Frank Kuptana’s Memories of Long Ago

Collection

Citation

Kuptana, Frank, “Frank Kuptana’s Memories of Long Ago,” Inuvialuit Cultural Centre Digital Library, accessed October 29, 2025, https://inuvialuitdigitallibrary.ca/items/show/1451.

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Title

Frank Kuptana’s Memories of Long Ago

Audience

Contains sensitive material.

People

Kuptana, Frank

Date

[197-?]

Description

Frank Kuptana is telling old time stories of how people lived long ago of how people hunted, fished, and gathered for their food long ago, living a totally traditional lifestyle compared to today with help now a days from the government, with people looking only to money to purchase skidoos, etc, of when his mom left her biological father while backpacking him until they reached people and she remarried to her stepfather, and married into a good family, of how elders long ago made made fire without matches, of gathering together, of sewing traditional clothing, of the games, and dances, of lifestyle changes of people focusing more on working to make money and less hunting and living off the land today, making everything they needed to live with their customs and traditions, of people fighting over and stabbings and warring over women, and or killing their wives, of shamanism, and shares fond memories of his loving mother who passed away when he was young, and how he stayed with various people, then started trapping with Arnavigak, is always thankful for Aggie (sp) Bolt, and then got married and they started living on their own, traveling and hunting together and more.

Type

Audio

Identifier

N-1992-253-0388

Dialect

Kangiryuarmiutun