Times of Hunger and Survival in Alaska by Silas Kangegana Translated by Father Le Meur, Part 6
Storytelling
Hunting
Hunger
Suffering
Trading Post
Animals
Lean Times
Food Shortage
Staples
New Job
Hudson Bay Company
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 gaining employment at the Hudson Bay. Part 6. To be continued.
Le Meur, Father Robert
English
Times of Hunger and Survival in Alaska by Silas Kangegana Translated by Father Le Meur, Part 7
Fishing Season
Host of the A Long Time Ago program, Louie Goose, airs Father Le Meur translating the final part of 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 gaining employment at the Hudson Bay. Final, part 7.
Goose, Louie
Reindeer Herding Government Opportunity Part 2
Reindeer Herding Opportunity
Government
Dog Teams
Travels
Quvan (James Kowana)
Reindeer
Reindeer Herding
Host of the A Long Time Ago program, Louie Goose, airs the continuation of Father Le Meur translating Silas Kangegana’s story about a reindeer herding opportunity in Alaska.Part 2. To be continued.
Memories of Childhood Interview with Bessie Lennie Part 1
Interview
Lifestyle
Traveling
Hiking
Arranged Marriage
Family
Birthday
Parents
Siblings
Memories
Traditional Knowledge
Traditional Tools
Games
Traditional Food
Food Caches
Visiting
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.
Lennie, Bessie
Kuptana, Rosemary
Inuinnaqtun
Memories of Childhood Interview with Bessie Lennie Part 1 Continued
Dogs
Hard Times
Dog Feed
Survival
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.
Adult Memories and Lifestyles Past and Present Interview with Bessie Lennie
Lifestyle Changes
Education
Transportation
Trapping
Working
Parenting
Travel
Children
Death
Disrespectful
Wasteful
Church
Clothing
Laziness
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.
Travelling with Parents Winter and Summer by Bessie Lennie
Christmas
Easter
Caribou
Packing
Camping
Food Cache
Relatives
Fishing
Sail Boating
Money
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.
First Time to Banks Island by Bessie Lennie
Various People
Seals
Drymeat
Bow and Arrows
Caribou Fat
Oil Lamps
Igloos
Traditional Clothing
Bears
Beluga Whales
Trading
Sharing
Police Visits
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.
Younger Days on Banks Island by Bessie Lennie
Visitors
Caribou Hunting
Police Patrol
Coal
Pups
Marriage
Child
Seal Hunting
Supplies
D.O.T. (Department of Transport)
Dogs Teams
Ships
Supply Ships
Employment
Scow Boat
Igloo - Tent Homes
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.
Living in Glenale [Glenelg Bay?], Victoria Island, Northwest Territories
Exploring
Ptarmigans
Foxes
Polar Bears
Stone homes
Mail Plane
Dog
Homemade Scow
Box Traps
Old Campsites
Old Graves
Homemade Sleds
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.
News with Edward Lennie and an Interview with Ida Aleekuk
Community and Regional News
Whaling
Children’s play
Berries
Louie Goose introduces A Native Voice host Edward Lennie who provides community and regional news and an interview with Ida Aleekuk.
Lennie, Edward
Aleekuk, Ida
Iñupiatun
News with Edward Lennie and an Interview with Felix Nuyaviak
Wildlife
Food Preservation
A Native Voice host Edward Lennie provides community and regional news and an interview with Felix Nuyaviak.
Nuyaviak, Felix
Inuvialuktun
Edward Lennie Interviews Victor Allen and Sam Raddi about the Cope Meeting
Caribou Herd
Cope meeting
Freddie Carmichael Plane Charters
Oil Company Explosives
Fish and Wildlife Concerns
COPE Office
Imperial Oil
Whale Hunting Season
Inuvialuit Input
Host of A Native Voice Edward Lennie interviews Victor Allen and Sam Raddi about the COPE meeting and Imperial Oil’s proposed oil company work and hunting, fishing, and wildife concerns.
Raddi, Sam
Allen, Victor
News with Edward Lennie then Old Time Stories by William Kuptana
Regional Trapping News
Trappers Radios
Dry Fish
Hunting and Fishing Methods
Muskox Hunting Methods
Traditional Sew needles and knives
Traditional Hunting and Trapping Tools
Traditional Bows
Host of A Native Voice Edward Lennie provides regional trapping news then airs William Kuptana’s Old Time Stories of how Inuvialuit lived long ago prior to Whiteman Arrival.
Kuptana, William
News with Edward Lennie then Interview with Felix Nuyaviaq
Local and Regional News
Northern Games
Youth
Bingo
Bowhead Whale
Nuvugarmiut
Beluga Whale
Tuktuur̂aktuuq’s Name
Caribou Skin Clothing
Traditional Children Teachings
Learning Through Play
Telling time Without Modern Clocks
Caribou Uses
Fish
Bows
Food Preparation
Host of A Native Voice Edward Lennie provides local and regional news then interviews Felix Nuyaviak about bowhead and beluga whaling long ago as well as how Tuktuur̂aqtuuq got it’s name and how Inuvialuit were able to tell time without modern clocks long ago.
News with Edward Lennie then Interview and Old Time Stories with Archie Ir̂igaaqtuaq
Drum Dancing
Easter Gathering
Rat Sunday
Communion
Feast
Drum Dance
Work
Wages
Minister
White People Arrival Prediction
Big Boat
Drygoods
Shamans
Language Barrier
Kuuvangmiut
Host of A Native Voice Edward Lennie provides local and regional news then interviews Elder Archie Ir̂igaaqtuaq about Easter and about way of life long ago. Archie also tells stories from as early as 1902.
Ir̂igaaqtuaq, Archie
News with Edward Lennie then Interview with Kenneth Peeloolook,Tommy Kalinek, and Amos Paul
COPE Members Meeting
Whale Hunting
Host of A Native Voice Edward Lennie provides local and regional news then Kenneth Peeloolook, Tommy Kalinek, and Amos Paul speak with Edward Lennie about their upcoming Drum Dance Performances at the Northern Games event.
Peeloolook, Kenneth
Kalinek, Tommy
Amos, Paul
News with Edward Lennie then Ayaqs Old Time Story
Oil
Uummarmiut
Stephanson’s boat
White People
Inupiat
Wildlife Tracks
Explorers
Host of A Native Voice Edward Lennie provides local and regional news then airs the first part of Ayaq’s story of when he and other Inupiat were travelling with Stephanson’s White Exploration Crew. To be continued.
Ayaq
News with Edward Lennie then Kenneth Peeloolook and Tommy Kalinek Interview
Berry Picking
Drum Dancing Teachings
Drum Dance Performances
Host of A Native Voice Edward Lennie provides local and regional news then Kenneth Peeloolook and Tommy Kalinek talk about their trip and experiences in the South for their drum dance performances.
News with Edward Lennie then William Kuptana tells Old Time Stories
Snowhouse
Old Timers
Acquiring a Wife
Host of A Native Voice Edward Lennie provides local and regional news then airs a recording of William Kuptana who is telling old time stories of how Inuvialuit lived long ago.
Requesting Speakers
Welcoming Program Feedback
Waterfowl
Food
Host of A Native Voice Edward Lennie provides local and regional news then William Kuptana is storytelling about searching for caribou during lean times. The story was already in progress.
News with Edward Lennie then interview with Archie Ir̂igaaqtuaq
Carnival Games
Dancing
Drum Dancers
Boat
Feasting
Customs and Traditions
Prayer
Host of A Native Voice Edward Lennie provides local and regional news then interviews Archie Ir̂igaaqtuaq about hunting methods as well as hunting traditions and customs long ago.
News with Edward Lennie then Amos Tumma telling Old Time Stories
Northern Games Revival
Elders
Fur Prices
Greetings
Fur Trade Stores
Police
Traditional Place Names
Various Families
Camps
Home Lands
Host of A Native Voice Edward Lennie provides local and regional news then Tumma tells a story of when there were hardly an White people and the Mackenzie Delta started getting more populated. The fur trading stores were also starting up in the Delta.
Tumma, Amos
News with Edward Lennie then Drum Dancing Interview with Billy Day
Stortytelling
Meeting
Performances
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.
Day, Billy
Prior to Whiteman Arrival
Shaman Doctor
Way of Life
Host of A Native Voice Edward Lennie provides local and regional news then William Kuptana is storytelling a story that was already in progress and other short stories from his younger days.