Ruzicka Remembers
subject: Storytelling
subject: Interview
subject: Music
subject: Singing
subject: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
description: CBC Host Mark Goldmen interviews Bob Ruzicka about the name of his band and his tour of the Mackenzie Delta. He also sings some of his songs. Recorded in English.
creator: Goldmen, Mark
creator: Ruzicka, Bob
creator: Vincent, Laura
creator: Banister (sp), Roger
creator: Howard, Wayne
creator: Ford, Jack
date: [197-?]
language: English
type: Audio

Agnes Nanogak Goose Genealogy Interview
subject: Oral History
subject: Storytelling
subject: Interview
subject: Genealogy
subject: Family
subject: Marriage
subject: Births
subject: Deaths
description: Cathy Cockney is interviewing Agnes Goose, with some help from an unidentified interpreter, about her family genealogy.
creator: Goose, Agnes Nanogak
creator: Cockney, Cathy
creator: Unidentified Translator
date: Date Unknown
language: English
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

The Long Crossing Part 5 By Jim Wolki
subject: Storytelling
subject: Seals
subject: Travel
subject: Dog Teams
subject: Arctic Hare
subject: Snow House
subject: Storm
subject: Search
subject: Cold
subject: Hungry
subject: Ptarmigan
subject: Liquor
subject: Death
description: CHAK’s A Long Time Ago host Louie Goose introduces Jim Wolki and Father Le Meur where Jim is telling part five of The Long Crossing story in English. To be continued.
creator: Goose, Louie
creator: Wolki, Jim
creator: Le Meur, Father Robert
date: August 6, 1971
language: English
type: Audio

The Long Crossing Final Part 6 By Jim Wolki and Trapping Interview
subject: Storytelling
subject: Death
subject: Travel
subject: Hudson Bay Trading Post
subject: Dry Goods
subject: Lost
subject: Illness
subject: Seals
subject: Dog feed
subject: Dog Teams
subject: Polar Bears
subject: Geese
subject: White foxes
subject: Boating
subject: Challenges
subject: Trapping
subject: Fur Trade
description: CHAK’s A Long Time Ago host Louie Goose introduces Jim Wolki and Father Le Meur where Jim is telling the final part six of The Long Crossing story. Father Le Meur then interviews Jim about his successful trapping days when he was younger.
creator: Goose, Louie
creator: Wolki, Jim
creator: Le Meur, Father Robert
date: August 17, 1971
language: Inuvialuktun
language: English
type: Audio

Hope Gordon Life in Alaska Part 1
subject: Whaling
subject: Trapping
subject: Christmas Gatherings
subject: Hunting
subject: Fishing
subject: Drum Dance Clothing
subject: Kivgik
subject: Food
subject: Religion
subject: Death
subject: Relations
description: Aklavik Elder Hope Gordon is storytelling about where and how they lived in Alaska, Part 1. To be continued.
creator: Gordon, Hope
creator: Alunik, Ishmael
date: January 5, 1976
language: Iñupiatun
type: Audio

Hope Gordon Life in Alaska Part 2
subject: Big Flu
subject: Death
subject: Births
subject: Hiking
subject: Hunting
subject: Fishing
subject: Tooth Extraction
subject: Snaring
subject: Various Families
subject: Traditional Medicine
subject: Christmas
subject: 1920 Census
subject: Travel
subject: Relations
subject: Faith
description: A Long Time Ago host Ishmael Alunik airs Aklavik Elder Hope Gordon storytelling about where and how they lived in Alaska, Part 2. To be continued.
creator: Gordon, Hope
creator: Alunik, Ishmael
date: August 19, 1983
contributor: Gordon, Hope
language: Iñupiatun
type: Audio

Hope Gordon Life in Alaska Part 3
subject: Fishing
subject: Travel
subject: Wildlife
subject: Hunting
subject: Snaring
subject: Trapping
subject: Store
subject: Eggs
subject: Waterfowl
subject: Icehouse
subject: Caribou Clothing
subject: Various Families
subject: Reindeer Herders
subject: Christmas
subject: Feast
subject: Pray
subject: Faith
subject: Storytelling
subject: Legend
subject: Death
description: A Long Time Ago host Ishmael Alunik airs Aklavik Elder Hope Gordon storytelling about where and how they lived in Alaska, Part 3 to be continued.
creator: Gordon, Hope
creator: Alunik, Ishmael
date: August 19, 1983
language: Iñupiatun
type: Audio

Hope Gordon Life in Alaska Part 4
subject: Drum dancing
subject: Bowhead Whale
subject: Sharing
subject: Death
subject: Various Families
subject: Travel
subject: Relations
subject: Caribou
subject: Clothing
subject: Hiking
subject: Hunting
subject: Berry Picking
subject: House
subject: Oil Lamp
subject: Whiteman
subject: Stephanson Explorers
subject: Fear
subject: Big Flu
description: A Long Time Ago host Ishmael Alunik airs Aklavik Elder Hope Gordon storytelling about where and how they lived in Alaska, Part 4.
creator: Gordon, Hope
creator: Alunik, Ishmael
date: January 9, 1986
language: Iñupiatun
type: Audio

Lily-Anne Green - Plane Crash
subject: Storytelling gathering
subject: Crash
subject: Cultural centre
subject: Cultural resource centre
subject: ICRC
subject: Paulatuk
subject: Pilot
subject: Plane
subject: Storytelling
description: Lily-Anne tells a harrowing story of when she was involved in a plane crash.
creator: Green, Lily-Anne
date: March 13, 2025
contributor: IRC
contributor: Brandon, Larocque
language: English
type: Audio

Inuit Cultural Institute with Peter Green
subject: Inuit Cultural Institute
subject: Membership
subject: Aims
subject: Objectives
subject: Staff
subject: Inuit Tapirisat of Canada
description: Peter Green is speaking about the Inuit Cultural Institute’s aims and objectives that is then translated into Inuvialuktun by Abe Okpik
creator: Green, Peter
creator: Okpik, Abe
date: [197-?]
language: English
language: Iñupiatun
type: Audio

Helen Gruben Willie Gruben Lifestyle Interviews
subject: Oral History
subject: Interview
subject: Storytelling
subject: Lifestyle
subject: Travels
subject: Illness
subject: Death
subject: Trapping
subject: Residential School
subject: Christmas
subject: Hunting
subject: Animals
description: Agnes White interviews Helen Gruben then Willie Gruben about their lifestyle, places they traveled, hunted and trapped. They also tell stories.
description: This recording is from the Aulavik Oral History Project undertaken by the Inuvialuit Social Development Program.
creator: Gruben, Helen
creator: Gruben, Willie
creator: White, Agnes
creator: Nagy, Murielle
date: June 15, 1996
language: Inuvialuktun
language: English
type: Audio
identifier: Aulavik 52

Persis Gruben telling her Life Stories, Part 1
subject: Storytelling
subject: Travels
subject: Tents
subject: Illness
subject: Whiteman
subject: Hiking
subject: 1926
subject: Eastern Inuit (Qangmalit)
subject: Visitors
subject: Various Families
subject: Trappers
subject: Relatives
subject: Caribou Hunting
subject: Traditional Food
subject: Shamanism
subject: Clothing
subject: Language
subject: Homes
subject: Elders
subject: Inuit lamp
subject: Fishing
subject: Dog teams
subject: Prediction
description: Persis Gruben is telling her life stories of her birth place, of their travels with her parents, of when her mom got sick, of the Eastern Inuit (Qangmalit) visiting: who had different clothing and a different language and who practised shamanism, of their caribou tent frames, of when they had gifted her mom with a parka, and that some of the Eastern Inuit stayed behind. She also talks about the various families, and describes the types of homes that were made, of the Elders playing cards and storytelling, with their Inuit lamp on, including some scary stories. She also speaks of fishing, of traveling with only dogs and of the predictions she heard of transportation with engines that were to come. Part 1. To be continued.
creator: Gruben, Persis
date: November 1976
relation: Persis Gruben Telling Her Life Stories, Part 2
relation: Persis Gruben Telling Her Life Stories, Part 3
relation: Persis Gruben Telling Her Life Stories, Part 4
relation: Persis Gruben Telling Her Life Stories, Part 5
relation: Persis Gruben Telling Her Life Stories, Part 6
relation: Persis Gruben Telling Her Life Stories, Part 7
relation: Persis Gruben Telling Her Life Stories, Part 8
relation: Persis Gruben Telling Her Life Stories, Part 9
relation: Persis Gruben Telling Her Life Stories, Part 10
relation: Persis Gruben Telling Her Life Stories, Part 11
relation: Persis Gruben Telling Her Life Stories, Part 12
relation: Persis Gruben Telling Her Life Stories, Part 13
relation: Persis Gruben Telling Her Life Stories, Part 14
relation: Persis Gruben Telling Her Life Stories, Part 15
relation: Persis Gruben Telling Her Life Stories, Part 16
relation: Persis Gruben Telling Her Life Stories, Part 17
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Persis Gruben telling her Life Stories, Part 2
subject: Storytelling
subject: Hunting
subject: Travels
subject: Visitors
subject: Various Families
subject: Relations
subject: Caribou
subject: Hiking
subject: Seal
subject: Whiteman
subject: Dogs
subject: Traditional Food
subject: Fishing
subject: Whiteman Food
subject: Store
subject: Eastern Inuk
subject: Nomadic Lifestyles
subject: Accident
subject: God
subject: Faith
subject: Prayer
subject: Languages
subject: Christmas
subject: Candy
subject: Fruit
subject: Seal Nets
subject: Log Houses
subject: Tents
subject: Sliding
subject: Polar Bear
description: Persis Gruben continues to tell of her life experiences of when she was younger, of their travels, of fishing and hunting, of various families, of traditional food, of getting staple supplies for the winter, of her sister Winnie’s accident and when they prayed over her. She further spoke of their strong faith in God and witnessing everything being done prayerfully as soon as they got up and nothing was done without first praying first and more which she says is unlike today. She also spoke of people forgetting about doing things prayerfully when they started speaking English. She also spoke of the languages spoken, and of a polar bear scare when sliding, of people always traveling and of the nomadic lifestyle, of when people never took what didn’t belong to them, of Christmas treats, the homes, and snow blindness.
creator: Gruben, Persis
date: November 1976
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Persis Gruben telling her Life Stories, Part 3
subject: Storytelling
subject: Travels
subject: Hunting
subject: Tent
subject: Various Families
subject: Illness
subject: Caribou
subject: Seal
subject: Eggs
subject: Schooners
subject: Catholic Father
subject: Frozen Feet
subject: Herring Fishing
subject: Hiking
subject: Royal Canadian Mounted Police
subject: Hudson Bay Company
subject: Big Flu
subject: Death
subject: Birth
subject: Black Man
subject: Warehouse
subject: Houseboat
subject: Polar Bear
description: Persis Gruben continues storytelling about her younger days with her parents, of she and her family’s many travels, of fishing, hunting and gathering for food when living a traditional nomadic life,. She also speaks of fatal illness, of when the Catholic Father froze his feet, of White Trappers, of a store, of various relatives and people and the numerous people camping in tents, of the police and the Hudson Bay, the flu epidemic, deaths and births, about the summer gatherings, about polar bears, caribou, seals, and whitefox, of the new years celebration, never going without, of not knowing about modern electricity and about hearing the prediction of people being able to just press a button for stoves, for heat, and for electricity, which she says they now live nowadays compared to long ago when they’d have to use an Inuit lamp (qulliq) for light, and get wood for the stove, and heat, so what she heard has come to pass, and more. Part 3. To be continued.
creator: Gruben, Persis
date: November 1976
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Persis Gruben telling her Life Stories, Part 4
subject: Storytelling
subject: Travels
subject: Parental Teachings
subject: Muskox
subject: Bible teachings
subject: Language
subject: Christmas
subject: Feasts
subject: Christmas Clothing
subject: Sewing Skills
subject: Tent Homes
subject: Polar Bear
subject: Whitefox
subject: Various Families
subject: Hunting
subject: Schooners
subject: Hiking
subject: Fish
subject: White People
subject: Photographs
subject: Log House
subject: Fire
subject: Residential School
subject: Store
subject: Trapping
description: Persis Gruben is storytelling about being taught to be respectful to their parents, about her relationship with her parents, about their travels, about Sunday bible teachings from her parents, about Christmas Gatherings and about Christmas new clothing and sewing skills, of many people including White people, about schooners lined along the shore and tents at Qikiqtarr̂uk, of hunting, of the time when there was no paper, about a lesson learned, about some people becoming different with card games and alcohol, and describes their tent home that her father made like a sod house. Part 4. To be continued.
creator: Gruben, Persis
date: November 1976
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Persis Gruben telling her Life Stories, Part 5
subject: Storytelling
subject: Travels
subject: Various Families
subject: Trapping
subject: Hunting
subject: Accident
subject: Traditional Healing Methods
subject: Whitefoxes
subject: Dogs
subject: Polar bears
subject: Christmas
subject: Minister
subject: Presents
subject: Lumber House
subject: Eastern Inuk (Qangmaliq)
subject: Easter
subject: Caribou
subject: Rabbits
subject: Dog Teams
subject: Water Fowl
subject: Seals
subject: Tents
description: Persis Gruben continues to tell stories of her life experiences of when she was young living and travelling with her parents and siblings, of a gunshot accident, of hunting and trapping stories, of traditional first aid and healing methods, of a close call with a polar bear, and of Christmas and Easter time. Part 5. To be continued.
creator: Gruben, Persis
date: November 1976
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Persis Gruben telling her Life Stories, Part 6
subject: Storytelling
subject: Travels
subject: Carved Toys
subject: Hudson Bay
subject: Royal Canadian Mounted Police
subject: Beluga
subject: Hunting
subject: Caribou
subject: Various Families
subject: Big Flu
subject: Deaths
subject: Kublualuk (the shaman)
subject: Residential School
subject: Flood
subject: Schooners
subject: Boats
subject: Drum Dances
subject: Alaskans
subject: African American
subject: 1931
subject: Gospel Singing
description: Persis Gruben continues to tell stories of she and her family’s travels, of various families and people, of the big houses belonging to the police and Hudson’s Bay, of various the types of homes that Inuvialuit lived in, of the big flu that people died from, and of the many tents where people were beluga whaling. She also describes the layout of Tapqaq of where she and her sister went residential school and their experiences there at Tapqaq. She also speaks of all the schooners and boats lining the shores of Herschel Island, the dancing including when the Alaskan drum dancers came, and more. Part 6. To be continued.
creator: Gruben, Persis
date: November 1976
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Persis Gruben telling her Life Stories, Part 7
subject: Storytelling
subject: Language
subject: Residential School
subject: Christmas
subject: Various Families
subject: Square Dances
subject: Easter
subject: Deaths
subject: Beluga Whale Hunting
subject: Church Services
subject: Tents
subject: Ball Games
subject: Travels
subject: Nunataarmiut
subject: Muktuk
subject: Hunting
subject: Caribou
subject: Fishnet Fishing
subject: Schooner
description: Persis Gruben continues storytelling about she and other’s experiences at the residential school at Tapqaq (Shingle Point) and also mentions other’s experiences at Hay River, Northwest Territories, including their English language barrier, the many tents and people arriving to Tapqaq for beluga whaling season and mentions the various people and families who went there in the summer time. Part 7. To be continued.
creator: Gruben, Persis
date: November 1976
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Persis Gruben telling her Life Stories, Part 8
subject: Storytelling
subject: Language
subject: Games
subject: Store
subject: Staples
subject: Family
subject: Money
subject: Respect
subject: Residential School
subject: 1931
subject: 1932
subject: Marriages
subject: Fire
subject: Trapping
subject: Fishing
subject: Supports
subject: Gifts
subject: Various Families
subject: Inuvialuit Values
subject: Inuvialuit Teachings
subject: Christmas
subject: Easter
subject: Gatherings
subject: Relations
subject: 1933
subject: Travel
subject: Homes
description: Persis Gruben is storytelling of her younger days, of a time when she didn’t see alcoholism amongst the people, of a fire where her family lost everything, of how people have changed and are not like how they were long ago: when people used to help each other without expecting money up front first, of when people looked after the poor, of the era when there was no welfare, of when people were always busy and had utmost respect for other’s privacy and property, and about a time of not knowing very much about money. She also speaks of returning to residential school, of marriage celebrations, of summer and or the Christmas and Easter gatherings, when only traveling with dog teams despite how far the destinations were, about her Gwich’in language barrier, and more. Part 8. To be continued.
creator: Gruben, Persis
date: November 1976
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Persis Gruben telling her Life Stories, Part 9
subject: Storytelling
subject: Orphans
subject: Various Families
subject: Trapping
subject: Dogs
subject: Ice Water
subject: Wood
subject: Chores
subject: Fishnet Fishing
subject: Animals
subject: Residential School
subject: 1929
subject: Deaths
subject: Homes
subject: North Star
subject: Visitors
subject: Siilivik’s Accident
subject: Moose Drymeat
subject: Store Keepers
subject: Old Trappers
subject: Parents
description: Persis Gruben is stortyelling about orphans, of various people and or families at various locations they lived at including the different homes they lived in. She also spoke of water and heating oil not being delivered to them but rather they would have to get ice water and then get wood for heat, of when there were only a few people living at Tuktoyaktuk, of when her mom told her that she’s not returning to residential school, of when they mistook Siilivik for dead but the joy of discovering he was still alive, of old store keepers and trappers who returned South, and of when her mother passed away, and packing everything up and traveling, and more. Part 9. To be continued.
creator: Gruben, Persis
date: November 1976
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Persis Gruben telling her Life Stories, Part 11
subject: Storytelling
subject: Travels
subject: City
subject: Inuit Tapirisat of Canada (ITC)
subject: Ships
subject: Peterson
subject: Bay Chimo
subject: Pipeline
subject: Animals
subject: Radio Collars
subject: Hunting
subject: Fishing
subject: Women
subject: Game Wardens
description: Persis Gruben is describing the very different sights and scenery of her experiences of going to the city of Seattle, of a shooting incident, of the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada (ITC) first starting up, ships long ago and today, her thoughts regarding the pipeline, of the the radio collars on the animals, of enforcement of new wildlife laws. She goes on to share stories of women’s lifestyle long ago as providers by hunting, snaring, and fishing, etc. She also speaks of the new technology of television, tape recorders, radios, etc. and enjoying being able to hear other people sending greetings and speaking on the radio, and more. Part 11. To be continued.
creator: Gruben, Persis
date: November 1976
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Persis Gruben telling her Life Stories, Part 12
subject: Storytelling
subject: Lifestyle Changes
subject: Communities
subject: Nomadic
subject: Various People
subject: Hunting Areas
subject: Trapping Areas
subject: Skidoos
subject: Dog Teams
subject: Language
subject: Culture
subject: Technology
subject: Wildlife
subject: 1950
subject: Church
subject: Gwich’in
subject: Employment
subject: Trapping
subject: Hunting
subject: Money
subject: Wages
subject: Boats
subject: Scows
subject: Ships
subject: Hotel
subject: Restaurant
subject: Bar
subject: Christmas
subject: Sewing
subject: Land
subject: Oil Companies
subject: Fish
subject: Dewline
subject: Houses
subject: Schools
subject: Welfare
subject: Family Allowance
subject: Government
subject: Travel
subject: Inuit Tapirisat of Canada (ITC) Meetings
description: Persis Gruben is sharing stories of the many changes she has witnessed in her life such as living a nomadic lifestyle out on the land to community permanent living, prior to European contact such as: the fast skidoos, of languages, of the newcomer’s government systemic control and enforcing the new law and regulations, of the welfare system of employment and wage economy, of the new money obsession, of cigarettes and alcohol, of oil companies arriving and blasting and negatively affected their fish populations. She also talks about the benefits of the new technology, of her travels with her parents then later with her husband, of animals hunted, and shares some funny stories. She also shares stories of her Gwich’in heritage and Inuvialuit upbringing with the Inuvialuktun language and culture with her family. Persis shares stories of ships long ago, Christmas times, of the Dewline, of traveling to attend Inuit Tapirisat of Canada (ITC) meetings, and more.Part 12. To be continued.
creator: Gruben, Persis
date: November 1976
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Persis Gruben telling her Life Stories, Part 13
subject: Storytelling
subject: Marriage
subject: Travels
subject: Skidoos
subject: Home
subject: Land
subject: Sewage
subject: Dog Teams
subject: Hunting
subject: Cleanliness
subject: Governments
subject: Animals
subject: Traditional Knowledge
subject: Traditional Food
subject: Family
subject: Fishing
subject: Oil Companies
subject: Blasting
subject: Fishnets
subject: Modern transportation
subject: Meetings
description: Persis Gruben is continuing her lifestyle stories comparing the numerous changes and coming to terms with a changing way of life that her generation encountered affecting things like: lifestyle changes, cleanliness and caring for the land, transportation, new governments with new laws, everyone in one community, increasing populations and housing, traditional knowledge and ways of doing things, negative affects on wildlife and marine species, arrival of the oil companies blasting and ruining the natural environments, outsiders going to Tuktoyaktuk to work, hunting and or fishing, traditional food to store bought food and purchases,with new restaurants and cafes, and the talk of money and banks rather than traditionally not requiring the use of money. Persis also shares some hunting stories, speaks of animals, of marriages, of becoming a grandmother, of herring and fishnet fishing, and much more. Part 13. To be continued.
creator: Gruben, Persis
date: November 1976
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Persis Gruben telling her Life Stories, Part 14
subject: Storytelling
subject: Cleanliness
subject: Waste
subject: Lifestyle Changes
subject: Sewage
subject: Transportation
subject: Travels
subject: Homes
subject: Family
subject: Relations
subject: First Nations
subject: Fire
description: Persis Gruben is sharing her opinions of and comparing past lifestyle of Inuvialuit to present modern day Inuvialuit lifestyles in regards to transportation, sewage and garbage, influence of European lifestyles, hunting and wildlife, and traditional knowledge and ways of doing things. Persis also tells stories she and her family’s travels out on the land and fondly reminisces about some humorous times with her parents long ago, and more. Part 14. To be continued.
creator: Gruben, Persis
date: November 1976
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Persis Gruben telling her Life Stories, Part 15
subject: Storytelling
subject: Travels
subject: Parents
subject: Children
subject: Various Families
subject: Various Locations
subject: Deaths
subject: Births
subject: Homes
subject: School
subject: Marriages
subject: Relations
subject: Staple Food
subject: Fishing
subject: Traditional Food
subject: Hunting
subject: Hiking
subject: Sail boats
subject: Engine Boats
description: Persis Gruben is telling her life stories of when she was younger of their travels with her parents then later with her husband, of her mom’s passing, of their homes, of the flu and of deaths, of various families at the various places they lived, of her dad’s passing, of running out of staple food, of traditional food, of lean times, and more. Part 15. To be continued.
creator: Gruben, Persis
date: November 1976
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio