Peter Esau Shirley Esau Lifestyle Interview
Oral History
Interview
Storytelling
Lifestyle
Language
Travels
Traditional Food
Trapping
Homes
Animals
Employment
Police Patrol
Midwifery
Medicare
Residential School
Fishing
Hunting
Family
Murielle Nagy and Agnes White interview Peter and Shirley Esau and they share and discuss personal life stories. Four people speaking all at once for some of the time. Shirley then shares stories from her younger days.
This recording is from the Aulavik Oral History Project undertaken by the Inuvialuit Social Development Program.
Nagy, Murielle
White, Agnes
Esau, Peter
Esau, Shirley
English
Inuvialuktun
Staples
Michael Amos is being interviewed about his lifestyle long ago and of his travels. Michael also shares some stories from his younger days.
Amos, Michael
Unidentified Speaker
Agnes Carpenter Life Stories and Memories Part 1
Stories
Family Kinship
Photographs
Murielle Nagy and Agnes White interview Agnes Carpenter about her family kinship, and personal life history and stories in English. They also view and discuss contents of photographs. Part 1. To be continued.
Carpenter, Agnes
Agnes Carpenter Life Stories and Memories Part 2
Life Stories
Murielle Nagy, Agnes White, and Agnes Carpenter continue viewing photographs and discussing the historical contents and contexts of the photographs in English. Agnes Carpenter also shares more memories and stories of her younger days. Part 2. To be continued.
Agnes Carpenter Life Stories and Memories Part 3
Education
Religion
Thomas Umauk
Map
Marriage
Midwives
Photos
Health Care
Murielle Nagy and Agnes White continue to interview Agnes Carpenter about her personal lifestyle long ago as well as Inuvialuit lifestyle long ago. Agnes shares more memories and stories of her younger days. To be continued.
Agnes Carpenter Life Stories and Memories Part 4 then Sam Lennie Interview
Store
Money
Transportation
Caribou
Muskox
Vegetation
Mapping
Locations
Murielle Nagy and Agnes White continue to interview Agnes Carpenter about her personal and Inuvialuit lifestyle long ago. Agnes shares more memories and stories of her younger days. At the 21:26 minute mark, it suddenly switches to an interview with Sam Lennie of personal and historical stories and they also view photographs and maps discussing place names and historical contexts.
Lennie, Sam
Easter
Court
Coalmine
Heating
Agnes White interviews Frank Cockney about his lifestyle, places he’s traveled, and traditional land use areas in his younger days. Frank also shares some stories.
Cockney, Frank
Viewing Photographs with Winnie Cockney Part 1
Recollections
Winnie Cockney, Agnes White, and Murielle Nagy are viewing and discussing the historical contexts of the photos including who and what are in the photos, the year, and location of the contents of the photos, in English and in Sallirmiutun. Part 1. To be continued.
Cockney, Winnie
Viewing Photographs with Winnie Cockney Part 2
Winnie Cockney, Agnes White, and Murielle Nagy continue viewing and discussing the historical contexts of the photos including who and what are in the photos, the year, and location of the contents of the photos, in English and in Sallirmiutun. Part 2.
Collis Dick Paul Adam Lifestyle Interviews
Hudson Bay
Agnes White interviews Collis Dick and Paul Adam about their lifestyles, places they’ve traveled, and they also share stories.
Dick, Collis
Adam, Paul
Agnes Goose Lifestyle Interview and Stories
Genealogy
Steffansson’s Expedition
Eastern Inuit
Whaling Ships
Guide
Hudson Bay Store
Name
Shirley Elias interviews Agnes Goose about her family, their travels, and lifestyle long ago as well as historical stories from the past.
Elias, Shirley
Goose, Agnes
Jimmy Memogana Lifestyle Interview and Stories
Clothing
Singing
Muskox Bones
CanAlaska Store
Death
Traditional Place Names
Shirley Elias and Murielle Nagy interview Jimmy Memogana about his lifestyle and his travels long ago, as well as stories from his younger days. Jimmy also sings a song in Inuvialuktun. They also discuss traditional place names.
Memogana, Jimmy
Inuinnaqtun
Anges Goose Interview Memories and Stories
Tuberculosis
Illness
Shirley Elias interviews Agnes Goose who also shares memories and stories from her younger days. She also identifies people in photographs.
Sam Oliktoak Lifestyle Interview and Stories
Fish
Steffansson’s
1914
Shirley Elis interviews Sam Oliktoak who also shares stories about his lifestyle and memories from his younger days. Note: At times there was a lot of background noise making it hard to hear including some traditional place names.
Oliktoak, Sam
Frank Kuptana Interview and Stories Part 1
Shirley Elias interviews Frank Kuptana about his lifestyle from his younger days, his genealogy, and he shares stories from long ago. Part 1. To be continued.
Kuptana, Frank
Frank Kuptana Interview and Stories Part 2
Christmas
Changes
Shirley Elias continues interviewing Frank Kuptana about his lifestyle from his younger days and Frank continues sharing memories from long ago. Frank also speaks of the many changes in the Inuvialuit lifestyle compared to years past. Final part two.
Sam Oliktoak and Nicholas Uluariuk Lifestyle Interviews
Shirley Elias completes the interview with Sam Oliktoak then another person interviews Nicholas Uluariuk about his lifestyle and memories from his younger days.
Uluariuk, Nicholas
Other Unidentified Speaker
Jean Ogina and William Kagyut Lifestyle Interview then Frank Kuptana Storytelling
Christmas Gathering
Easter Gathering
Johnny One Arm
Qulliq (Traditional Lamp)
Shirley Elias interviews Jean Ogina about her lifestyle from her younger days, her genealogy, and she shares stories from long ago. Shirley then interviews William Kagyut about his life, his genealogy, and he also shares stories from long ago and places he’s traveled. Frank Kuptana then begins telling old time stories.
Ogina, Jean
Kagyut, William
Jean Ogina William Kagyut Robert Kuptana LIfestyle Interviews
Egg Gathering
Shirley interviews Jean and William who also shares memories and stories from his younger days. Shirley then interviews Robert Kuptana about his genealogy, about his lifestyle from his younger days, and about Aulavik Park. Robert also shares some old time stories.
Kuptana, Robert
Shirley Elias interviews Albert Elias about his lifestyle when he was younger, his genealogy, and Albert also shares some old time stories.
Elias, Albert
Faith
God
Harvested Food
Cannibalism
Caucasian
Mark Emerak is speaking about his faith and is also sharing some life stories as well as stories that he heard. Part 1. To be continued.
Emerak, Mark
Western Music
Greetings
Christmas Music
Traditional Songs
Shamanism
Audio starts with western music playing then Mark Emerak continues sharing some life stories as well as stories that he heard. Mark is also singing traditional songs. Part 2. To be continued.
Unidentified Person
Mark Emerak is completing his life stories as well as stories that he heard. Mark is also singing traditional songs. Final Part 3. An unidentified person also sings a short traditional song
Bones
Various Families
Qulliq (Traditional Inuit Lamp)
Police
Agnes White interviews Peter Esau and Shirley Esau about identifying traditional land use areas, various families who lived there long ago, and more. They also share some memories and stories from the areas they traveled to. Audio is not always clear, sometimes fades out, and at times is hardly audible.
Flu Epidemic
Agnes White interviews Alice Tunu Felix about her lifestyle from her younger days. Alice also shares memories and stories from long ago.
Felix, Alice