Digital images
Portrait photographs
Gordon, Tommy
Transport
Patients
A photo of Tommy Gordon from the Reindeer Air Service transporting a patient from Old Crow.
Hunt, David E., 1925-
Clothing and dress
Dog teams
A photo of two men setting up camp on the trap line.
This photo collection was used during the interviews of the Aulavik Oral History Project to get the names of people previously not identified. The complete collection was originally obtained from Mrs Susie Sydney (formerly Mrs Susie Wolki) by Peter J. Usher (Northern Science Research Group, Indian Affairs and Northern Development) in 1968 to be held at Library and Archives Canada (then called Public Archives of Canada).
Physical collection housed at Library and Archives Canada.
Schooners
Tents
Teachers' workshops
A photo of a man presenting at the Aklavik Trapping Workshop.
Wolki, Susie
A photo of Susie Wolki travelling by dog team.
Esau, Peter
Upian, Joe
Peter Esau and Joe Upian travelling by dog sled team in a storm.
This photo collection was used during the interviews of the Aulavik Oral History Project to get the names of people previously not identified.
Physical collection housed at the NWT Archives.
Amos, Michael (Nasuk)
A photo of Michael (Nasuk) Amos travelling inland by dogsled team.
Boats
Cockney, Bob
Avilurtuq, Walter
Sgt. Mackuson
Const. McKensie
A photo of Bob Cockney (far left), Walter Avilurtuq (B. Cockney's son), Sgt. Mackuson, Const. McKensie (?) standing on a boat.
Hunting
Wolki, Roy
A photo of Susie and Roy Wolki travelling on the trap line in spring.
The image shows Peter Esau travelling down Sandhill River on RCMP patrol to Holman Island.
A photo of two men travelling to Sachs Harbour by dogsled team.
Travelling with his Dog Team by Michael Amos
Storytelling
1944
Various Families
Travel
Seals
Snow House
Dog Team
Travel Challenges
Frozen
Close Call
Michael Amos is storytelling about when he was travelling on the land with his dog team, and the challenges he over came, until he made it back home safely on the A Long Time Ago program hosted by John Holman.
Amos, Michael
Holman, John
Inuvialuktun
English
Travelling with Parents Winter and Summer by Bessie Lennie
Travels
Family
Christmas
Easter
Caribou
Hiking
Packing
Dogs
Camping
Traditional Food
Food Cache
Relatives
Fishing
Animals
Trading Post
Staples
Sail Boating
Money
Children
Sinew
Changes
Bessie Lennie is telling a stories about her family and the way they lived long ago with her family and older sister's family, the Kuptanas, of their travels, of when caribou was hunted for food, for caribou skins, for sinew, of when they were hiking and backpacking home, and or when her dad and her brother in law Kuptana would sail boat to the trading post and come back with staples for the family, and more.
Lennie, Bessie
Inuinnaqtun
Travels and Adventures in the Arctic by Raddi Koiksak
Hudson Bay Store
Snowhouse
Afraid
Praying
Staple Food
Whitemen
Snaring
1931
Piffi
Trapping
Lifestyle
Shot
John Holman, host of the A Long Time Ago program, airs Raddi Koiksak who is storytelling about his travels and adventures in the Arctic.
Koiksak, Raddi
Travels and Life Stories by Buster Kailek
Hudson Bay
Semmlers
Polar Bear
Death
Storekeeper
Wolves
Homes
Various People
Dryfish
Drymeat
Foxes
1.5 Horse Kicker
Ptarmigans
Rabbits
Cached Food
Buster Kailek is storytelling about their travels including traveling to Tuktoyaktuk getting supplies at the Hudson Bay, and the many schooners that were there, of their traveling challenges, of a child’s death, of hunting and trapping, of their harvests, of building a house for Semmler, of making drymeat and dryfish, of wolves, of various people, of the seemingly fast 1.5 horsepower kicker when they first came out, of the good busy lifestyle long ago, and more.
Kailek, Buster
Polar Bears
Wildlife Officers
Regulations
Sewing
Clothing
Water Fowl
Ships
Transportation
Egg Gathering
Gatherings
Dancing
House
Relations
Police
Illness
Deaths
Mary Kailek is storytelling of her many travels, of various people, of the types of animals harvested, of her concerns of the new wildlife officer’s regulations and governance during that era, clothing and other items made from animal skins, of faster modern transportation replacing dog teams, of people hunting, of gathering eggs, of the lifestyle changes, of people changing, of when many people would gather together and tell stories and have drum dances, and of people camping in tents, of her mother’s passing, and shares her fond memories and much more. Note: The same audio is repeated around the half way mark.
Kailek, Mary
Travels in the Arctic by Raddi Koiksak Final Part 4
Culture
1922
1923
Nomadic
Trading
Log Houses
Host of the A Long Time Ago program, Louie Goose airs Raddi Koiksak storytelling about his travels in the Arctic in the summer of 1922 to 1923. Final, part 4.
Goose, Louie
Le Meur, Father Robert
Travels in the Arctic by Raddi Koiksak Part 1
Sailing
Storm
Host of the A Long Time Ago program, Louie Goose airs Raddi Koiksak storytelling about his travels in the Arctic in the summer of 1922 to 1923.. Part 1. To be continued.
Travels in the Arctic by Raddi Koiksak Part 2
Qulliq (Stone Lamp)
Storms
Trading Ships
Accidental Death
Cold Tents
Wildlife
Host of the A Long Time Ago program, Louie Goose airs Raddi Koiksak storytelling about his travels in the Arctic in the summer of 1922 to 1923.. Part 2. To be continued.
Travels in the Arctic by Raddi Koiksak Part 3
Host of the A Long Time Ago program, Louie Goose airs Raddi Koiksak storytelling about his travels in the Arctic in the summer of 1922 to 1923.. Part 3. To be continued.
Travels in the North with the Inuvialuit by Pascal Baptiste
Language
Pascal Baptiste is telling a story of his experiences of travelling with the Inuvialuit in English to CHAK radio host Louie Goose on the A Long Time Ago program. Then the second half of the program is Baptiste telling another story in Gwich’in.
Baptiste, Pascal
Oral tradition
Radio
Stories
Charlie Smith is telling the legend of the Trek Eastward, in Iñupiatun then in English
Smith, Charlie
Extine, Brice
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
Committee for Original Peoples Entitlement (COPE)
Iñupiatun
Simon, Isaac
Lester, Lazarus
Kunuk, Roger
Buildings
The image shows a few men standing in front of a building in the winter. Left to Right: Isaac Simon, Lazarus Lester, Roger Kunuk Credit: Martha Harry
Inglangasuk, Lennie
Allen, Betty
Allen, Ivy
Allen, Mabel
A photo of Betty, Ivy, and Mabel Allen standing on a roadway.