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Information provided in 1996 during Aulavik Oral History Project.

The photo shows a Body Weight Contest with people from Inuvik at the Eskimo Olympics in Fairbanks Alaska.

A photo of Bobby Gruben and Roger Gruben playing guitars with another child standing to the right.

A photo of Bobbie and Eddie Gruben in traditional clothing performing some kind of task. Credit: Emma Gruben Fietchtinger

A photo of Bob and Brian Gully.

A photo of four whaling boats on the water.

A photo of boats at a landing on the Mackenzie River.

A photo of two whaling boats on a beach.

The image shows a few men with a couple of dogs standing beside two boats, with a couple of buildings in the background. Credit: Agnes Gruben White

A photo of three boats in snow during winter.

A photo of four whaling boats in the distance.

Elder Amos Tumma is storytelling about when boats were iced in, when bowhead whaling season was done, of their travels, of trapping and hunting, then continuing their sailing journey after the winter, and making their way to the trading posts to…

The image shows boats pulling into shore.

The image shows a summer camp that is made up of a few tents and a log cabin. We can also see that the shore is full of boats. Credit: Martha Harry

The photo shows a couple of boats on the shore of a river.

A photo of a boat full of fish from Horton River.

A photo of a boat in the water near St. Roch Island.

Agnes White is storytelling and sharing memories from her younger days from Blue Box Harbour and of when they first went there in 1942.

A photo of the schooner Blue Fox at Canalaska post at Walker Bay, Northwest Territories. The schooner was unable to reach mainland after spending winter 1932-33 on Banks Island, and the party left furs and note in exchange for supplies.

A photo of the schooner Blue Fox beached.

Woman in mid-air during blanket toss and crowd of onlookers in foreground and background.

Person in mid-air during blanket toss in front of onlookers at Northern Games events grounds.

The photo shows a few people doing the blanket toss in Jim Koe Park with others looking on.

A photo of Abraham Teriigluk, Rachel Abraham, Sarah Arnaruluk-Abraham. Sarah is Martha Dick Credit: Emma Gruben Fietchtinger