Frank Cockney Meeting Report
subject: Storytelling
subject: Committee for Original People's Entitlement (COPE)
subject: Report
subject: Anglican Bishop
subject: Delegates
subject: Mi'kmaq
subject: Priests
subject: Meetings
subject: Indigenous Peoples
subject: Church Service
subject: Prayer
subject: Caucasian People
subject: Government
subject: Travel
subject: Old School Building
subject: First Nation
description: Frank Cockney is giving a COPE report about the national meeting he and two others attended in Toronto, Ontario.
creator: Cockney, Frank Uvvayuaq
date: June 26, 1976
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Frank Cockney Meeting Report Final
subject: Name
subject: Community
description: Frank Cockney mentions that he forgot to say his name and where he’s from in regards to the prevous report about the national meeting he and two others attended in Toronto, Ontario.
creator: Cockney, Frank Uvvayuaq
date: June 26, 1976
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Frank Cockney Storytelling then Andy Cockney Storytelling
subject: Oral History
subject: Storytelling
subject: Interview
subject: Lifestyle
subject: 1930’s
subject: 1940’s
subject: Reindeer Herding
subject: Laplanders
subject: Illness
subject: Deaths
subject: Animals
subject: Travels
subject: Homes
subject: Dogs
subject: Work Ethics
subject: Nomadic
subject: Fishing
subject: Hunting
subject: Family
subject: Various People
subject: Money
subject: Trapping
subject: Eastern Inuit
subject: Shamans
subject: Dewline
subject: Employment
subject: First Nations
subject: Poker
subject: Easter
subject: Natirnarmiut
subject: Police
subject: Canteen Store
subject: Staples
description: Frank Cockney is speaking with unidentified interviewer about his lifestyle long ago from his younger days followed by Andy Cockney who also shares personal lifestories from his younger days. Another unidentified speaker occasionally adds to the storytelling.
creator: Cockney, Frank
creator: Cockney, Andy
creator: Unidentified Interviewer
creator: Unidentified Speaker
date: March 10, 2000
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Frank Kudlak and Phillip Hoagak
subject: Portrait photographs
subject: Boats
subject: Haogak, Philip
subject: Kudlak, Frank
description: A photo of Frank Kudlak and Phillip Hoagak sitting in a boat.
date: 1951-01-07
type: Image

Frank Kudlak Edith Haogak Sarah Kuptana Interview and Lifestyle Stories
subject: Oral History
subject: Interview
subject: Storytelling
subject: Lifestyle
subject: Animals
subject: Hunting
subject: Trapping
subject: Mapping
subject: Traditional Place Names
subject: Archeologists
subject: Fish
subject: Terrain
subject: Traditional Tools
subject: Employment
subject: Shipwreck
subject: Steffansson Expedition
subject: Caucasian
subject: Travels
description: Agnes White and Murielle Nagy interview Frank Kudlak about his lifestyle long ago, about the animals, about traditional place names, and Frank also shares stories from his younger days. Note: audio is sometimes low. Murielle also interviews Edith Haogak as Edith names numerous traditional place names on the map. Sarah Kuptana also tells a story about a Caucasian shipwreck, and more.
description: This recording is from the Aulavik Oral History Project undertaken by the Inuvialuit Social Development Program.
creator: Nagy, Murielle
creator: White, Agnes
creator: Kudlak, Frank
creator: Haogak, Edith
date: March 1, 1996/March 4, 1996
language: English
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio
identifier: Aulavik 27

Frank Kuptana
subject: Portrait photographs
subject: Clothing and dress
subject: Kuptana, Frank
description: A photo of Frank Kuptana wearing traditional clothing.
source: Credit: Elizabeth Banksland
date: 1950s?
type: Image

Frank Kuptana
subject: Portrait photographs
subject: Publicity photographs
subject: Kuptana, Frank
description: A photo of Elder Frank Kuptana.
date: -
type: Image

Frank Kuptana
subject: Portrait photographs
subject: Publicity photographs
subject: Kuptana, Frank
description: A photo of Elder Frank Kuptana.
date: -
type: Image

Frank Kuptana
subject: Portrait photographs
subject: Publicity photographs
subject: Kuptana, Frank
description: A photo of Elder Frank Kuptana.
date: -
type: Image

Frank Kuptana Interview and Stories Part 1
subject: Oral History
subject: Interview
subject: Storytelling
subject: Lifestyle
subject: Genealogy
subject: Clothing
subject: Traditional Place Names
subject: Mapping
subject: Hunting
subject: Fishing
subject: Traditional Food
subject: Travels
description: Shirley Elias interviews Frank Kuptana about his lifestyle from his younger days, his genealogy, and he shares stories from long ago. Part 1. To be continued.
description: This recording is from the Aulavik Oral History Project undertaken by the Inuvialuit Social Development Program.
creator: Elias, Shirley
creator: Kuptana, Frank
date: March 14, 2019
language: Inuvialuktun
language: Inuinnaqtun
type: Audio
identifier: Aulavik 37

Frank Kuptana Interview and Stories Part 2
subject: Oral History
subject: Interview
subject: Storytelling
subject: Lifestyle
subject: Trapping
subject: Travels
subject: Christmas
subject: Animals
subject: Changes
description: Shirley Elias continues interviewing Frank Kuptana about his lifestyle from his younger days and Frank continues sharing memories from long ago. Frank also speaks of the many changes in the Inuvialuit lifestyle compared to years past. Final part two.
description: This recording is from the Aulavik Oral History Project undertaken by the Inuvialuit Social Development Program.
creator: Elias, Shirley
creator: Kuptana, Frank
date: March 14, 2019
language: Inuvialuktun
language: Inuinnaqtun
type: Audio
identifier: Aulavik 38

Frank Kuptana Old Time Lifestyle Stories
subject: Oral History
subject: Interview
subject: Storytelling
subject: Lifestyle
subject: Travels
subject: Trapping
subject: Fishing
subject: Hunting
subject: Animals
subject: Various Families
subject: Clothing
subject: Roman Catholics
subject: Store
subject: CanAlaska
subject: Mapping
subject: Traditional Place names
subject: Death
description: Frank Kuptana is telling lifestyle stories from long ago. He also identifies traditional place names on the map.
description: This recording is from the Aulavik Oral History Project undertaken by the Inuvialuit Social Development Program.
creator: Kuptana, Frank
creator: Elias, Shirley
date: March 18, 1996
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio
identifier: Aulavik 40

Frank Kuptana Reading a Book
subject: Portrait photographs
subject: Publicity photographs
subject: Kuptana, Frank
description: A photo of Elder Frank Kuptana reading a book.
date: -
type: Image

Frank Kuptana’s Memories of Long Ago
subject: Storytelling
subject: Hunting
subject: Fishing
subject: Caribou
subject: Seals
subject: Polar Bears
subject: Snaring
subject: Eggs
subject: Water Fowl
subject: Traditional Hunting Tools
subject: Traditional Food
subject: Traditional Clothing
subject: Traditional Homes
subject: Wood
subject: Modern Skidoos
subject: Hiking
subject: Abuse
subject: Parents
subject: Remarriage
subject: Stepfather
subject: Traditional Hunting Methods
subject: Trapping
subject: Dogs
subject: Cigarettes
subject: Fire
subject: Gatherings
subject: Sewing
subject: Games
subject: Dances
subject: Money
subject: Employment
subject: Travels
subject: Customs
subject: Traditions
subject: Smoke Pipe
subject: Orphan
subject: Murders
subject: Deaths
subject: Foxes
subject: Payment
subject: Marriage
description: Frank Kuptana is telling old time stories of how people lived long ago of how people hunted, fished, and gathered for their food long ago, living a totally traditional lifestyle compared to today with help now a days from the government, with people looking only to money to purchase skidoos, etc, of when his mom left her biological father while backpacking him until they reached people and she remarried to her stepfather, and married into a good family, of how elders long ago made made fire without matches, of gathering together, of sewing traditional clothing, of the games, and dances, of lifestyle changes of people focusing more on working to make money and less hunting and living off the land today, making everything they needed to live with their customs and traditions, of people fighting over and stabbings and warring over women, and or killing their wives, of shamanism, and shares fond memories of his loving mother who passed away when he was young, and how he stayed with various people, then started trapping with Arnavigak, is always thankful for Aggie (sp) Bolt, and then got married and they started living on their own, traveling and hunting together and more.
creator: Kuptana, Frank
date: [197-?]
language: Inuinnaqtun
type: Audio

Frank Kuptana’s Old Time Stories
subject: Storytelling
subject: Aglagiutuk
subject: Shaman
subject: Fear
subject: Women
subject: Travel
subject: Seasonal camps
subject: Hunting
subject: Fishing
subject: Food preparation
subject: Food preservation
subject: Wars
subject: Dancing
subject: Clothing
subject: Caribou
subject: Polar bear
subject: Traditions
subject: Work
subject: Snaring
subject: Whiteman
subject: Fur Trade Store
subject: Money
subject: Transporation
subject: Houses
subject: Doctors
subject: Government promises
subject: Seal
subject: Wildlife
subject: Waterfowl
subject: Culture
description: Elder Frank Kuptana is telling stories of a long time ago prior to Whiteman arrival. He then tells stories of when the White people arrived with stores and the government who encouraged Inuvialuit to move to a new town of Ulukhaktok, N.T. with the government telling them we’ll build you houses, and if you move to town then the doctors will care for you if you get sick, and so forth.
creator: Kuptana, Frank
date: 197-?]
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Frank Uvvayuaq Cockney Life Stories Part 1 and Part 2
subject: Storytelling
subject: Traditional Lifestyle
subject: 1930
subject: 1932
subject: Grandparents
subject: Old Dennis
subject: 1929
subject: Lap Landers
subject: Reindeer Herders
subject: Language
subject: Trapping
subject: Hunting
subject: Animals
subject: Traditional Food
subject: Food Cache
subject: Dog Training
subject: Various Families
subject: Lonely
subject: Schooners
subject: Hudson Bay Store
subject: Peterson Store
subject: Alcohol
subject: Gathering
subject: Dancing
subject: Police
subject: Wood Piles
subject: 1933
subject: Visitors
subject: Custom Adoption
subject: Names
subject: Ice House
description: Frank Cockney is storytelling his life stories of when he was growing up with his grandparents, observing his grandfather and learning the traditional way of life from his grandparents, of the laplanders that were reindeer herding and staying with them, of how his grandfather trained and raised his pups for dogteams, and more. Part 1 and 2. To be continued.
creator: Cockney, Frank Uvvayuaq
date: January 1977
language: Iñupiatun
type: Audio

Frank Uvvayuaq Cockney Life Stories Part 10
subject: Storytelling
subject: Various Families
subject: Fur Trade Economy
subject: Alcohol
subject: Semmler
subject: Old Ross
subject: Money
subject: Income Tax Refunds
subject: Travels
subject: Schooners
subject: Dogs
description: Frank Cockney is storytelling of their travels, of the fur trading economy, of the store keeper Old Ross, of stories of alcohol, of making money, and starting to receive income tax refunds, of when Dave Jones used to look after the Post Office, of various families, and more. Part 10. To be continued.
creator: Cockney, Frank Uvvayuaq
date: January 1977
language: Inuvialuktun
language: Iñupiatun
type: Audio

Frank Uvvayuaq Cockney Life Stories Part 11 and Part 12
subject: Storytelling
subject: 1943
subject: Various Families
subject: Hunting
subject: Traveling
subject: Racing
subject: Ice Conditions
subject: July Games
subject: Poker Games
subject: 1944
subject: Bear Monitor
subject: Grandparents
subject: Death
subject: Trapping
subject: Fishing
subject: Animals
subject: Gwich’in Language
subject: Inuvialuktun
description: Frank Cockney is storytelling of his travels, of various families, where they lived, of fun times when he and others would hunt together and race back home with their dogs, of playing poker with whitefoxes, of treacherous ice and open water conditions that Michael was travelling on but this dog team swam and pulled him to shore despite one dog drowning, of working as a bear monitor at Rig 10, and much more. Part 11 and 12. To be continued. Note: There is music between stories.
creator: Cockney, Frank Uvvayuaq
date: January 1977
language: Inuvialuktun
language: Iñupiatun
type: Audio

Frank Uvvayuaq Cockney Life Stories Part 13 and 14 B Continued.
subject: Storytelling
subject: Grandfather’s Teachings
subject: Christmas
subject: New Years
subject: Reindeer Herders
subject: Dog Teams
subject: 1946
description: Frank Cockney is storytelling of when his grandfather was preparing him to become more independent so he doesn’t suffer when he’s no longer around, of Christmas and New Year’s gatherings, of the Reindeer Herders joining themf or Christmas, of raising and caring for his dog teams, and more. Part 13 and 14 B. To be continued.
creator: Cockney, Frank Uvvayuaq
date: January 1977
language: Inuvialuktun
language: Iñupiatun
type: Audio

Frank Uvvayuaq Cockney Life Stories Part 13 and Part 14 A
subject: Storytelling
subject: Hunting
subject: Grandparents
subject: Boat
subject: Trapping
subject: Inlaws
subject: Homemade Brew
subject: Dog Teams
subject: Lead Dogs
subject: Travels
subject: Ice Fishing
subject: Fishnet Fishing
subject: Snaring
subject: Animals
subject: 1944
subject: 1945
subject: Various People
subject: Wage Employment
subject: 1946
subject: Lifestyles
subject: Money
subject: Advice
description: Frank Cockney is storytelling of when he and his wife would either stay with his inlaws but moreso with his grandparents who adopted and raised him, of mustkrat hunting, of trapping, of his grandfather who was monitoring to see how he could handle and look after the boat, of having a very good lead dog that led them right to their tent in the thick fog, of his wife who was always busy fishing, snaring animals, trapping, and making $2.00 per day when many of them began to join the wage economy at Army Camp. Frank also gives advice on money management and of the importance of teaching the younger generation, and much more. Part 13 and 14A. To be continued.
creator: Cockney, Frank Uvvayuaq
date: January 1977
language: Inuvialuktun
language: Iñupiatun
type: Audio

Frank Uvvayuaq Cockney Life Stories Part 15 and Part 16 and Some of Part 17
subject: Storytelling
subject: 1947
subject: Grandparents
subject: Deaths
subject: Trapping
subject: Registered Traplines
subject: Cabins
subject: Various Families
subject: Mink Farm
subject: Semmler’s Store
subject: Hunting
subject: Fishnet Fishing
subject: Snaring
subject: Animals
subject: Dog Teams
subject: 1957
subject: Lifestyle Changes
subject: Schools
subject: Wage Economy
subject: Modern Transportation
subject: 1977
subject: Oil Exploration
subject: Big Salaries
subject: Past Elders
subject: 1948
subject: Mining
subject: Drinking
subject: Illnesses
subject: Stores
subject: Peffers
subject: Bear Monitors
subject: 1955
subject: 1956
subject: Money
subject: Government and Oil Company Partners
subject: Government’s Broken Promises
subject: Committee for Original People's Entitlement (COPE)
subject: 1949
subject: 1943
description: Frank Cockney is storytelling of when his grandmother, his father in law, then mother in law passed away, of his grandfather's independence, of he and his wife’s and many other’s registered traplines, of living a worry free healthy traditional lifestyle, of hunting, fishing, snaring, trapping, of using their dog teams, one set of dog teams belonging to his wife, of Slim Semmler’s store and mink farm at Napoyak and his employees, of the construction of Inuvik in 1956/57, of people hardly living in the bush and the decrease in the trapping lifestyle began, with the young people’s lack of interest in the traditional lifestyle, since Inuvik was built and much more. Part 15, 16, and some of 17. To be continued.
creator: Cockney, Frank Uvvayuaq
date: January 1977
language: Inuvialuktun
language: Iñupiatun
type: Audio

Frank Uvvayuaq Cockney Life Stories Part 17 Part 18 and some of Part 19
subject: Storytelling
subject: 1949
subject: 1943
subject: Mining
subject: Grandfather
subject: Death
subject: Traveling
subject: Police Investigation
subject: Estate
subject: Will
subject: Beluga Whale Hunting
subject: Animals
subject: Gold
subject: Fishing
subject: Trapping
subject: 1950
subject: Alcohol Problems
subject: Boats
subject: 1953
subject: Hudson Bay Store
subject: Fur Trade
subject: Charge Accounts
subject: Semmler’s
subject: Peffers
subject: Suicide
subject: Bear Monitor
subject: Climate Change
subject: Pipeline
subject: Government Promises
subject: People
subject: Hunting
subject: Dog Teams
description: Frank Cockney is storytelling of when his late famoun grandfather who had many friends and who was not well but stlll very fit and wanted to go mining, so he, his grandfather, Tom Elanik, Harry, Abe Auktalik Okpik, Owen , his grandfather, left towards Paulatuuq, and his grandfather suddenly passed away at that time, followed by a poilice investigation, his grandfather’s estate and will, then when he started living in the Delta, and more. Part 17, 18, and some of 19. To be continued.
creator: Cockney, Frank Uvvayuaq
date: January 1977
language: Inuvialuktun
language: Iñupiatun
type: Audio

Frank Uvvayuaq Cockney Life Stories Part 19
subject: Storytelling
subject: Family
subject: Sister
subject: Hunting
subject: Animals
subject: Grandfather’s advice
subject: Travels
subject: Various Families
subject: Dog Teams
subject: Death
subject: Children
subject: Trapping
subject: Snaring
subject: Alex Steffanson
subject: Store
subject: Food for Hunting
subject: Government
subject: People
subject: Weather
subject: Land
description: Frank Cockney is storytelling of when he lived in the Delta, of people, the weather, the government all being different from when he was young, prior to many people living on one place, of his home near Aklavik, of travelling with dogsleds prior to skidoos, of hunting and trapping stories, of his grandfather’s advice, including only hunting what you need, of his dog teams, of his two small children, of he and his wife working and traveling together, fishnet fishing, snaring, and of Alex Steffanson’s traditional knowledge, and more. Part 19. To be continued.
creator: Cockney, Frank Uvvayuaq
date: January 1977
language: Inuvialuktun
language: Iñupiatun
type: Audio

Frank Uvvayuaq Cockney Life Stories Part 20
subject: Storytelling
subject: Travels
subject: Dog Teams
subject: Trapping
subject: Wildlife
subject: Easter
subject: Store
subject: Staples
subject: Eastern Inuit (Qangmalit)
subject: Various Families
subject: Hunting
subject: Reindeer Herders
subject: North Star
subject: Police Men
subject: Dancing
subject: Training
subject: Meeting Updates
description: Frank Cockney is storytelling of his trapping stories, of his travels with his family, of going to the store with his dogsled and purchasing dry goods, of caring for their dogs and dog teams, of his 10 to 12 year old son hunting small game, of traveling with his brother in laws and others to Banksland with the abundance of wildlife there, of going to Ulukhaktok for Easter and some of his brother in laws returning to the Delta for Easter, of traveling to Ikaahuk, of running into Fred Carpenter and a couple of policemen who like to have fun and they had a dance. Frank also provides updates on various meetings regarding training local people for employment and Co-ops and Inuit Tapirisat meetings.
creator: Cockney, Frank Uvvayuaq
date: January 1977
language: Inuvialuktun
language: Iñupiatun
type: Audio

Frank Uvvayuaq Cockney Life Stories Part 21 and Part 22
subject: Storytelling
subject: Travels
subject: Trapping
subject: Liquor Store
subject: Dewline
subject: 1955
subject: 1954
subject: 1956
subject: Poker Games
subject: Drinking
subject: Fatal Poisonings
subject: Deaths
subject: Employment
subject: Money
subject: Hunting
subject: Airplanes
subject: Fishnet Fishing
subject: Children
subject: Bombardier
subject: Father Franche
subject: Accordion Dances
subject: Training
description: Frank Cockney is storytelling of his travels including to Aklavik where alcohol purchases were just opened to Indigenous people after initially only Caucasians were allowed to purchase alcohol from the Liquor store, of hauling stuff for Fred Carpenter, of trapping in the fur trade economy while raising his family from their cabin in the Delta, of when Dewline started in the summer of 1955, of the poker games at the Dewline, and of three people dying from poison while they were drinking, of a lot of money around when the Dewline provided employment, working at Bar 1 and Bar 2, then starting to stay at Tuktoyaktuk since the summer of 1956, and much more.
creator: Cockney, Frank Uvvayuaq
date: January 1977
language: Inuvialuktun
language: Iñupiatun
type: Audio