Frank Kuptana’s Old Time Stories

Collection

Citation

Kuptana, Frank, “Frank Kuptana’s Old Time Stories,” Inuvialuit Cultural Centre Digital Library, accessed February 15, 2026, https://inuvialuitdigitallibrary.ca/items/show/1085.

Facebook Twitter Email

Title

Frank Kuptana’s Old Time Stories

People

Kuptana, Frank

Date

197-?]

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.

Type

Audio

Identifier

N-1992-253-0081

Dialect

Sallirmiutun