Frank Uvvayuaq Cockney Life Stories Part 29
Storytelling
Traditional Knowledge
Lifestyle
Alcohol
Land Claims
Oil Companies
Canadian Arctic Gas
Meetings
Government
Committee for Original People's Entitlement (COPE)
Training
Advice
Frank Cockney is storytelling for the next generations to hear, and says this generation is different, of when he went to Tuktoyaktuk, of learning about the animals and fish and the traditional lifestyle from his grandparents, of when he was younger, of drinking alcohol and the problems that came with it and when he quit drinking and why he quit drinking, of when he started training and working with the land claims with Agnes and Annie C Gordon, of when and how he became involved with COPE, Commitee of People’s Entitilement, of being involved in meetings, giving advice regarding how to live the right way. Part 29. To be continued. Note: The last three minutes does not have any storytelling.
Cockney, Frank Uvvayuaq
Inuvialuktun
Iñupiatun
Frank Uvvayuaq Cockney Life Stories Part 30
Employment
Wages
Oil Company
Base Camp
Rig 3
Road Construction
Heavy Equipment
Frank Cockney is storytelling about when he and others worked at the base camp and at Rig 3 for the oil company, of when he and his son and others got hired to help build a road which became an annual job and when he also worked as a camp attendant when the road construction season was completed. Part 30. To be continued.
Frank Uvvayuaq Cockney Life Stories Part 31 and Part 32
Camp Attendant
Holiday
Can Mar
Explorer 1
Explorer 2
Frank Cockney is continuing his stories of the shift work that he was doing as a camp attendant at the oil company in Tuktoyaktuk, of when he and Saumik would walk to work since they lived in Tuk, until he bought a skidoo then he’d drive to work, of taking time off for a hunting holiday, then took time off work for a few months as per doctors orders since he fell ill and more. Frank also speaks about climate change, about people changing, about hearing about climate change as well in the South with people freezing there, and the weather getting warmer in the North during the months when it should be cold, etc., about the new people changing about always wanting and asking their parents for money, compared to their generation who doesn’t bother their parents for thing like that, and learned these things from his observations, of interviewing people, and tells these things so that the young can understand and to help the next generation, and about since Inuvik started up, and with the big salaries with the oil companies, of not living right, of Can Mar Explorer One and Two, and the new hires have affected change in people. Part 31 and 32. To be continued.
Frank Uvvayuaq Cockney Life Stories Part 33 and Part 34
Various Families
Houses
Money
1968
1969
Shift Work
Wolves
Skidoos
Seismic
Frank Cockney is storytelling of when they first went to Tuktoyaktuk, mentioning all the families that he recalls who had homes there and some of the families that moved on including the then Anglican minister Jim Edwards Sr., Frank says the houses were put there in 1976 and we are in the year 1977, and that people’s culture is getting different where people used to hunt to make a living and now that oil companies are here, they want money and are living that way now. Now we even forget our relatives and try to make a living that way. Frank also remembers when the Canmar boats first arrived to Tuktoytaktuk to begin oil exploration work and describes the work he and others were doing for the oil company. Part 33 and 34. To be continued. Note: There is no audio from the 46:48 minute mark right through to the end.
Frank Uvvayuaq Cockney Life Stories Part 35 and Final Part 36
Holidays
1967
1973
Business
Caucasian
Dewline
1956
Field Work
Pipelines
1959
1960
Trapping
Hunting
Sharing
Giving
Frank Cockney is storytelling of when he was working for the oil company in Tuktoyaktuk, of his holidays, and of when he’d work on first winter road construction in 1967, of working with Caucasion people, of when he began working for the land claim in 1973, of he and Charlie Gruben’s frustations when the oil company staff who would use their Inuvialuit traditional knowledge, take credit for the work that they did then get themselves promoted with pay increases and not crediting them for their work and knowledge that they did, and compares the Caucasian culture and way of doing things to the Inuvialuit traditional way of life and culture and the way the Inuvialuit people do things, of he and his family combining their tradititional way of life with the new way of life of employment with wages, including when he tried his hand at running a business for a while. Frank then describes the early work in 1959/1960 with day and night work, ofthe numerous trucks hauling and heavy equipment operators working around Yaa Yaa Lakes, and says he’s speaking for the future generations to hear with helpful advice with his personal life stories and teachings. Part 35 and final part 36.
Viewing Photographs with Winnie Cockney Part 1
Oral History
Photographs
Recollections
Winnie Cockney, Agnes White, and Murielle Nagy are viewing and discussing the historical contexts of the photos including who and what are in the photos, the year, and location of the contents of the photos, in English and in Sallirmiutun. Part 1. To be continued.
This recording is from the Aulavik Oral History Project undertaken by the Inuvialuit Social Development Program.
Cockney, Winnie
White, Agnes
Nagy, Murielle
English
Viewing Photographs with Winnie Cockney Part 2
Winnie Cockney, Agnes White, and Murielle Nagy continue viewing and discussing the historical contexts of the photos including who and what are in the photos, the year, and location of the contents of the photos, in English and in Sallirmiutun. Part 2.
Radio
Older Native people--Canada
Oral tradition
A recorded segment in Gwich'in. Includes old country music songs in English.
Committee for the Original People's Entitlement (COPE)
Gwich'in
Kangiryuarmiut Inuinnaqtun Uqauhiitaa Numiktitirutait
Kudlak, Emily
Compton, Richard
Inuinnaqtun
CHAK News
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
History
CHAK news interview with Captain Phil Coot about the ship the "Beaufort Explorer" and her maiden voyage down the Mackenzie River. There are other news items about Jean Chretien in English.
Coot, Captain Phil
Meeting
Agenda Items
Discussions
Reports
Pipeline Meeting
Industrial Development
Northern Games
Game Ordinance
Resolution
Future Role of COPE
Labrador Services
Annex Satellite
Constitution
CBC Radio
More Indigenous CBC Content
More Indigenous CBC Freelancers
Larger Budget CBC
Senator Wally Firth
Television
Affordability
Radio Station
Funding
Indigenous Cultural Input
Receiving Stations
Annex Resolution Motion
A COPE meeting was already in progress where discussions started with the agenda items and the progresion of the meeting. Meetings discussions were about annex satelites, providing services to northern communties, providing more Indigenous radio content, more Indigenous CBC freelancers, larger CBC budget, and support from Senator Wally Firth, and more. Not all meeting participants were identifiable from the audio.
Jackall, Joe (sp),
Elijah
Semmler, Agnes
Curley, Tagak
Peter
Cournoyea, Nellie
Jerry
James
Interview
Politics
Interview with Hardy Rheaume, a politician. The second part of the tape consists of Nellie Cournoyea taking a phone request. RecoHardy Rheaumerded in English.
Rheaume, Hardy
Unidentified Interviewee
Banks Island Residents and Trappers Object to Oil and Gas Exploration
Banks Island Report
Regional News
Oil and Gas Exploration
Objection
Wildlife
Inuvialuit Lifestyle
Land
CBC host Brian Cusins reads the report about oil exploration on Banks Island and the residents and trappers objection to such exploration.
Cusins, Brian
Billy Day Hosts A Native Voice and William Kuptana’s Old Time Story
Clothing
Shoes
Shaman doctors
Bow
Animals
Maul
A Native Voice Host, Billy Day encourages people to tell their old time stories and airs Ikaahuk Elder William Kuptana’s story about how people lived along ago.
Day, Billy
Kuptana, William
Goose, Louie
News with Edward Lennie then Drum Dancing Interview with Billy Day
Stortytelling
Local and Regional News
Youth
Drum Dancing
Elders
Performances
Travel
Teaching
Host of A Native Voice Edward Lennie provides local and regional news then interviews Billy Day on when he and other Elders first started teaching drum dancing, then traveling, and performing drum dances.
Lennie, Edward
News with Edward Lennie then Employment Interview with Billy Day
Beaufort Sea Oil Blasting
Fish and Beluga killed
Foster Care
Adoption
Translator
Greetings
Trappers
Compensation
Host of A Native Voice Edward Lennie provides local and regional news then interviews with Billy Day about his employment and with foster care and or the adoption process as well as his first jobs when Inuvik first started up.
Northern Games Indigenous Drumming Performances
Music
Drumming
Singing
Northern Games performers singing and drumming by the Delta dancers, the Point Barrow team, and the Katyaaq (Tschigehchic) and Fort Good Hope Drummers.
Delta dancers, the Point Barrow Team, and the Katyaaq (Tschigehchic) and Fort Good Hope Drummers
Dene
Various Elders Greetings and ITC Landclaims Work
Family
Friends
ITC Report
Land Claims work
Elders Sarah Kuptana, William Kuptana, Robert Kuptana, Kitty Roland, and Emma Dick speak to and send greetings to family and friends. James Ruben and Gideon Ruben report about ITC and Landclaims work in Inuvialuktun and English.
Kuptana, Sarah
Kuptana, Robert
Roland, Kitty
Ruben, James
Ruben, Gideon
Dick, Emma
Elders Speak to Family and Friends and Send Greetings
Elders speak to family and friends and send greetings on the Native Language Program
Steffanson, Mabel
Harry, Martha
Rogers, Ida
Ruben, Bertha
Dick, Sam
Dick, Margaret
Travels
Various People
Death
Genealogy
Homes
Icehouse
Store
Trading
Staples
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.
The Beggar Who Found The Ruler’s Daughter Part 1 by Donald Kaglik
Legend
Beggar
Ruler
Daughter
Donald Kaglik is telling the Legend of The Beggar Who Found The Ruler’s Daughter, part 1, which is then told in English by host of the A Long Time Ago program host, Louie Goose. To be continued.
Donald Ir̂ituagayuk Sakiitualuq Kuvlualuk Kaglik
The Beggar Who Found The Ruler’s Daughter Part 2 by Donald Kaglik
Donald Kaglik is telling the Legend of The Beggar Who Found The Ruler’s Daughter, part 2, which is then told in English by host of the A Long Time Ago program host, Louie Goose. To be continued.
The Beggar Who Found The Ruler’s Daughter Part 4 by Donald Kaglik
Hero
Donald Kaglik is telling the Legend of The Beggar Who Found The Ruler’s Daughter, final part 4, which is then told in English by host of the A Long Time Ago program host, Louie Goose.
Northern Games Indigenous Music Performances
Fiddling
Northern Games performers singing by the Whitehorse dancers, Eastern Arctic and Point Barrow Utqiarvik dancers
Whitehorse dancers
Eastern Arctic dancers
Point Barrow dancers
First Nations
Inuit