Hunting and Trapping Stories Long Ago by Amos Tumma
subject: Storytelling
subject: Trapping
subject: Hunting
subject: Caribou
subject: Hiking
subject: Dogs
subject: Foxes
subject: Snow House
subject: Parental Teachings
subject: Polar Bears
subject: Seals
subject: Loons
subject: Muskox
subject: Kangmallit
subject: White foxes
subject: Fishing
description: Elder Amos Tumma is storytelling about hunting and trapping long ago on the A Long Time Ago program.
creator: Tumma, Amos
date: [197-?]
language: Iñupiatun
type: Audio

Inuvialuit and Inupiat Culture and Way of Life Before and After European Arrival
subject: Storytelling
subject: Culture
subject: Hunting
subject: Harvested Food Preservation
subject: Food Storage
subject: Whaling
subject: Traditional Foods
subject: Fishing
subject: Trapping
subject: Lifestyle Change
subject: Church
subject: Elders Wisdom
subject: Bible
subject: Animals
subject: Trading Post
subject: Shells
subject: Ships
subject: Dry Goods
subject: Fatal Flu
subject: Police
subject: Christmas Gathering
subject: Traditional Knowledge
subject: Games
subject: Dances
subject: Various Families
subject: Children
subject: Cultural Teaching
subject: Youth
subject: Elder Advice
subject: Alcohol
subject: Faith
description: 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.
creator: Tumma, Amos
date: [197-?]
language: Iñupiatun
type: Audio

Shamans and Medicine Men by Amos Tumma
subject: Storytelling
subject: Shamans
subject: Medicine Men
subject: Illness
subject: Devil
subject: Hunting
subject: Tikiqarmiut
subject: Healing
description: Elder Amos Tumma is storytelling about shamans and medicine men prior to the arrival of ministers on the A Long Time Ago program.
creator: Tumma, Amos
date: [197-?]
language: Iñupiatun
type: Audio

Old Time Stories by Amos Tumma
subject: Storytelling
subject: Prophecy
subject: Young poor man
subject: Travels
subject: Leader
subject: Marriage
subject: Family
subject: Children
subject: Talking bird
description: Elder Amos Tumma is storytelling a story that was already in progress about a prophecy told to a young man of when he would be asked to become the next leader and how this poor man life unfolds on the A Long Time Ago program.
creator: Tumma, Amos
date: [197-?]
language: Iñupiatun
type: Audio

Recollections From The Past with Amos Tumma
subject: Storytelling
subject: European Bowhead Whalers
subject: Ships
subject: Drinking Parties
subject: Fights
subject: Bowhead Whale Hunting
subject: Caribou Hunting
subject: Beluga Whale Hunting
subject: Two Brothers
subject: Otter
subject: Fearless
subject: Marriage
subject: Easter
subject: Various Families
subject: Trapping
description: 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 providing for and helping others, of how disagreements were settled by men, of fearless feats, and tells of his trapping and hunting stories.
creator: Tumma, Amos
date: [197-?]
language: Iñupiatun
type: Audio

Boats Iced In by Amos Tumma
subject: Storytelling
subject: Bowhead Whaling
subject: Iced In
subject: Sail Boating
subject: Hunting
subject: Trapping
subject: Travels
subject: Animals
subject: Various Families
subject: Drum Song
subject: Drum Dance
subject: Drygoods
subject: Trading Posts
description: 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 Iglukpak and Katyaaq (Tschigehchic).
creator: Tumma, Amos
date: May 23, 1973
language: Iñupiatun
type: Audio

Stories From Long Ago with Amos Tumma
subject: Storytelling
subject: Move
subject: Travels
subject: Trapping
subject: Snaring
subject: Dogs
subject: Christmas
subject: Struggles
subject: Hunting
subject: Mountain People
subject: Work Ethics
description: Elder Amos Tumma is telling old time stories of his younger days of hunting and travelling, and of his wife’s grandfather’s stories from long ago of how they lived, working hard, hardly sleeping, hunting for their food prior to arrival of Europeans, etc.
creator: Tumma, Amos
date: May 23, 1973
language: Iñupiatun
type: Audio

Shamans and Medicine Men by Amos Tumma
subject: Storytelling
subject: Shamans
subject: Murder
subject: Hunting
subject: Healing
subject: Ministers
subject: Suffering
subject: Loon
subject: Devil
subject: Medicine Man
description: Elder Amos Tumma is storytelling about how shamans were involved long ago prior to the arrival of ministers.
creator: Tumma, Amos
date: [197-?]
language: Iñupiatun
type: Audio

Amos Tumma Stories of Inuvialuit Lifestyle Long Ago and the Changes
subject: Storytelling
subject: Bowhead Whale Hunt
subject: Beluga Whale Hunting
subject: 1908
subject: 1909
subject: Bad Man
subject: Caribou Hunting
subject: Travels
subject: Captain Peterson
subject: Bowhead Whalers
subject: Japanese
subject: Ships
subject: Siqlit
subject: Animals
subject: Trapping
subject: Fishing
subject: Sealing
subject: Whitefox
subject: Lifestyle Change
subject: Changed Inuvialuit
subject: Whiteman Lifestyle
subject: Guns
subject: Shells
subject: Muskrat Hunting
subject: Elders Wisdom
subject: Seasonal Gathering and Hunting
subject: Food
subject: Food Preparation
subject: Food Storage
subject: Wood Gathering
subject: Work Ethics
description: 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.
creator: Tumma, Amos
date: [197-?
language: Iñupiatun
type: Audio

Legends told by Amos Tumma
subject: Storytelling
subject: Legends
subject: Murderous Man
subject: Ruler’s Children
description: Elder Amos Tumma is telling a legend about a man who murders a woman’s father because he wanted to marry her followed by another legend of two ruler’s children who married each other.
creator: Tumma, Amos
date: [197-?]
language: Iñupiatun
type: Audio

Inuvialuit and Inupiat Culture and Way of Life Before and After White Man’s Arrival
subject: Storytelling
subject: Culture
subject: Hunting
subject: Harvested Food Preservation
subject: Food Storage
subject: Whaling
subject: Traditional Foods
subject: Fishing
subject: Trapping
subject: Lifestyle Change
subject: Church
subject: Elders Wisdom
subject: Bible
subject: Animals
subject: Trading Post
subject: Shells
subject: Ships
subject: Dry Goods
subject: Fatal Flu
subject: Police
subject: Christmas Gathering
subject: Traditional Knowledge
subject: Games
subject: Dances
subject: Various Families
subject: Children
subject: Cultural Teaching
subject: Youth
subject: Elder Advice
subject: Alcohol
subject: Faith
description: 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.
creator: Tumma, Amos
date: [197-?]
language: Iñupiatun
type: Audio

Legends and Stories by Amos Tumma
subject: Storytelling
subject: Legend
subject: Chief’s daughter
subject: Warriors
subject: Horse
subject: Marriage
subject: Inuvialuit Lifestyle Long Ago
subject: Helping
subject: Sharing Harvests
subject: Food Storage
subject: Deaths
subject: Orphan
subject: Angels
subject: Rescued
description: Elder Amos Tumma is storytelling about an old legend of a Chief’s daughter who didn’t want to marry then speaks of communal versus individual lifestyles. He then tells a story he heard from his wife’s grandfather about a mistreated orphaned teenager who was rescued by two angels, then starts another story but ends abruptly.
creator: Tumma, Amos
date: [197-?]
language: Iñupiatun
type: Audio

Reindeer Herding Lifestyle by Amos Tumma
subject: Storytelling
subject: Reindeer Herding
subject: Caribou Hunting
subject: Trapping
subject: Reindeer Herders
subject: Dogs
subject: Fishing
subject: Father Moses
subject: Waterfowl
subject: Travels
subject: Whitefox
subject: Death
subject: Northstar
description: Elder Amos Tumma is storytelling about his reindeer herding days.
creator: Tumma, Amos
date: [197-?]
language: Iñupiatun
type: Audio

Amos Tumma’s Travels in 1912 and 1913
subject: Storytelling
subject: 1912
subject: Schooner
subject: Scow
subject: Bowhead Whalers
subject: 1913
subject: Minister
subject: Polar Bears
subject: White Foxes
subject: Bowhead Whales
subject: Trapping
subject: Expedition
subject: Various Families
subject: Mr. Fry
subject: Christmas Gathering
subject: New Years
subject: Caribou Hunting
subject: Cannibal
subject: Travels
subject: Tea
description: Elder Amos Tumma is storytelling about his life stories, his travels and experiences including challenging times during 1912 and 1913.
creator: Tumma, Amos
date: [197-?]
language: Iñupiatun
type: Audio

Whaling and Old Time Stories by Amos Tumma
subject: Storytelling
subject: Beluga Whaling
subject: Ruben Brothers
subject: Culture
subject: Fishing
subject: Flooding
subject: Game Warden
subject: First Nations
subject: Store Bought Food
subject: Food Storage
subject: Climate Change
subject: Traditional Knowledge
subject: Weather
subject: Elders Teachings
subject: Food Annual Planning
subject: Lifestye Culture Change
subject: Caucasion Lifestyle
subject: Lifestyle Advice
subject: Bible Teachings
subject: Faith
subject: Hunger
subject: Work Ethics
description: Elder Amos Tumma is storytelling about beluga whaling at Nalurugiaq and Niaqunnaq long ago, about lifestyle changes he sees, about climate change, about how to live right, about his faith, about hunger, about work ethics, and more.
creator: Tumma, Amos
date: [1974]
language: Iñupiatun
type: Audio

Hunting and Travelling Stories with Amos Tumma
subject: Storytelling
subject: Hunting
subject: Trapping
subject: Travels
subject: Various Families
subject: Minister Fry
subject: Schooner
subject: Hudson Bay Company
subject: 1915
subject: Freight Hauling
subject: Missionaries
description: Elder Amos Tumma is storytelling of hunting and travelling stories including when he hauled freight for the Hudson Bay Company and when the missionaries started heading to the Eastern Arctic.
creator: Tumma, Amos
date: [197-?]
language: Iñupiatun
type: Audio

Advice from Amos Tumma plus Bowhead Whale Hunting and Other Stories
subject: Storytelling
subject: Bowhead Whale Hunt
subject: 1918 or 1919
subject: Ships
subject: Caribou
subject: Trapping
subject: Noah Flood Story
subject: Bows and Arrows
subject: Harpoons
description: 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.
creator: Tumma, Amos
date: July 5, 1972
language: Iñupiatun
type: Audio

Amos Tumma’s Lifestyle Stories
subject: Storytelling
subject: Lifestyle
subject: Hunting
subject: Travels
subject: Christmas
subject: Trapping
subject: Easter
subject: Memories
subject: Store
subject: Snowhouses
subject: Gathering
description: Amos Tumma is sharing memories of his younger days of he and other’s travels and lifestyle long ago.
creator: Tumma, Amos
date: [197-?]
language: Iñupiatun
type: Audio

Nicholas Uluariuk Life Stories
subject: Oral History
subject: Interview
subject: Storytelling
subject: Lifestyle
subject: Hunting
subject: Trapping
subject: Animals
subject: Travels
subject: Tuberculosis
subject: Store
subject: Staples
subject: Education
subject: Employment
subject: Roman Catholics
description: Nicholas Uluariuk is storytelling about his lifestyle from his younger days.
description: This recording is from the Aulavik Oral History Project undertaken by the Inuvialuit Social Development Program.
creator: Uluariuk, Nicholas
date: March 20, 1996
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio
identifier: Aulavik 44

Inuvialuit Drummers and Singers
subject: Storytelling
subject: Drumming
subject: Singing
subject: Inuvialuktun
description: Unidentified drummers and singers are singing Inuvialuit drum songs. The recording is disrupted shortly after the 7 minute mark then it suddenly stops at the 7:26 minute mark.
creator: Unidentified Inuvialuit Singers and Drummers
date: [197-?]
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Alaska Church Service
subject: Alaska Radio Station
subject: Church Service
subject: Religion
description: North Pole Alaska radio station, church service. Recorded in English.
creator: Unidentified Speakers
date: [197-?]
language: English
type: Audio

Agnes White Memories and Stories from Long Ago
subject: Oral History
subject: Interview
subject: Storytelling
subject: Lifestyle
subject: Travels
subject: Trapping
subject: School
subject: Animals
subject: Various People
subject: Community
subject: Marriage
subject: Government
subject: Hunting
subject: Fishing
subject: RCMP
description: Agnes White, who is speaking from Sachs Harbour, continues storytelling and sharing memories of her younger days. Note: The first half of the audio is a repeat of https://inuvialuitdigitallibrary.ca/items/show/398.
description: This recording is from the Aulavik Oral History Project undertaken by the Inuvialuit Social Development Program.
creator: White, Agnes
date: March 7, 1996
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio
identifier: Aulavik 30

Blue Fox Harbour with Agnes White
subject: Oral History
subject: Storytelling
subject: Lifestyle
subject: Family
subject: Travels
subject: Trapping
description: Agnes White is storytelling and sharing memories from her younger days from Blue Box Harbour and of when they first went there in 1942.
description: This recording is from the Aulavik Oral History Project undertaken by the Inuvialuit Social Development Program.
creator: White, Agnes
date: June 25, 1996
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio
identifier: Aulavik 54

Agnes White Stories from Long Ago
subject: Oral History
subject: Storytelling
subject: Interview
subject: Lifestyle
subject: Animals
subject: Hunting
subject: Various Families
subject: Trapping
subject: Travels
subject: Family
subject: Deaths
description: Agnes White is sharing stories from various locations. She is telling stories that were told to her from mother Persis Gruben, of when they first went to Banks Island. Agnes then begins to share her own stories from her younger days.
description: This recording is from the Aulavik Oral History Project undertaken by the Inuvialuit Social Development Program.
creator: White, Agnes
date: June 28, 1996
language: Inuvialuktun
language: English
type: Audio
identifier: Aulavik 56

Agnes White - Bug Removal
subject: Storytelling gathering
subject: Aklavik
subject: Cultural centre
subject: Cultural resource centre
subject: Games
subject: ICRC
subject: Medicine
subject: Storytelling
description: Agnes White shares a story about her father winning all the games at an event in Aklavik, but it came with a cost.
creator: White, Agnes
date: March 13, 2025
contributor: IRC
contributor: Larocque, Brandon
language: English
type: Audio