Elder
Storytelling
Family
Elder’s Advice
Aunt
Wisdom
Akłarvik Elder Alex Aalaak Irish is speaking and mentions that he’ll visit his aunty Kitty Kuutuuq Rolland in Inuvik and shares his dad Irish Kiuruga’s teaching of never to be angry at people and to look after the poor and or orphans, etc.
Irish, Alex Aalaak
Iñupiatun
Leaders
Hunting
Food
Ice House
Travel
Dog Teams
Wildlife
Search
Death
Hudson Bay Store
Store Keeper
Waterproof Shoes
Berrypicking
Food Preservation
Wood
Ice blocks
Trapping
Fur Clothing
Inuvialuktun
Various Families
Christmas Gathering
Nunataarmiut
Drumming and Dancing
Races
Competitive Games
Easter
Fishing
Log House Building
Whitemen Visitors
Elder Johnny Ruben is storytelling about how Inuvialuit people lived long ago, always busy preparing for hunting and fishing, and preserving food to last for the year, Christmas gatherings, and more.
Ruben, Johnny
Elder Madeline Smith Send Greetings and Speak to Family and Friends
Greetings
Friends
Elders Advice
Inuvik Elder Madeline Smith send greetings and speak to family and friends in Alaska and Canada.
Smith, Madeline
Elder Ralph Kimiksana’s Stories of Way of Life Long Ago
Whaling
Sharing
Qulliq
Traditional Education
Food Gathering & Preparation
Homes
Fur Trade
Dry goods
Work Wages Economy
Waterfowl
A Long Time Ago host Ishmael Alunik airs Elder Ralph Kimiksana is storytelling about the traditional life long ago when he was younger. Ralph also talks about how people would help each other long ago without expecting payment unlike today.
Kimiksana, Ralph
Alunik, Ishmael
Elder’s Christmas and New Year’s Greetings from Inuvik
Messages
Faith
Various Elders send Christmas and New Years Greetings from Inuvik, N.T.
Simon, Alice
Allen, Rhoda
Chicksi, Rebecca
Allen, Elijah
Simon, Sadie
Tingmiak, Sarah
Dick, Emma
Elders
Muskrat Jamboree
Inuvik
2001
Tea Boiling
Photo of two elders at the Muskrat Jamboree events site, 2001.
Inuvialuit Elders
Northern Games
Tuk Summer Games
1974
Tuktoyaktuk
Two elderly ladies watch on at Northern Games events in Tuktoyaktuk 1974
Elders Betty Cockney, Ida Aleekuk, Ruth Alunik, and Peter Thrasher Send Greetings and Speak to Family and Friends
Community activities
Elders Betty Cockney, Ida Aleekuk, Ruth Alunik, and Peter Thrasher Send Greetings and Speak to Family and Friends on the Saturday Inuit Show.
Cockney, Betty
Aleekuk, Ida
Alunik, Ruth
Thrasher, Peter
Elders Donald Kaglik and Felix Nuyaviak Old Time Stories
Ring
Eskimo Icecream
Measles
Flu
Snow House
Oil Lamp
Native Language Programming airs Donald Ir̂ituagayuk Sakiitualuq Kuvlualuk Kaglik and Felix Nuyaviak telling short old time stories. Donald is telling a comical story about the lost ring and Felix is is reminscing about how the many people of Kitigaaryuit lived long ago in Kitigaaryuit, about the many Elders, the whaling, the trapping, measles and flu, the snow houses, and the oil lamps, etc.
Kaglik, Donald Ir̂ituagayuk Sakiitualuq Kuvlualuk
Nuyaviak, Felix
Elders Donald Kaglik, Ida Aleekuk, and Peter Thrasher Stories and or Greetings
Stories
Children
Parenting
Respecting Parents and Elders
Traditional Teachings
Modern Education
Outside Negative Influences
Childrearing
Community Activities
Native Language Programming airs Donald Kaglik, Ida Aleekuk, and Peter Thrasher telling stories and or sending greetings. Donald is speaking about the negative changes he saw after returning from school such as children disprecting parents and Elders, loss of cultural and traditional parental teachings due to being replaced by modern White education, etc. Peter sends greetings and shares some community activities and Ida speaks to family and friends and sends greetings.
Kaglik, Donald
Elders Drumming at Tuk Summer Games (Northern Games)
Drum Dance
Elders drumming with traditional caribou-skin drums on stage at Tuk Summer Games (Northern Games)
Elders Edith Hoagak, Elmira Soupay, Rosie Peeloolook, and Ishmael Alunik Send Greetings
Elders Edith Hoagak, Elmira Soupay, Rosie Peeloolook, and Ishmael Alunik Send Greetings and Speak to Family and Friends on the Inuit Program.
Hoagak, Edith
Soupay, Elmira
Peeloolook, Rosie
Inuinnaqtun
Elders Elders M. Kalinek, Agnes Kayotuk, Almira Soupay, Mark Noksana, Dora Malegana, and Jane Esau speak to and send greetings to family and friends on The People Speak Inuit.
God
Land Claims
Bible
Elders M. Kalinek, Agnes Kayotuk, Almira Soupay, Mark Noksana, Dora Malegana, and Jane Esau speak to and send greetings to family and friends.
Kalinek, M.
Kayotuk, Agnes
Soupay, Almira
Noksana, Mark
Malegana, Dora
Esau, Jane
English
Elders Greetings and Northern Games Update with Edward Lennie
Kenneth Peeloolook, Raddi Kowichuk, and Sam Raddi speak to and send greetings to family and friends then Edward Lennie gives a northern games update.
Peeloolook, Kenneth
Kowichuk, Raddi
Raddi, Sam
Lennie, Edward
Elders Greetings from Nora Ruben, Elijah Allen, and Martha Harry
Elders Nora Ruben, Elijah Allen, and Martha Harry speak to and send greetings to family and friends on the CHAK radio program.
Ruben, Nora
Harry, Martha
Elders Greetings, National Meeting Report, and an Old Time Story
Natural Gas Pipeline
Highway
Dewline
Caribou Hunting
Traditional Food
Traditional Hunting and Fishing Tools and Methods
Snaring
Way of Life
Meetings
Elders Wisdom
Elders AliceThrasher, Ruth Alunik, and Kenneth Peeloolook are speaking to and sending greetings to family and friends and Kenneth is also telling stories about how Inuvialuit people lived long ago, as early as 1902 and 1917. Emma Dick is also reporting about the issues and concerns discussed at big meeting that she attended in Thunder Bay, Ontario on the Saturday Inuit show program.
Thrasher, Alice
Elders Ida Aleekuk and Rhoda Allen's Stories From their Younger Days
Inuvialuit
Illness
Hospital
Reindeer Herders
Muskrat Season
Christmas
Government Caribou Lice Study
Traditional food
Laplanders
Wolves
Minister
Long Time Ago Host Ishmael Alunik airs recorded stories told by Inuvik Elders Ida Aleekuk and Rhoda Allen who are sharing stories from their younger days.
Elders Ida Aleekuk, Elmira Soupay, Rebecca Chicksi, Rosie Peeloolook Send Greetings and Speak to Family and Friends
Elders, Ida Aleekuk, Rebecca Chicksi, Rosie Peeloolook, Elmira Soupay, and Sarah Kalinek speak to and send greetings to family and friends in Alaska and Canada on The People Speak.
Kalinek, Sarah
Elders Jane Esau, Elmira Soupay, and Madeline Smith Speak to Friends and Send Greetings
Elders Jane Esau, Elmira Soupay, and Madeline Smith speak to family and friends and send greetings on The Inuit People Speak Program.
Elders Jane Esau, Ida Aleekuk, and Leegee Stewart Speaking and Greetings with host Rosie Albert’s Current Affairs
Current Affairs
Elders Jane Esau (Aviugan), Ida Aleekuk (Nashuqr̂aq), and Leegee Stewart speak to and send New Years Greetings to family, friends and listeners. Inuit Speak host Rosie Albert also informs the listeners about the Inupiaq Post Secondary Education plans in Point Barrow, Alaska and about ITK’s and Cope’s meetings and plans, etc.
Stewart, Leegee
Albert, Rosie
Elders Jean Arey, Simon Bennett, and another Elder Send Greetings
Advice
Elders Jean Arey, Simon Bennett and another Elder speak to and send greetings to family and friends on The Inuit Speak Program.
Arey, Jean
Bennett, Simon
Elders Kenneth Peeloolook and Tommy Kalinek Thoughts on the New Government and the Natural Gas Pipeine then Elder Madeline Smith Sends Greetings
New Government
Animals
Heating
Land Use
Caribou Migration
Land
White People
Bowhead Whalers
Poverty
Employment
Inuvik, N.T. Elders Kenneth Peeloolook and Tommy Kalinek share their thoughts, opinions, and words of wisdom in regards to the new government and the natural gas pipeline followed by Inuvik Elder Madeline Smith sends greetings to friends and family on the Inuit People Speak Program.
Tommy Kalinek, Tommy
Elders Laura and Silas Kangegana Send Greetings
Motor Vehicle Accident
Elders Laura and Silas Kangegana are speaking to family and friends and sending greetings. They also speak about their faith in God’s saving grace and care and Silas tells of his accident.
Kangegana, Laura
Kangegana, Silas
White, Agnes
Thrasher, Annie
Arey, Nellie
Arey, Renie
Stewart, David
Kotokak, Lena
Stobbs, Robyn
Inuvialuit Elders Storytelling Gathering, Inuvik, November 2019
Photographs
Photograph of Agnes White, Annie Thrasher, Nellie Arey, Renie Arey looking at photographs in the Inuvialuit Digital Library during the Inuvialuit Elders Storytelling Gathering, Inuvik, November 2019. David Stewart is pictured standing in the background, Lena Kotokak (left) and Robyn Stobbs (right) pictured sitting in the background.
Kolb, Elizabeth (photographer)
Inuvialuit Cultural Centre Pitquhiit-Pitqusiit
Elders looking at photographs during the Inuvialuit Elders Storytelling Gathering, Inuvik, November 2019.
Carpenter, Margaret
Kuptana, Elizabeth
Amos, Lawrence
Photograph of Agnes White, Margaret Carpenter, Elizabeth Kuptana, Annie Thrasher, Nellie Arey, Renie Arey looking at photographs in the Inuvialuit Digital Library during the Inuvialuit Elders Storytelling Gathering, Inuvik, November 2019. David Stewart (left) and Lawrence Amos (right) are pictured in the background.