Ulukhaktok and Other Memories of Long Ago with Frank Kuptana
Storytelling
Travels
Trapping
Christmas Activities
Father Bruyant
Various People
Seal
Hunting
Qulliq (Traditional Lamp)
Easter Gatherings
Store
Games
Feasting
Westerners
Dogs
Races
Homes
Stepdad
Mom
Orphan
Frank Kuptana is storytelling about his lifestyle long ago, of his travels when he was a young man, of seal hunting, of fishing, of the very few people and houses at Ulukhaktok when he first went there, of the trading post, of Father Bruyant, of Christmas and or Easter Festivities, games, races, and dancing, of the Westerners that came and participated in the races and the festivities, and also shares memories of his stepdad, of church services, and more.
Kuptana, Frank
Inuinnaqtun
Inuit Tarpirisat Canada (ITC)
Robert Kuptana is interviewing Noah Akhiatak from Ulukhatok, N.T. about his opinions regarding a more fair representation with the Western Inuvialuit and the voting process with the I.T.C (Inuit Tapirisat of Canada). Interview is in English and Inuinnaqtun.
Kuptana, Robert
Akhiatak, Noah
English
Inuit Development Corporation (IDC)
Robert Kuptana is interviewing Wallace Goose from Ulukhatok, N.T. about his opinions on how to improve the ITC (Inuit Tapirisat of Canada) election processes and a more fair representation with the Inuvialuit, on the Inuit Development Corporation on the Nunavut proposal. Interview is in English.
Goose, Wallace
Jack Analak and Charlie Avakana interviews and Old Time Stories
Culture
Iniunnaqtun
Education
Healthcare
Hunters and Trappers Committee
Inuit Tapirisat of Canada
Land
Land Claims
Food
Wildlife
Waterfowl
Interview with Jack Alanak on language, culture, and hospital followed by Robert Kuptana speaking with Charlie Avakana who is telling an old time story and interview on language, culture, food, education, land, and land claims, etc.
Alanak, Jack
Avakana, Charlie
Various Elders Greetings and ITC Landclaims Work
Greetings
Family
Friends
Elders
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, William
Roland, Kitty
Ruben, James
Ruben, Gideon
Dick, Emma
Iñupiatun
Inuvialuktun
Elders Sarah Kuptana and Elmira Soupay Send Greetings
Elders Sarah Kuptana and Elmira Soupay speak to family and friends and send greetings on the A Long Time Ago program.
Soupay, Elmira
Various Elders Speak to Family and Friends and Send Greetings
Faith
Various Elders speak to family and friends and send greetings on the People Speak Inuit program.
Smith, Madeline
Tingmiak, Sarah
Kaglik, Donald
Sarah Kuptana’s Stories of her Younger Days, Part 1
Inuit Gathering
Bitten
Eggs
Animals
Drymeat
Siblings
Polar Bear Scare
Relatives
Whitemen
Fishing
Nomadic
Eastern Arctic Inuit
Dancing
Abandonment
Puivlirmiut (Inland People)
God
Jesus
Food Cache
Hunger
Sharing
Illness
Deaths
Marriage
Sarah Kuptana is sharing her first memories of of their travels, of huntng, of their lifestyle, of large Inuit gatherings, of abandonment, illnesses, deaths, and more when she was a young girl, when they lived a nomadic lifestyle. Part 1. To be continued.
Sarah Kuptana’s Stories of her Younger Days, Part 2
Hudson Bay Trading Post
Employment
Ration
Ice Fishing
Fishnet Fishing
Visitors
Christmas
Various Families
Sarah Kuptana continues storytelling about a good life, of the Hudson Bay Store, of her dad’s job, of getting a monthly rashion, of their travels, her parents illnesses, of various families, of fishing, hunting, and her first experiences of what was now Christmas Celebrations, and more. Part 2. To be continued.
Sarah Kuptana’s Stories of her Younger Days, Part 3
Shelters
Dryfish
Traditional Fishing Methods
Stone Houses
Food Abundance
Staple Food
Healthy
Sarah Kuptana shares more memories of her younger days, of a very good life, of so much wildlife, fish, and the occasional staple food from the Hudson Bay, that no one would go hungry, and more, part 3. To be continued.
Sarah Kuptana’s Stories of her Younger Days, Part 4
Death
Dog Deaths
Whiteman Food
Birth
TB (tuberculosis)
Paralyzed
RC (Roman Catholic) Ship
Noah Elias' Boat - Blue Fox
Hospitalized
Prayer
Camsell Hospital
Suffering
Fear
RCMP
Sarah Kuptana continues to share more memories of her younger days of happy times, hard times, fearful times, then suffering with sickness that she did not know was TB (tuberculosis). She shares about how she was eventually transported by boat to finally reach the Aklavik hosptial only to have to leave for the Campsell Hospital in the South, and more. Part 4. To be continued.
Sarah Kuptana’s Stories of her Younger Days, Part 5
Reunited
Travel
Igloos
Easter
Starvation
Hard Times
Caribou
Rich Visitors
Cigarettes
Sarah Kuptana continues to tell more stories of when she was a young woman with her young family, their struggles after she and her husband survive tb (tuberculosis), in trying to re-establish a new life and trying to find their place in a harsh cold environment, and more. Part 5. To be continued.
Sarah Kuptana’s Stories of her Younger Days, Part 6
DOT (Department of Transportation)
Food Shortage
Sarah Kuptana continues her storytelling of when they travelled to Ikahuuk (Sachs Harbour), of the hard times they went through including starvation, of her family gaining employment with the department of transporation, of making a new start in an unfamiliar land, and initially not knowing the hunting areas which made it all that more difficult, and the joy of harvesting caribou, and more. Part 6. To be continued.
Sarah Kuptana’s Stories of her Younger Days, Part 7
Money
Stove heater
House
Alcohol
Government Housing
Poor
Rich
Change
School
Children
Lonely
Airplanes
Ice House
Food Supply
Skidoos
Dogteam
Transportation
Whiteman
Hiking
Flu Sickness
Ptarmigans
Fish Netting
Sarah Kuptana continues her life stories of when she and her family overcame starvation and hard times, finding employment and selling her sewing to make money, and continuing to improve their lifestyle and feeling like a milionaire, such as when acquiring an oil heater in their tent, then adjusting to changes such as moving into a government house, making the switch to modern transportation, from dog teams to skidoos, to airplanes, and then her children leaving for school, and more. Part 7. To be continued.
Sarah Kuptana’s Stories of her Younger Days, Final Part 8
Fun
Learning
Residential School
Plane
Northern Games
Inupiat
Inupiaq Lifestyle
First Nations Church
Sick
Visiting
Skidooing
Sarah Kuptana is completing the final part 8 of this series of stories of her younger days when they first returned to Sachs Harbour, of her children leaving for school, of their travels by plane including a trip to Alaska and learning about the Inupiaq lifestyle and being amazed by their land claims, their self governance, their leadership with Inupiaq staff, and community infrastructure, and more.
My Life as a Young Boy by William Kuptana
Traditional Lifestyle
Hunting and Fishing Tools
Clothing
Heating
Traditional Food
Kayak boat
Animal Uses
Food Preservation
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.
Traditional Hunting Lifestyle and Tough Survival Stories by William Kuptana
Kullaq
Hunting Methods
Kangiryuarmiut
Suffering Hardships
Seal skin bag (thermos skin bottles)
Traditional Food and Drinks
Food Storage
Food Preparation
Qilliq (Lamp)
Fire
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.
Family Members and Hunting Stories by William Kuptana Part 1
Relations
Inuvialuktun Names
Adopted
Hunting Weapons
Survival
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.
Family Members and Hunting Stories by William Kuptana Final Part 2
Traditional Hunting Methods
Traditional Hunting Tools
Weapons
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.
Old Timer’s Stories of Killings and Murders by William Kuptana
Murders
Fighting
Shamanism
Brothers
Bows and Arrows
Stabbings
Lifestyle
Puiblirmiut tribe
Kangiryuarmiut tribe
Insanity
Hex
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.
William Kuptana’s Life Stories then Interview of Lifestyle Long Ago
Interview
Lifestyle Long Ago
Gathering
Caribou Skin Clothing
Seal Oil
Sewing Needles
Inukshuit
Women’s Hunting Roles
Traditional Shelter Homes
Baptised
Steffansson’s Expedition
Pneumonia
Tuberculosis
Trade
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.
Kuptana, Rosemary
Alunik, Ishmael
Lifestyle Long Ago Interview with Elder William Kuptana
Seasonal Camps
Handcrafted Traditional Hunting and Fishing Tools
Seals
Polar Bears
Water Fowl
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.
1970 Beaufort Sea Committee Meeting with Father Le Meur
Beaufort Sea Committee Meeting
Exploration
Drilling
Dome Petroleum
Concerns
Host Ishmael Alunik interviews Father Le Meur in Inuvialuktun about the Beaufort Sea Committee Meeting
Le Meur, Father Robert
Times of Hunger and Survival in Alaska by Silas Kangegana Translated by Father Le Meur, Part 4
Trading Post
Lean Times
Host of the A Long Time Ago program, Louie Goose, airs Father Le Meur translating Silas Kangegana’s story about times of hunger, suffering and survival in Alaska during a time of wildlife shortage, trading at the trading post, and employment. Part 4. To be continued.
Times of Hunger and Survival in Alaska by Silas Kangegana Translated by Father Le Meur, Part 5
Staples
Host of the A Long Time Ago program, Louie Goose, airs Father Le Meur translating Silas Kangegana’s story about times of hunger, suffering and survival in Alaska during a time of wildlife shortage, trading at the trading post, and employment. Part 5. To be continued.