Traditional Hunting Lifestyle and Tough Survival Stories by William Kuptana

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Citation

Kuptana, William, “Traditional Hunting Lifestyle and Tough Survival Stories by William Kuptana,” Inuvialuit Cultural Centre Digital Library, accessed April 19, 2024, https://inuvialuitdigitallibrary.ca/items/show/1427.

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Title

Traditional Hunting Lifestyle and Tough Survival Stories by William Kuptana

People

Kuptana, William

Date

[197-?]

Description

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.

Type

Audio

Identifier

N-1992-253-0367

Dialect

Sallirmiutun