Morris Nigiyok's Polar Bear Hunting Adventures Continued
Storytelling
Polar Bear Hunting
Travel
Dogteams
Families
Morris Nigiyok continues his storytelling of his younger days of hunting polar bears with his hunting companions.
Morris Nigiyok, Morris
Inuinnaqtun
Oral History
Interview
Lifestyle
Muskox
Caribou
Mapping
Locations
Eastern Arctic Inuit
Photographs
Murielle Nagy and Agnes White continue to interview Sam Lennie who is telling personal and historical stories. They also view and discuss photographs and maps discussing place names and historical contexts.
This recording is from the Aulavik Oral History Project undertaken by the Inuvialuit Social Development Program.
Nagy, Murielle
White, Agnes
Lennie, Sam
English
Inuvialuktun
Frank Carpenter Life Stories and Memories
Trapping
Hunting
Old Homes
Fishing
Place Names
Family
Murielle Nagy and Agnes White interview Frank Carpenter who is telling personal and historical stories about he and other’s lifestyle long ago. Note : audio is sometimes low along with a bird chirping in the background. They also view and discuss photographs and maps discussing traditional place names and historical contexts.
Carpenter, Frank
Lawrence and Beverly Amos Life Stories and Memories
Homes
Travels
Traditional Food
Animals
Technology
Education
Murielle Nagy and Agnes White interview Lawrence and Beverly Amos who are telling personal and historical stories about theirs and other’s lifestyle long ago.
Amos, Lawrence
Amos, Beverly
Martha Kudlak and Frank Kudlak Interview and Stories
Geneology
Traditional Place Names
Residential School
Language
Murielle Nagy and Agnes White inteview Martha and Frank Kudlak. They also view and discuss photographs and maps discussing traditional place names and historical contexts. Note: Audio is sometimes low.
Kudlak, Martha
Kudlak, Frank
Philip Kuptana Interview and Life Stories
Dewline
Employment
Murielle Nagy and Agnes White interview Philip Kuptana about his lifestyle long ago and his travels.
Kuptana, Philip
Steffansson’s Explorers
Murielle Nagy and Agnes White interview Joe Apiana about his lifestyle and his personal life stories long ago including his travels.
Apiana, Joe
Joe Apiana then Sarah Kuptana and Edith Haogak Lifestyles and Mapping Interviews
Soapstone Lamp (Qulliq)
Hiking
Whitemen
Murielle Nagy and Agnes White continue to interview Joe Apiana followed by an interview with Sarah Kuptana and Edith Haogak. They also view a map and discuss numerous Inuvialuktun traditional place names some of which are not listed in the Place section.
Kuptana, Sarah
Haogak, Edith
Sarah Kuptana and Edith Haogak Lifestyle Interview and Stories
Clothing
Steffansson’s Expedition
Bill Seymore
Arranged Marriages
Murielle Nagy and Agnes White continue interviewing Sarah Kuptana and Edith Haogak about their lifestyles and stories from their younger days. Note: audio sometimes is very low. Murielle and and another unidentified speaker are suddenly heard speaking French then it switches back to the interview.
Sarah Kuptana Edith Haogak and Andy Carpenter Lifestyle Interview and Stories
Vaccinations
First Nations
Changes
Oil Companies
Murielle Nagy and Agnes White continue interviewing Sarah Kuptana and Edith Haogak about their lifestyles and stories from their younger days followed by an interview with Andy Carpenter about his lifestyle, stories, and memories from his younger days.
Carpenter, Andy
Expeditions
Stone House
Sod Houses
Tent Frames
Graves
Archeologists
Climate Change
Murielle Nagy and Agnes White continue interviewing Andy Carpenter about his traditional knowledge of the land area, the animals, his experiences, archeology, and more.
Carpenter, Winnie
Sarah Kuptana Edith Haogak Photographs and Mapping Interview
Genealogy
Miners
Murielle Nagy and Agnes White are viewing photographs with Sarah Kuptana and Edith Haogak for identification purposes as well as viewing maps and naming the traditional place names. They also interview them about their genealogy and and life stories.
Fish
Murielle Nagy and Agnes White interview John Lucas Sr about his genealogy, his lifestyle, and life stories. The second half of the recording is a repeat of the first half of the recording.
Lucas, John, Sr.
Police Patrol
Murielle Nagy and Agnes White interview Peter Esau about his genealogy, his lifestyle, and his life stories
Esau, Peter
Shirley Esau Geddes Wolki Lifestyle Stories and Interview
Death
Survival
Shirley Esau is storytelling and reminiscing about long ago followed by Agnes White interviewing Geddes Wolki about his genealogy and life stories. The latter interview audio is low.
Esau, Shirley
Wolki, Geddes
Frank Kudlak Edith Haogak Sarah Kuptana Interview and Lifestyle Stories
Terrain
Traditional Tools
Shipwreck
Steffansson Expedition
Caucasian
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.
Edith Haogak and Sarah Kuptana Interview
Starvation
Photos
Murielle Nagy and Agnes White continue interviewing Edith Haogak and Sarah Kuptana about traditional place names and about their lifestyle and stories from long ago. Edith and Sarah also identify people in the photos and share some genealogy.
Alec Banksland Lifestyle Interview and Stories
Transportation
Shirley Elias interviews Alec Banksland about his lifestyle long ago, about how Inuvialuit lived long ago, and about his dad’s travels with the Steffansson’s expedition. Note: audio is sometimes low. They also interview Alec about traditional place names.
Elias, Shirley
Banksland, Alec
Edith Hoagak Traditional Lands and Life Stories
Fishing Areas
Various Families
Traditional Clothing
Murielle Nagy and Jean Harry are interviewing Edith Haogak about the traditional areas that they were flying over. Edith also shares stories about the areas they were flying over. She also identifies the traditional areas where they lived and traveled, in either English and or Inuvialukun or both. Note: some of the audio is very low. Murielle then briefly interviews another Inuvialuit lady in English then the interview returns back to Edith.
Harry, Jean
Herschel Island and Yukon North Slope Inuvialuit Oral History Project: Gazetteer of Inuvialuktun Place Names
Inuvialuit
Oral history
Aulavik Oral History Project Final Report
Inuvialuit ethnonyms and toponyms as a reflection of identity, language, and memory
‘We did not want the muskox to increase’: Inuvialuit knowledge about muskox and caribou populations on Banks Island, Canada