Lifestyle Long Ago Interview with Elder William Kuptana
Storytelling
Interview
Lifestyle
Hunting
Hiking
Traditional Hunting Methods
Seasonal Camps
Inukshuit
Handcrafted Traditional Hunting and Fishing Tools
Traditional Fishing Methods
Traditional Food
Traditional Shelter Homes
Dogs
Animals
Food Storage
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.
Kuptana, William
Kuptana, Rosemary
Inuvialuktun
Memories of Childhood Interview with Bessie Lennie Part 1
Traveling
Arranged Marriage
Family
Birthday
Parents
Siblings
Memories
Traditional Knowledge
Traditional Tools
Games
Food Caches
Dog Teams
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
Inuinnaqtun
Memories of Childhood Interview with Bessie Lennie Part 1 Continued
Travels
Hard Times
Food Shortage
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.
Oral History
Illness
Snaring
Homes
Genealogy
Traditional Clothing
Food Cache
Fishing
Various Families
Agnes White is interviewing Sarah Kuptana about where and how she and her family lived at various places, such as Kangikhualuk (De Salis Bay), and at Kangikhuakyuk (Jesse Bay), and towards Naqhaaluk, and more, long ago.
This recording is from the Aulavik Oral History Project undertaken by the Inuvialuit Social Development Program.
White, Agnes
Kuptana, Sarah
Elders Sarah Kuptana and Elmira Soupay Send Greetings
Greetings
Friends
Elders
Elders Sarah Kuptana and Elmira Soupay speak to family and friends and send greetings on the A Long Time Ago program.
Soupay, Elmira
Iñupiatun
Sarah Kuptana’s Stories of her Younger Days, Part 1
Inuit Gathering
Bitten
Eggs
Drymeat
Polar Bear Scare
Relatives
Whitemen
Nomadic
Eastern Arctic Inuit
Feasting
Dancing
Abandonment
Puivlirmiut (Inland People)
God
Jesus
Hunger
Sharing
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
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
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
Dog Deaths
Food
Whiteman Food
Birth
TB (tuberculosis)
Paralyzed
RC (Roman Catholic) Ship
Noah Elias' Boat - Blue Fox
Hospitalized
Prayer
Camsell Hospital
Suffering
Faith
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
Igloos
Easter
Starvation
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)
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
Lonely
Airplanes
Ice House
Food Supply
Skidoos
Dogteam
Westerners
Whiteman
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
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.
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.
Lennie, Edward
News with Edward Lennie then William Kuptana tells Old Time Stories
Local and Regional News
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
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.
Shamans
Prior to Whiteman Arrival
Shaman Doctor
Wildlife
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.
My Life as a Young Boy by William Kuptana
Traditional Lifestyle
Hunting and Fishing Tools
Heating
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 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
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 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
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.
The first part is Joe Nasogaluak talking about Stefansson's expedition in 1909-1910 among the Inuinnait. The beginning is missing. There is also an English translation by Father Le Meur. Later Joe Nasogaluak tells a story about a woman and her baby who were turned into stone.
Nasogaluak, Joe
Le Meur, Father Robert
Father Le Meur Interviews Bertram Pokiak about the ITC Conference
Inuit Tapirisat Canada Conference
Inuit Issues
Father Le Meur interviews Bertram Pokiak in English and Inuvialuktun on CFCT in Tuktoyaktuk, N.T. about the Inuit Tapirsat Canada conference that Bertram attended in Pangirtung, Nunavut
Pokiak, Bertram
English