Persis Gruben telling her Life Stories, Part 16

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Citation

Gruben, Persis, “Persis Gruben telling her Life Stories, Part 16,” Inuvialuit Cultural Centre Digital Library, accessed February 4, 2025, https://inuvialuitdigitallibrary.ca/items/show/1361.

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Title

Persis Gruben telling her Life Stories, Part 16

People

Gruben, Persis

Date

November 1976

Description

Persis Gruben is continuing her storytelling of their travels with their families, of moving to Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, of various animals harvested, of the different schooners, of the various places she lived, and of how people long ago tried to make staple foods last. She also speaks of the traditional life and traditional knowledge and of survival skills that the young are forgetting, the lack of work ethics in kids today versus when she was younger including that they were always busy doing necessary work, of the traditional food, of learning how to sew traditional clothing as a young girl, and more.

Type

Audio

Identifier

N-1992-253-0309

Dialect

Sallirmiutun