Frank Cockney Interviews Tom Avakgak Part 5 and Part 6
Storytelling
Interview
Lifestyle
Hunting
Trapping
Animals
Fishing
Family
Deaths
Various Families
Frank Cockney continues interviewing Tom Avakgak about his travels, hunting, trapping, and life stories after his father’s passing. Part 5 and 6. To be continued.
Cockney, Frank
Avakgak, Tom
Inuvialuktun
Oral History
Travels
Mapping
Easter
Court
Transportation
Homes
Coalmine
Heating
Agnes White interviews Frank Cockney about his lifestyle, places he’s traveled, and traditional land use areas in his younger days. Frank also shares some stories.
This recording is from the Aulavik Oral History Project undertaken by the Inuvialuit Social Development Program.
White, Agnes
Nagy, Murielle
Committee for Original People's Entitlement (COPE)
Report
Anglican Bishop
Delegates
Mi'kmaq
Priests
Meetings
Indigenous Peoples
Church Service
Prayer
Caucasian People
Government
Travel
Old School Building
First Nation
Frank Cockney is giving a COPE report about the national meeting he and two others attended in Toronto, Ontario.
Cockney, Frank Uvvayuaq
Name
Community
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.
Frank Cockney Storytelling then Andy Cockney Storytelling
1930’s
1940’s
Reindeer Herding
Laplanders
Illness
Dogs
Work Ethics
Nomadic
Various People
Money
Eastern Inuit
Shamans
Dewline
Employment
First Nations
Poker
Natirnarmiut
Police
Canteen Store
Staples
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.
Cockney, Andy
Unidentified Interviewer
Unidentified Speaker
Portrait photographs
Boats
Haogak, Philip
Kudlak, Frank
A photo of Frank Kudlak and Phillip Hoagak sitting in a boat.
Frank Kudlak Edith Haogak Sarah Kuptana Interview and Lifestyle Stories
Traditional Place Names
Archeologists
Fish
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.
Haogak, Edith
English
Clothing and dress
Kuptana, Frank
A photo of Frank Kuptana wearing traditional clothing.
Publicity photographs
Frank Kuptana Interview and Stories Part 1
Genealogy
Clothing
Traditional Food
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.
Elias, Shirley
Inuinnaqtun
Frank Kuptana Interview and Stories Part 2
Christmas
Changes
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.
Frank Kuptana Old Time Lifestyle Stories
Roman Catholics
Store
CanAlaska
Traditional Place names
Death
Frank Kuptana is telling lifestyle stories from long ago. He also identifies traditional place names on the map.
A photo of Elder Frank Kuptana reading a book.
Caribou
Seals
Polar Bears
Snaring
Eggs
Water Fowl
Traditional Hunting Tools
Traditional Clothing
Traditional Homes
Wood
Modern Skidoos
Hiking
Abuse
Parents
Remarriage
Stepfather
Traditional Hunting Methods
Cigarettes
Fire
Gatherings
Sewing
Games
Dances
Customs
Traditions
Smoke Pipe
Orphan
Murders
Foxes
Payment
Marriage
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.
Aglagiutuk
Shaman
Fear
Women
Seasonal camps
Food preparation
Food preservation
Wars
Dancing
Polar bear
Work
Whiteman
Fur Trade Store
Transporation
Houses
Doctors
Government promises
Seal
Wildlife
Waterfowl
Culture
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.
Frank Uvvayuaq Cockney Life Stories Part 1 and Part 2
Traditional Lifestyle
1930
1932
Grandparents
Old Dennis
1929
Lap Landers
Reindeer Herders
Language
Food Cache
Dog Training
Lonely
Schooners
Hudson Bay Store
Peterson Store
Alcohol
Gathering
Wood Piles
1933
Visitors
Custom Adoption
Names
Ice House
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.
Iñupiatun
Frank Uvvayuaq Cockney Life Stories Part 10
Fur Trade Economy
Semmler
Old Ross
Income Tax Refunds
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.
Frank Uvvayuaq Cockney Life Stories Part 11 and Part 12
1943
Traveling
Racing
Ice Conditions
July Games
Poker Games
1944
Bear Monitor
Gwich’in Language
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.
Frank Uvvayuaq Cockney Life Stories Part 13 and 14 B Continued.
Grandfather’s Teachings
New Years
Dog Teams
1946
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.
Frank Uvvayuaq Cockney Life Stories Part 13 and Part 14 A
Boat
Inlaws
Homemade Brew
Lead Dogs
Ice Fishing
Fishnet Fishing
1945
Wage Employment
Lifestyles
Advice
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.
Frank Uvvayuaq Cockney Life Stories Part 15 and Part 16 and Some of Part 17
1947
Registered Traplines
Cabins
Mink Farm
Semmler’s Store
1957
Lifestyle Changes
Schools
Wage Economy
Modern Transportation
1977
Oil Exploration
Big Salaries
Past Elders
1948
Mining
Drinking
Illnesses
Stores
Peffers
Bear Monitors
1955
1956
Government and Oil Company Partners
Government’s Broken Promises
1949
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.
Frank Uvvayuaq Cockney Life Stories Part 17 Part 18 and some of Part 19
Grandfather
Police Investigation
Estate
Will
Beluga Whale Hunting
Gold
1950
Alcohol Problems
1953
Fur Trade
Charge Accounts
Semmler’s
Suicide
Climate Change
Pipeline
Government Promises
People
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.
Frank Uvvayuaq Cockney Life Stories Part 19
Sister
Grandfather’s advice
Children
Alex Steffanson
Food for Hunting
Weather
Land
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.