More Lifestyle Stories from Long Ago with Frank Kuptana

Collection

Citation

Kuptana, Frank, “More Lifestyle Stories from Long Ago with Frank Kuptana,” Inuvialuit Cultural Centre Digital Library, accessed April 24, 2024, https://inuvialuitdigitallibrary.ca/items/show/1448.

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Title

More Lifestyle Stories from Long Ago with Frank Kuptana

Audience

Contains sensitive material.

People

Kuptana, Frank

Date

[197-?]

Description

Frank Kuptana is storytelling of his younger days, of when people were arriving to Aggie Bolt’s land to purchase supplies from the store, of the Sunday services and games, of when they were unloading the trading supply ship that arrived, of possibly shells, food and other staple payments like that, of the women purchasing sewing materials and staples, of when using a .22 gun later on, of the good dogs, of the Christmas gatherings, fun games, dancing, and gifts, of getting gum for their Christmas present, of when the only language spoken was Iniunnaqtun and people lived the traditional lifestyle but now people have learned English and only speak that language and also speaks of the lifestyle changes, of more stories of dogs, illnesses, shamanism, medicine men, of fishing, of when his mom got really sick and passed away, of how people lived and did things long ago, of the ships that could be heard from far away like Patsy’s ship called Nauyaq, of people getting schooners and starting to hunt with them, and much more.

Type

Audio

Identifier

N-1992-253-0386

Dialect

Kangiryuarmiutun