1937 Life Stories by Mary Kailek
subject: Storytelling
subject: 1937
subject: Births
subject: Visitors
subject: Dances
subject: Record Player
subject: Christmas
subject: Relations
subject: Trapping
subject: Snow House
subject: Travels
subject: Traditional Food
subject: Hunting
subject: Waterfowl
subject: Various People
subject: Animals
subject: Tents
subject: July 1st Gathering
subject: Canada Day Activities
subject: Inuvialuit
subject: Gwich’in
subject: Dogs
subject: Siblings
subject: Employment
subject: Police
subject: Sewing
description: Mary Kailek is storytelling from the 1937 era, of when she was doing a lot of sewing, of visitors and listening to storytelling in the evenings, of their travels for Christmas and New Years, stories of her dad and Joe trapping and hunting stories, of her little brother Donald Kaglik, travels to Aklavik including when her dad was working for the police who were waiting for him there, of the many tents, of the July 1st Gathering of Gwich’in and Inuvialuit, then traveling on to Tuktoyaktuk when they’re were only tents, of raising and looking after her siblings and of keeping her late mom’s word, of more people, travels, and more.
creator: Kailek, Mary
date: [197-?]
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

1942 and 1943 Memories and Life Stories by Mary Kailek Pt 1
subject: Storytelling
subject: Hunting
subject: Trapping
subject: Memories
subject: Harvests
subject: Travels
subject: Family
subject: Children
subject: Sewing
subject: Various People
subject: Dances
subject: Gatherings
subject: Christmas
description: Mary Kailek’s storytelling starts off with some of the latter story repeated from the previous story of when she was younger around Christmas time then Mary continues sharing her memories: of when she just had two children when her son Alex Kaglik was around seven years old, of her family members, of when her brother Donald Kaglik would walk to his traps, of sewing for her family members and herself last, of hunting, trapping, harvests, various people, travels, vistors, illness’, drum dances, picture shows, square dances, and of the many people present at the large gatherings. Story ends abruptly at the 31:53 minute mark. Part 1. To be continued.
creator: Kailek, Mary
date: [197-?]
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

1942 and 1943 Memories and Life Stories by Mary Kailek Pt 2
subject: Storytelling
subject: Trapping
subject: Family
subject: Easter
subject: Travels
subject: Dogs
subject: Christmas
subject: Peffer’s Hotel
subject: Various People
subject: Deaths
subject: Employment
subject: Wildlife
subject: Scow
subject: Ernie Lacombe
subject: Frame Tents
subject: Hunting
subject: Tuberculosis
subject: Cancer
subject: Hospital
subject: School
subject: Hudson Bay Store
subject: Flu Epidemic
description: Mary Kailek is continuing to share her memories from 1942 and 1943 of: she and her family’’s activities such as hunting, trapping, of various people, of their travels, of going to Aklavik for Easter, Peffer’s Hotel, Banksland people who flew to Aklavik for the summer, of deaths and funerals, Annie’s employment, low prices of tents, of sewing traditional clothing, of the many hospitalised with Tuberculosis and some with cancer, and the flu epidemic, and more.
creator: Kailek, Mary
date: [197-?]
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

1970 Beaufort Sea Committee Meeting with Father Le Meur
subject: Beaufort Sea Committee Meeting
subject: Exploration
subject: Drilling
subject: Dome Petroleum
subject: Concerns
description: Host Ishmael Alunik interviews Father Le Meur in Inuvialuktun about the Beaufort Sea Committee Meeting
creator: Le Meur, Father Robert
creator: Alunik, Ishmael
date: August 24, 1970
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

A few short Legends and Drum Songs by Ralph Kimiksana
subject: Storytelling
subject: Legends
subject: Drum Songs
description: A Long Time Ago host Ishmael Alunik airs Elder Ralph Kimiksana who is storytelling. Ralph is telling a several short legends and ends with drum songs.
creator: Kimiksana, Ralph
creator: Alunik, Ishmael
date: May 21, 1982
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

A Haunting Tale followed by The Girl Who Sank in Quicksand told by Agnes Nanogak
subject: Storytelling
subject: Legends
subject: Hunter
subject: Haunted
subject: Death
subject: Quicksand
subject: Girls
description: Agnes Nanogak is telling of a hunter’s haunting tale followed by a story of a girl who sinks into another world. (Note: The last five minutes of the tape is a recording of an unidentified man telling a story that was already in progress. This is not related to the story that Agnes was telling.)
creator: Nanogak, Agnes
creator: Unidentified Man
date: [197-?]
language: Inuinnaqtun
type: Audio

A Man Named Akak by Agnes Nigiyok Part 1
subject: Storytelling
subject: Kangiryuarmiut
subject: Hunting
subject: Akak
subject: Winter Gathering
subject: Inlaws
subject: Shaman
subject: Snow Houses
subject: Murder
description: Agnes Nigiyok is storytelling about a man named Akak who was from Iqaluktuuttiaq (Cambridge Bay) who was married to a Kaniryuarmiut but his inlaws did not like him so they had him killed. To be continued.
creator: Nigiyok, Agnes
date: July 9, 1976
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

A Man Named Akak by Agnes Nigiyok Part 2 and Personal Life Stories
subject: Storytelling
subject: Kangiryuarmiut
subject: Akak
subject: Inlaws
subject: Shaman
subject: Snow Houses
subject: Murder
subject: Investigation
subject: Police
subject: Arrests
subject: White People
subject: Marriage
description: Agnes Nigiyok is continuing the story about the man named Akak who was killed then an RCMP investigation ensued a year later when the families involved were arrested and taken away and returned a year later. Agnes also tells about one man’s wife who eventually returned from the West, about reluctantly having to live with the Sikoaluk’s again, then getting married and having a daughter, and sometimes witnessing men taking away other people’s wives and take them away, and of tough days, and more.
creator: Nigiyok, Agnes
date: July 9, 1976
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

A Man named Qauqsiqtuq then Another Unidentified Storyteller
subject: Storytelling
subject: Legend
subject: Oral History
subject: CHAK Radio
subject: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
description: Charlie Smith is telling a legend of a man named Quaqsiqtuq first in Iñupiatun then in English followed by another unidentified speaker who is storytelling in Inuvialuktun.
creator: Charlie Smith
creator: Unidentified Woman
date: 1965
language: Iñupiatun
language: English
type: Audio

A Mother and her Granddaughter Legend by Alice Thrasher
subject: Storyteling
subject: Legend
subject: Grandmother
subject: Granddaughter
subject: Caribou
subject: Seal
subject: Hunting
subject: Fighting
description: A Long Time Ago host Ishmael Alunik airs Alice Thrasher storytelling. Alice is telling a legend of a mother and her granddaughter. Ishmael then plays a song called, "Silent Inuit" sung by Alice’s son, musician Willie Thrasher, followed by more music.
creator: Thrasher, Alice
creator: Alunik, Ishmael
date: January 23, 1986
language: Inuvialuktun
language: Iñupiatun
type: Audio

A Native Voice Theme Song
subject: Theme Song
subject: A Native Voice
description: Twenty eight seconds of The Native Voice program theme song sung in Inuktitut.
creator: Not identified.
date: [197-?]
language: Inuktitut
type: Audio

Abe Auktalik Okpik Explains Inuit Tapirisat Kanatmi’s Meeting with the Prime Minister
subject: Storytelling
subject: ITK
subject: Prime Minister
subject: Meeting
subject: Land
subject: Church Parishioners early writing system
subject: Inuit
subject: Inupiatun
subject: Inuvialuktun Writing System
subject: Inuvialuktun
description: Abe Auktalik Okpik provides an explanation of a meeting between Inuit Tapirisat Kanatami and the Prime Minister regarding ITK’s position on land and land use and other issues on the C.H.A.K. Western Arctic program.
creator: Okpik, Abe
date: April 15, 1976
language: Iñupiatun
type: Audio

Abe Okpik Interviews Elijah Harley about his Hunting and Trapping Days
subject: Storytelling
subject: Meetings
subject: Trappers
subject: Stealing
subject: Boating
subject: Hunting
subject: Transportation
subject: Muskrat
subject: Registered Traplines
subject: Fishing
subject: Beluga Whale Hunting
subject: Beluga food preparation
subject: Ducks
subject: Various Families
subject: Christmas
subject: Easter
subject: Greetings
subject: Caribou Hunting
subject: Fishnets
description: Radio host, Ishmael Alunik, introduces Abe Auktalik Okpik who interviews Elder Elijah Harley about his hunting and trapping, in his younger days, sparked by a public meeting the day before.
creator: Alunik, Ishmael
creator: Okpik, Abe
creator: Harley, Elijah
date: April 15, 1976
language: Iñupiatun
type: Audio

Adult Memories and Lifestyles Past and Present Interview with Bessie Lennie
subject: Storytelling
subject: Interview
subject: Lifestyle Changes
subject: Education
subject: Transportation
subject: Family
subject: Hunting
subject: Trapping
subject: Working
subject: Parenting
subject: Travel
subject: Children
subject: Death
subject: Inuinnaqtun
subject: Disrespectful
subject: Wasteful
subject: Church
subject: Clothing
subject: Laziness
description: Rosemary Kuptana continues to interview Bessie Lennie about her lifestyle as a young adult, of a dog team trip with her husband that almost cost them their lives, then of having to raise her children on her own when her husband passed away, of the many changes she has witnessed in a short few years, such as loss of language, community living, modern day school education, young people being disrespectful to parents, of modern transportation replacing traditional ways of traveling, seemingly useless purchases, and the very different way of life that they now live, and more.
creator: Lennie, Bessie
creator: Kuptana, Rosemary
date: [197-?]
language: Inuinnaqtun
type: Audio

Advice from Amos Tumma plus Bowhead Whale Hunting and Other Stories
subject: Storytelling
subject: Bowhead Whale Hunt
subject: 1918 or 1919
subject: Ships
subject: Caribou
subject: Trapping
subject: Noah Flood Story
subject: Bows and Arrows
subject: Harpoons
description: Amos Tumma speaks gives advice, then tells a story of bowhead whale hunting long ago around 1918 or 1919, followed by a flood story, and speaks of traditional hunting weapons used long ago, and more.
creator: Tumma, Amos
date: July 5, 1972
language: Iñupiatun
type: Audio

Aklavik, N.T. Elders Archie Erigaktuk, Mary Archie, Dora Malegana and Johnny Malegana’s Personal Stories and or Greetings
subject: Greetings
subject: Family
subject: Friends
subject: Personal Stories
subject: Fishing
subject: Lifestyle
subject: Dogs
subject: Work Ethics
subject: Money
subject: Land
subject: Children
subject: Travel
description: Host Frank Cockney speaks with Aklavik Elders Archie Erigaktuk (Ir̂igaaktuk), Mary Archie, Dora Malegana and Johnny Malegana (Maligiana) who are speaking to and sending greetings to family and friends on the Inuit Program.
creator: Erigaktuk, Archie
creator: Archie, Mary
creator: Malegana, Dora
creator: Malegana, Johnny
creator: Cockney, Frank
date: September 18, 1986
language: Iñupiatun
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Alaska Church Service
subject: Alaska Radio Station
subject: Church Service
subject: Religion
description: North Pole Alaska radio station, church service. Recorded in English.
creator: Unidentified Speakers
date: [197-?]
language: English
type: Audio

Alaskan Elders Speak to and Send Greetings to Family and Friends
subject: Bible Story
subject: Greetings
subject: Family
subject: Friends
subject: Elders Advice
description: Alaskan Elder, Richard Tukli, shares a Bible story about Jesus followed by Alaskan Elders, Suzie Kasaak, Lucy Ahvuakana, Sarah Kunangnan, David Otoana, Samuel Kunangna, and Bessie Eriklok who speak to and send greetings to family and friends in Canada on the Saturday Inuit Show.
creator: Alunik, Ishmael
creator: Tukli, Richard
creator: Kasaak, Suzie
creator: Ahvuakana, Lucy
creator: Kunangnan, Sarah
creator: Otoana, David
creator: Kunangnan, Samuel
creator: Eriklok, Bessie
date: 197-?
language: Iñupiatun
type: Audio

Alaskan Elders Speak to and Send Greetings to Family and Friends in Inupiaq.
subject: Storytelling
subject: Greetings
subject: Family
subject: Friends
description: Several Inupiaq Elders speak to and send greetings to family and friends in the Mackenzie Delta, Northwest Territories and in Nunavut on The People Speak Inuit Program.
creator: Brower, Tom
creator: Brower, Kate
creator: Leavitt, Rose
creator: Akpik, Greta
creator: Ningeok, Jonas
creator: Akpik, Jeanette
creator: Tegoshak, Margaret
creator: Patkotak, Steve
creator: Patkotak, Jane
date: May 9, 1976
language: Iñupiatun
type: Audio

Alaskan KJMP Radio Station Request Show
subject: Alaska Radio Station
subject: Call in Request Show
subject: Music
description: KJMP Radio Station Call in request show from Fairbanks, Alaska with music.
creator: Unidentified Speakers
creator: Gordon, Alex, Sr.
creator: Gordon, Hope
creator: Gordon, Lottie
creator: Gordon, Andrew
creator: Thrasher, Gilbert
date: 197-?
language: English
language: Iñupiatun
language: Gwich'in
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Albert Oliver Old Time Stories
subject: Storytelling
subject: Parents
subject: Various People
subject: Hunting
subject: Store
subject: Fishing
subject: Beluga Whaling
subject: Trapping
subject: Sailboats
subject: Jigging
subject: Christmas
subject: Waterfowl
subject: Relations
subject: Wildlife
subject: Travels
subject: Steamboat
description: Albert Oliver (Niqsialuq) is telling stories about long ago of his parents, of Annaqtuuq, and others when they were living at Ukiivik, of fishing, trapping, and and hunting stories, including a beluga whale hunting story. Albert also tells of jigging, and Christmas time, of geese hunting and gathering eggs, of the steamboat arrival, July 1st games, of people traveling here and there up and down the river, of, berry picking, gathering food, and more.
creator: Oliver, Albert
date: [197-?]
language: Iñupiatun
type: Audio

Alice Agnaoyak’s Life Stories Final Part 9
subject: Storytelling
subject: Travels
subject: Alcohol
subject: Hunting
subject: Nomadic Lifestyle
subject: Dewline
subject: Inuvialuit
subject: Traditional Food
subject: Store
subject: Staples
subject: European Food
description: Alice Agnaoyak is completing her final life story of their nomadic lifestyle when she was young, of being very fearful when she first saw people drinking alcohol, of when the Dewline was first starting up, and more. Final, Part 9.
creator: Angnaoyak, Alice
date: [197-?]
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Alice Agnaoyak’s Life Stories Part 1
subject: Storytelling
subject: Parents
subject: Dog Teams
subject: Trapping
subject: Hunting
subject: Traditional Teachings
subject: Animals
subject: Snow House
subject: Christmas
subject: Easter
subject: Traditional Food
subject: Travels
subject: Hiking
subject: Pack Dogs
subject: Caribou Skin Tents
subject: Canvas Tents
subject: Caribou Fat
subject: Traditional Lamps (Qulliq)
description: Alice Agnaoyak is storytelling of when she was a small child, of always going out hunting with her father, of hunting stories and more. Part 1. To be continued.
creator: Angnaoyak, Alice
date: [1976?]
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Alice Agnaoyak’s Life Stories Part 2
subject: Storytelling
subject: Travels
subject: Sled Dogs
subject: Boating
subject: Sailing
subject: Traditional Food
subject: Food Cache
subject: Hunting
description: Alice Agnaoyak is continuing her stories of when she was a small child, of traveling with her parents with their sled dogs, then with a rowboat in the summer, then adding sails if there was wind, and more. Part 2. To be continued.
creator: Angnaoyak, Alice
date: [1976?]
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Alice Agnaoyak’s Life Stories Part 3
subject: Storytelling
subject: Airplane
subject: Store
subject: Staples
subject: Christmas
subject: Easter
subject: Trapping
subject: Hunting
subject: Polar Bears
subject: Animals
subject: Dog Teams
subject: Hudson’s Bay Company
subject: Fish
subject: Traditional Food
subject: Various Families
subject: Food Poison
subject: Travels
subject: Relations
description: Alice Agnaoyak is continuing her stories of her younger days of polar bear hunting with her parents and her husband, of an airplane story, of food poisoning resulting in illnesses and deaths, and more. Part 3. To be continued.
creator: Angnaoyak, Alice
date: [1976?]
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio