Frank Uvvayuaq Cockney Life Stories Part 29
subject: Storytelling
subject: Traditional Knowledge
subject: Lifestyle
subject: Alcohol
subject: Land Claims
subject: Oil Companies
subject: Canadian Arctic Gas
subject: Meetings
subject: Government
subject: Committee for Original People's Entitlement (COPE)
subject: Training
subject: Advice
description: 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.
creator: Cockney, Frank Uvvayuaq
date: February 1977
language: Inuvialuktun
language: Iñupiatun
type: Audio

Frank Uvvayuaq Cockney Life Stories Part 30
subject: Storytelling
subject: Employment
subject: Wages
subject: Oil Company
subject: Base Camp
subject: Rig 3
subject: Road Construction
subject: Heavy Equipment
description: 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.
creator: Cockney, Frank Uvvayuaq
date: February 1977
language: Inuvialuktun
language: Iñupiatun
type: Audio

Frank Uvvayuaq Cockney Life Stories Part 31 and Part 32
subject: Storytelling
subject: Employment
subject: Camp Attendant
subject: Base Camp
subject: Holiday
subject: Can Mar
subject: Explorer 1
subject: Explorer 2
description: 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.
creator: Cockney, Frank Uvvayuaq
date: February 1977
language: Inuvialuktun
language: Iñupiatun
type: Audio

Frank Uvvayuaq Cockney Life Stories Part 33 and Part 34
subject: Storytelling
subject: Various Families
subject: Houses
subject: Oil Companies
subject: Money
subject: 1968
subject: 1969
subject: Can Mar
subject: Employment
subject: Shift Work
subject: Wages
subject: Wolves
subject: Skidoos
subject: Seismic
subject: Base Camp
description: 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.
creator: Cockney, Frank Uvvayuaq
date: 1977
language: Inuvialuktun
language: Iñupiatun
type: Audio

Frank Uvvayuaq Cockney Life Stories Part 35 and Final Part 36
subject: Storytelling
subject: Base Camp
subject: Shift Work
subject: Holidays
subject: Camp Attendant
subject: 1967
subject: 1973
subject: Employment
subject: Wages
subject: Business
subject: Caucasian
subject: Traditional Knowledge
subject: Dewline
subject: Land Claims
subject: Government
subject: Heavy Equipment
subject: 1956
subject: Field Work
subject: Pipelines
subject: 1959
subject: 1960
subject: Trapping
subject: Hunting
subject: Advice
subject: Sharing
subject: Giving
description: 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.
creator: Cockney, Frank Uvvayuaq
date: 1977
language: Inuvialuktun
language: Iñupiatun
type: Audio

My Life as a Young Boy by William Kuptana
subject: Storytelling
subject: Hunting
subject: Fishing
subject: Hiking
subject: Traditional Lifestyle
subject: Hunting and Fishing Tools
subject: Clothing
subject: Shelters
subject: Heating
subject: Traditional Food
subject: Dogs
subject: Kayak boat
subject: Animal Uses
subject: Food Preservation
subject: Nomadic
description: William Kuptana is storytelling of when he started remembering when he was a young boy of how they lived long ago prior to Caucasians arriving, of when they lived a totally traditional lifestyle and describes their hunting and fishing methods prior to fishnets, their hunting and fishing tools that were made, the challenges and hardships of hunting caribou wtih bows and arrows prior to the modern guns, of homeade canoes, of the women’s and men’s roles in hunting caribou, of the traditional shelters and clothing made, of the uses of the animals for clothing, blankets, heat, shelter, and food for themselves and for the dogs, of the traditional food prepared and dried and also used when hiking, and ends with a story about a very good hunter named Kullaq.
creator: Kuptana, William
date: [197-?]
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Traditional Hunting Lifestyle and Tough Survival Stories by William Kuptana
subject: Storytelling
subject: Hunting
subject: Kullaq
subject: Dogs
subject: Hunting Methods
subject: Kangiryuarmiut
subject: Suffering Hardships
subject: Seal skin bag (thermos skin bottles)
subject: Traditional Food and Drinks
subject: Animal Uses
subject: Food Storage
subject: Food Preparation
subject: Qilliq (Lamp)
subject: Fire
subject: Heating
description: William Kuptana is storytelling about Kullaq, the very good polar bear hunter, of the first people, the Kangiryuarmiut, that started going to Ikaahuk (Sachs Harbour), Banksland, of the (Eastern Inuit) Qangmalit old timers who called it "Ikaahuk" (Sachs Harbour) prior to arrival of the Europeans who named it Banksland, of the how the hunters hunted muskoxen long ago with bows and arrows and spears, of making drymeat with it, of making a fire by rubbing flint rocks together to create a spark and using Innangniq/arctic cotton and cooking their meals over the fire, of the suffering from cold sometime if their was no seal oil for their qulliq (lamp) that he describes what is needed to light and use, of food shortage until they can get some, of food caches, seal oil storage, animal uses, or clothing shortage that he witnessed when he was growing up, of surviving during the tough way of life, of caribou hunting for clothing and making dry meat, and of the traditional food and drinks.
creator: Kuptana, William
date: [197-?]
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Family Members and Hunting Stories by William Kuptana Part 1
subject: Storytelling
subject: Family
subject: Relations
subject: Siblings
subject: Inuvialuktun Names
subject: Adopted
subject: Deaths
subject: Hunting
subject: Animals
subject: Hunting Weapons
subject: Survival
subject: Dogs
description: William Kuptana is storytelling about his parents and siblings, who only had Inuvialuit names since they all passed away prior to the arrival of Europeans, and mentions that David Roland having his father’s Inuvialuktun name, , of learning how to hunt from other hunters like his uncle, and shares caribou, polar bear, brown bear, and seal hunting stories, and hunting was with only homemade hunting tools prior to contact with Caucasian people. Part 1. To be continued.
creator: Kuptana, William
date: [197-?]
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Family Members and Hunting Stories by William Kuptana Final Part 2
subject: Storytelling
subject: Relations
subject: Hunting
subject: Animals
subject: Dogs
subject: Traditional Hunting Methods
subject: Traditional Hunting Tools
subject: Weapons
description: William Kuptana is continuing the hunting stories with the polar bear and seal hunting with traditional hunting methods and homemade hunting tools and weapons, prior to Whiteman contact. Note: Story stops abruptly.
creator: Kuptana, William
date: [197-?]
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Old Timer’s Stories of Killings and Murders by William Kuptana
subject: Storytelling
subject: Murders
subject: Fighting
subject: Kangiryuarmiut
subject: Shamanism
subject: Brothers
subject: Bows and Arrows
subject: Stabbings
subject: Lifestyle
subject: Weapons
subject: Hunting
subject: Animals
subject: Food
subject: Puiblirmiut tribe
subject: Kangiryuarmiut tribe
subject: Insanity
subject: Hex
subject: Relatives
description: William Kuptana is telling stories that he heard from his grandfather and his parents as well as telling stories of what he also witnessed when he was young. Stories of dangerous men killing each other when warring and fighting over women, of physical fitness and strength being very important in winning in battles of one or more opponents, of people killing each other and wasting time warring with each other rather than using that time for hunting, when warring with handcarved bows and arrow and knives prior to contact with White people. William also talks of how their arrow weapons were made, and of how people used shamans long ago.
creator: Kuptana, William
date: [197-?]
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

William Kuptana’s Life Stories then Interview of Lifestyle Long Ago
subject: Storytelling
subject: Interview
subject: Lifestyle Long Ago
subject: Gathering
subject: Caribou Skin Clothing
subject: Seal Oil
subject: Sewing Needles
subject: Traditional Hunting Methods
subject: Inukshuit
subject: Bows and Arrows
subject: Women’s Hunting Roles
subject: Traditional Fishing Methods
subject: Traditional Food
subject: Traditional Shelter Homes
subject: Adopted
subject: Baptised
subject: Steffansson’s Expedition
subject: Travels
subject: Illness
subject: Pneumonia
subject: Tuberculosis
subject: Death
subject: Family
subject: Trapping
subject: Whitemen
subject: Trade
subject: Animals
description: Inuvialuktun host, Ishmael Suuyuq Alunik, introduces William Kuptana who is storytelling about his lifestyle when he was a young man, of when Inuvialuit gathered together including their traditional hunting and fishing methods prior to Whiteman contact, of the first Caucasian whom he met who was Steffansson, who came north with the Expedition, then William begins working and travelling with Steffansson and mentions how he was paid, and much more. William was then interviewed by his daughter Rosemary Kuptana about how they lived long ago, hunting, fishing, about their shelters, and more of his lifestyle prior to contact with White people.
creator: Kuptana, William
creator: Kuptana, Rosemary
creator: Alunik, Ishmael
date: [197-?]
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Lifestyle Long Ago Interview with Elder William Kuptana
subject: Storytelling
subject: Interview
subject: Lifestyle
subject: Hunting
subject: Hiking
subject: Traditional Hunting Methods
subject: Seasonal Camps
subject: Inukshuit
subject: Handcrafted Traditional Hunting and Fishing Tools
subject: Traditional Fishing Methods
subject: Traditional Food
subject: Traditional Shelter Homes
subject: Dogs
subject: Animals
subject: Food Storage
subject: Seals
subject: Polar Bears
subject: Water Fowl
description: William Kuptana is interviewed by his daughter Rosemary Kuptana about how he and others lived long ago when he was younger, about their hunting and fishing methods, about their traditional hunting and fishing handcrafted tools, about their shelters, of when he also hunted prior to guns and fishnets, and much more regarding their lifestyle prior to contact with White people. Note: The beginning part of the story is repeated from he previous lifestyle interview and after the interview around the last minute mark is a muffled interview with an unidentified woman.
creator: Kuptana, William
creator: Kuptana, Rosemary
date: [197-]
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Memories of Childhood Interview with Bessie Lennie Part 1
subject: Storytelling
subject: Interview
subject: Lifestyle
subject: Hunting
subject: Traveling
subject: Hiking
subject: Animals
subject: Arranged Marriage
subject: Family
subject: Birthday
subject: Parents
subject: Siblings
subject: Memories
subject: Traditional Knowledge
subject: Traditional Tools
subject: Games
subject: Traditional Food
subject: Food Caches
subject: Dog Teams
subject: Visiting
description: Rosemary Kuptana interviews Bessie Lennie about her memories of her lifestyle long ago such as her birth place, age, family, lifestyle including life on the land, of when she first started to remember things as a young child, traditional lifeskills she learned how to do, tools they used, places they traveled, games they played, things she really enjoyed doing, things that scared her, and some life threatening experiences, and much more. To be continued.
creator: Lennie, Bessie
creator: Kuptana, Rosemary
date: [197-?]
language: Inuinnaqtun
type: Audio

Memories of Childhood Interview with Bessie Lennie Part 1 Continued
subject: Storytelling
subject: Interview
subject: Lifestyle
subject: Dogs
subject: Travels
subject: Hard Times
subject: Food Shortage
subject: Hunting
subject: Dog Feed
subject: Survival
description: Rosemary Kuptana is completing the interview with Bessie Lennie about her memories of her lifestyle long ago when as living off off the land when she and her husband were returning and traveling back home while running short of food including running short of dogfeed.
creator: Lennie, Bessie
creator: Kuptana, Rosemary
date: [197-?]
language: Inuinnaqtun
type: Audio

Adult Memories and Lifestyles Past and Present Interview with Bessie Lennie
subject: Storytelling
subject: Interview
subject: Lifestyle Changes
subject: Education
subject: Transportation
subject: Family
subject: Hunting
subject: Trapping
subject: Working
subject: Parenting
subject: Travel
subject: Children
subject: Death
subject: Inuinnaqtun
subject: Disrespectful
subject: Wasteful
subject: Church
subject: Clothing
subject: Laziness
description: 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.
creator: Lennie, Bessie
creator: Kuptana, Rosemary
date: [197-?]
language: Inuinnaqtun
type: Audio

Travelling with Parents Winter and Summer by Bessie Lennie
subject: Storytelling
subject: Travels
subject: Family
subject: Hunting
subject: Christmas
subject: Easter
subject: Caribou
subject: Hiking
subject: Packing
subject: Dogs
subject: Camping
subject: Traditional Food
subject: Food Cache
subject: Relatives
subject: Fishing
subject: Animals
subject: Trading Post
subject: Staples
subject: Sail Boating
subject: Money
subject: Children
subject: Sinew
subject: Changes
description: 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.
creator: Lennie, Bessie
date: [197-?]
language: Inuinnaqtun
type: Audio

First Time to Banks Island by Bessie Lennie
subject: Storytelling
subject: Travels
subject: Family
subject: Hunting
subject: Relatives
subject: Various People
subject: Easter
subject: Caribou
subject: Seals
subject: Drymeat
subject: Bow and Arrows
subject: Fishing
subject: Caribou Fat
subject: Oil Lamps
subject: Dogs
subject: Christmas
subject: Igloos
subject: Staples
subject: Traditional Clothing
subject: Food Caches
subject: Bears
subject: Beluga Whales
subject: Trading
subject: Sharing
subject: Traditional Food
subject: Police Visits
description: Bessie Lennie is storytelling of when they first went to Ikaahuk, Banks Island when she was a young girl, of their’s and other’s travels for hunting, fishing, Easter, Christmas, of sharing and trading with visitors, of the traditional clothing made, of the police patrols, of being careful to try and make supplies last for a long time, and much more.
creator: Lennie, Bessie
date: [197-?]
language: Inuinnaqtun
type: Audio

Younger Days on Banks Island by Bessie Lennie
subject: Storytelling
subject: Hunting
subject: Travels
subject: Visitors
subject: Caribou Hunting
subject: Police Patrol
subject: Trading
subject: Sharing
subject: Traditional Food
subject: Christmas
subject: Coal
subject: Pups
subject: Marriage
subject: Child
subject: Relatives
subject: Seal Hunting
subject: Fishing
subject: Supplies
subject: Hiking
subject: Drymeat
subject: D.O.T. (Department of Transport)
subject: Staples
subject: Dogs Teams
subject: Ships
subject: Supply Ships
subject: Employment
subject: Scow Boat
subject: Igloo - Tent Homes
description: Bessie Lennie is continuing her stories of when they lived on Banks Island with her relatives and with her husband and their one child, of their travels during summer and or winter, of other’s visiting and traveling with their ships, of hunting, fishing, and visiting family, of her husband working for the Supply Ship, of when the Department of Transportation was set up in Sachs Harbour, their winter homes, and much more. Note: The initial part of the storytelling is repeated from the previous story.
creator: Lennie, Bessie
date: [197-?]
language: Inuinnaqtun
type: Audio

Living in Glenale [Glenelg Bay?], Victoria Island, Northwest Territories
subject: Storytelling
subject: Travels
subject: Exploring
subject: Hunting
subject: Caribou
subject: Seals
subject: Ptarmigans
subject: Foxes
subject: Polar Bears
subject: Stone homes
subject: Mail Plane
subject: Dog
subject: Homemade Scow
subject: Box Traps
subject: Old Campsites
subject: Old Graves
subject: Homemade Sleds
description: Bessie Lennie is telling stories of how she loved traveling around with her husband such as when they chartered a plane to Glenale, Victoria Island and lived alone there until their friends, the Inuktaliks, joined them later. She also talks of how they would walk and explore around the cliffs and saw old campsites, old graves, traps, and homes made from rocks like the igloos they made, about the abundance of wildlife that their husbands hunted therfore, she and Kanayuk were always very busy fleshing and working with the meat and hides of the animals their husbands brought home from their hunts, of sending caribou back to Ulukhaktok since their was food shortage and people were hungry there, and more.
creator: Lennie, Bessie
date: [197-?]
language: Inuinnaqtun
type: Audio

Raven Creation Story then Her Father Makes a Boat by Agnes Nanogak
subject: Storytelling
subject: Legend
subject: Raven
subject: Land
subject: Sea
subject: Ice
subject: Sky
subject: Animals
subject: Humans
subject: Creation
subject: Vegetation
subject: Food
subject: Handcrafted Kayak Boat
subject: Sealskin
subject: Father
subject: Mother
description: Agnes Nanogak is telling a legend of a raven creation story similar to the bible creation story. it’s a story that was passed on to her from her father who came from, Alaska, years ago. Ningarsiq and other fellow Alaskans would also share their stories for many evenings. Agnes then tells another story of when and how her dad made a homemade boat including when her mother sewed seal skins together for the boat.
creator: Nanogak, Agnes
date: [197-?]
language: Inuinnaqtun
type: Audio

Stories of My Family by Agnes Nanogak
subject: Storytelling
subject: Parents
subject: Hunting
subject: Travels
subject: Hudson Bay Trading Ship
subject: Frozen
subject: Ice
subject: Dogs
subject: Kayak
subject: Boat
subject: Family
subject: Bears
subject: Trapping
subject: Survival
subject: Seals
subject: Trading Post
subject: Fishing
subject: Various Families
subject: Black Coal
subject: Canalaska Trading Post
description: Agnes Nanogak is storytelling of some of she and her family’s many travels, of living in various places, and of of some of their experiences such as when her father fell in water and nearly froze to death, of when he made his own kayak boat with wood and sealskins, of being a good provider and hunter, of when he purchased a boat from the Hudson Bay Company supply ship, and more.
creator: Nanogak, Agnes
date: [197-?]
language: Inuinnaqtun
type: Audio

Three Stories by Agnes Nanogak
subject: Storytelling
subject: Legends
subject: Singing
subject: Traveling
subject: Fishing
subject: Loche
subject: Hunting
subject: Wives
subject: Caribou
subject: Animals
subject: Traditional Food
subject: Food Preparation
subject: Clothing
description: Agnes Nanogak is telling three stories. The first story is about two siblings who lost their parents and are living alone, followed by another story of man traveling on the river and fishing and is baffled because he keeps hearing a voice singing a song, and the final story is about the people of the river including the man with two wives traveling along the river, camping, fishing and hunting caribou for food and clothing, and more.
creator: Nanogak, Agnes
date: July 22, 1976
language: Inuinnaqtun
type: Audio

Legends and Stories by Agnes Nanogak
subject: Stories
subject: Legends
subject: Singing
subject: Copper
subject: Traveling
subject: Hunting
subject: Animals
description: Agnes Nanogak is telling stories and legends about Qayauyani of how copper came to the land, about a couple who packed up their gear as they prepared to go on a long hike up inland, a story about an old couple, about noisy children during seal hunting, and about a man called Qayaktaurungniktuk who could not land or set foot back on the ground.
creator: Nanogak, Agnes
date: [197-?]
language: Inuinnaqtun
type: Audio

More Legends and Stories by Agnes Naogak
subject: Stories
subject: Legends
subject: Seagulls
subject: Hunting
subject: Fishing
subject: Animals
subject: Historic Places
subject: Old Houses
subject: Excavations
subject: Old Tools
subject: Beddings
subject: Knives
subject: Spears
subject: Harpoons
subject: Bone Tools
subject: Bone Dishes
subject: Grandmother
subject: Grandson
subject: Snaring
subject: Bow and Arrow
subject: Clothing
subject: Survival
description: Agnes Nanogak is telling more legends and stories about seagulls, about Arctic Char Fishing and Seal Hunting, about some old historic places that were found that were quite deep in the ground and the old houses were excavated where old tools, mostly made out of bones, such as old knives, spears, harpoons, and beddings were found including dishes that people had long ago were also made of bones. Agnes tells the last story about a grandmother who is providing for her grandson and then he begins to help his grandmother when they are surviving off the land and animals.
creator: Nanogak, Agnes
date: [197-?]
language: Inuinnaqtun
type: Audio

Old Time Life Stories and Drum Songs with Frank Kuptana
subject: Storytelling
subject: Singing
subject: Sewing
subject: Mother
subject: Clothing
subject: Travels
subject: Homes
subject: Drum Dancing
subject: Drum Singing
subject: Animals
subject: Seals
subject: Traditional Food
subject: Fishing
subject: Caribou
subject: Hunting
subject: Drymeat
subject: Drum Dances
subject: Polar Bears
subject: Dogs
subject: Marriage
description: Frank Kuptana is storytelling from when he started remembering when he was young of his way of life and culture long ago of their travels, of traditional hunting methods, fishing, of traditional clothing, of traditional food, of the fun drum dances, followed by Frank drumming and singing.
creator: Kuptana, Frank
date: [197-?]
language: Inuinnaqtun
type: Audio