughter Legend by Alice Thrasher
Storyteling
Grandmother
Granddaughter
Caribou
Seal
Fighting
A Long Time Ago host Ishmael Alunik airs Alice Thrasher storytelling. Alice is telling a legend of a mother and her granddaughter. Ishmael then plays a song called, "Silent Inuit" sung by Alice’s son, musician Willie Thrasher, followed by more music.
Thrasher, Alice
Theme Song
A Native Voice
Twenty eight seconds of The Native Voice program theme song sung in Inuktitut.
Not identified.
Inuktitut
Abe Auktalik Okpik Explains Inuit Tapirisat Kanatmi’s Meeting with the Prime Minister
ITK
Prime Minister
Meeting
Land
Church Parishioners early writing system
Inuit
Inupiatun
Inuvialuktun Writing System
Abe Auktalik Okpik provides an explanation of a meeting between Inuit Tapirisat Kanatami and the Prime Minister regarding ITK’s position on land and land use and other issues on the C.H.A.K. Western Arctic program.
Okpik, Abe
Abe Okpik Interviews Elijah Harley about his Hunting and Trapping Days
Meetings
Trappers
Stealing
Boating
Transportation
Muskrat
Registered Traplines
Fishing
Beluga Whale Hunting
Beluga food preparation
Ducks
Various Families
Greetings
Caribou Hunting
Fishnets
Radio host, Ishmael Alunik, introduces Abe Auktalik Okpik who interviews Elder Elijah Harley about his hunting and trapping, in his younger days, sparked by a public meeting the day before.
Harley, Elijah
Adult Memories and Lifestyles Past and Present Interview with Bessie Lennie
Interview
Lifestyle Changes
Education
Working
Parenting
Travel
Disrespectful
Wasteful
Church
Clothing
Laziness
Rosemary Kuptana continues to interview Bessie Lennie about her lifestyle as a young adult, of a dog team trip with her husband that almost cost them their lives, then of having to raise her children on her own when her husband passed away, of the many changes she has witnessed in a short few years, such as loss of language, community living, modern day school education, young people being disrespectful to parents, of modern transportation replacing traditional ways of traveling, seemingly useless purchases, and the very different way of life that they now live, and more.
Lennie, Bessie
Kuptana, Rosemary
Advice from Amos Tumma plus Bowhead Whale Hunting and Other Stories
Bowhead Whale Hunt
1918 or 1919
Ships
Noah Flood Story
Bows and Arrows
Harpoons
Amos Tumma speaks gives advice, then tells a story of bowhead whale hunting long ago around 1918 or 1919, followed by a flood story, and speaks of traditional hunting weapons used long ago, and more.
Tumma, Amos
Aklavik, N.T. Elders Archie Erigaktuk, Mary Archie, Dora Malegana and Johnny Malegana’s Personal Stories and or Greetings
Friends
Personal Stories
Lifestyle
Work Ethics
Money
Host Frank Cockney speaks with Aklavik Elders Archie Erigaktuk (Ir̂igaaktuk), Mary Archie, Dora Malegana and Johnny Malegana (Maligiana) who are speaking to and sending greetings to family and friends on the Inuit Program.
Erigaktuk, Archie
Archie, Mary
Malegana, Dora
Malegana, Johnny
Cockney, Frank
Alaska Radio Station
Church Service
Religion
North Pole Alaska radio station, church service. Recorded in English.
Unidentified Speakers
Alaskan Elders Speak to and Send Greetings to Family and Friends
Bible Story
Elders Advice
Alaskan Elder, Richard Tukli, shares a Bible story about Jesus followed by Alaskan Elders, Suzie Kasaak, Lucy Ahvuakana, Sarah Kunangnan, David Otoana, Samuel Kunangna, and Bessie Eriklok who speak to and send greetings to family and friends in Canada on the Saturday Inuit Show.
Tukli, Richard
Kasaak, Suzie
Ahvuakana, Lucy
Kunangnan, Sarah
Otoana, David
Kunangnan, Samuel
Eriklok, Bessie
Alaskan Elders Speak to and Send Greetings to Family and Friends in Inupiaq.
Several Inupiaq Elders speak to and send greetings to family and friends in the Mackenzie Delta, Northwest Territories and in Nunavut on The People Speak Inuit Program.
Brower, Tom
Brower, Kate
Leavitt, Rose
Akpik, Greta
Ningeok, Jonas
Akpik, Jeanette
Tegoshak, Margaret
Patkotak, Steve
Patkotak, Jane
Call in Request Show
Music
KJMP Radio Station Call in request show from Fairbanks, Alaska with music.
Gordon, Alex, Sr.
Gordon, Hope
Gordon, Lottie
Gordon, Andrew
Thrasher, Gilbert
Gwich'in
Parents
Store
Beluga Whaling
Sailboats
Jigging
Steamboat
Albert Oliver (Niqsialuq) is telling stories about long ago of his parents, of Annaqtuuq, and others when they were living at Ukiivik, of fishing, trapping, and and hunting stories, including a beluga whale hunting story. Albert also tells of jigging, and Christmas time, of geese hunting and gathering eggs, of the steamboat arrival, July 1st games, of people traveling here and there up and down the river, of, berry picking, gathering food, and more.
Oliver, Albert
Alice Agnaoyak’s Life Stories Final Part 9
Alcohol
Nomadic Lifestyle
Dewline
Staples
European Food
Alice Agnaoyak is completing her final life story of their nomadic lifestyle when she was young, of being very fearful when she first saw people drinking alcohol, of when the Dewline was first starting up, and more. Final, Part 9.
Angnaoyak, Alice
Dog Teams
Traditional Teachings
Hiking
Pack Dogs
Caribou Skin Tents
Canvas Tents
Caribou Fat
Traditional Lamps (Qulliq)
Alice Agnaoyak is storytelling of when she was a small child, of always going out hunting with her father, of hunting stories and more. Part 1. To be continued.
Sled Dogs
Sailing
Food Cache
Alice Agnaoyak is continuing her stories of when she was a small child, of traveling with her parents with their sled dogs, then with a rowboat in the summer, then adding sails if there was wind, and more. Part 2. To be continued.
Airplane
Polar Bears
Hudson’s Bay Company
Fish
Food Poison
Alice Agnaoyak is continuing her stories of her younger days of polar bear hunting with her parents and her husband, of an airplane story, of food poisoning resulting in illnesses and deaths, and more. Part 3. To be continued.