Dog kennels at Pauline Cove (Herschel Island)
subject: Portrait photographs
subject: Kennels
description: Dog kennels at Pauline Cove (Herschel Island).
description: Taken during the Herschel Island and Yukon North Slope Inuvialuit Oral History Project for the Inuvialuit Social Development Program.
creator: Nagy, Murielle (Photographer)
date: 1991-06-28
type: Image

Legends told by Agnes Nanogak
subject: Storytelling
subject: Legends
subject: Anikinyak
subject: Young Girls
description: Agnes Nanogak is telling the legends of a man named Anikniyak, of young girls looking for husbands, and a couple more short legends, then an unidentified man starts speaking at the end of the tape.
creator: Nanogak, Agnes
date: [197-?]
language: Inuinnaqtun
type: Audio

More Legends told by Agnes Nanogak
subject: Storytelling
subject: Legends
subject: Seal Hunter
subject: Qauqyaqyuk
subject: Orphan
subject: Brothers
subject: Mistreated
subject: Slave
subject: Abused
description: Agnes Nanogak is telling a legend of a man hunting seal with noisy children, one of whom was left behind by his brothers and became a very badly treated orphan, of a short legend of two snow birds, and the legend of the man with one eye who was out boating looking for a mate.
creator: Nanogak, Agnes
date: [197-?]
language: Inuinnaqtun
type: Audio

Three Legends of Kattayatkut, Ululina, and Kuplugyuak told by Agnes Nanogak
subject: Storytelling
subject: Legends
subject: Kattayatkut
subject: Food Scarcity
subject: Hunting
subject: Ululina
subject: Baby
subject: Grandmother
subject: Shamanism
subject: Dancing
subject: Foxes
subject: Kidnapped
subject: Tricked
subject: Kuplugyuaq
description: Agnes Nanogak is telling three legends. The first legend is about Kattayatkut, the old lady and her grandson. The second legend is about the fox who kidnapped Ululina, and the third legend is about Kuplugyuaq, the only man that the sought after woman wanted to marry.
creator: Nanogak, Agnes
date: [197-?]
language: Inuinnaqtun
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

Raven Creation Story then Her Father Makes a Boat by Agnes Nanogak
subject: Storytelling
subject: Legend
subject: Raven
subject: Land
subject: Sea
subject: Ice
subject: Sky
subject: Animals
subject: Humans
subject: Creation
subject: Vegetation
subject: Food
subject: Handcrafted Kayak Boat
subject: Sealskin
subject: Father
subject: Mother
description: Agnes Nanogak is telling a legend of a raven creation story similar to the bible creation story. it’s a story that was passed on to her from her father who came from, Alaska, years ago. Ningarsiq and other fellow Alaskans would also share their stories for many evenings. Agnes then tells another story of when and how her dad made a homemade boat including when her mother sewed seal skins together for the boat.
creator: Nanogak, Agnes
date: [197-?]
language: Inuinnaqtun
type: Audio

Stories of My Family by Agnes Nanogak
subject: Storytelling
subject: Parents
subject: Hunting
subject: Travels
subject: Hudson Bay Trading Ship
subject: Frozen
subject: Ice
subject: Dogs
subject: Kayak
subject: Boat
subject: Family
subject: Bears
subject: Trapping
subject: Survival
subject: Seals
subject: Trading Post
subject: Fishing
subject: Various Families
subject: Black Coal
subject: Canalaska Trading Post
description: Agnes Nanogak is storytelling of some of she and her family’s many travels, of living in various places, and of of some of their experiences such as when her father fell in water and nearly froze to death, of when he made his own kayak boat with wood and sealskins, of being a good provider and hunter, of when he purchased a boat from the Hudson Bay Company supply ship, and more.
creator: Nanogak, Agnes
date: [197-?]
language: Inuinnaqtun
type: Audio

Three Stories by Agnes Nanogak
subject: Storytelling
subject: Legends
subject: Singing
subject: Traveling
subject: Fishing
subject: Loche
subject: Hunting
subject: Wives
subject: Caribou
subject: Animals
subject: Traditional Food
subject: Food Preparation
subject: Clothing
description: Agnes Nanogak is telling three stories. The first story is about two siblings who lost their parents and are living alone, followed by another story of man traveling on the river and fishing and is baffled because he keeps hearing a voice singing a song, and the final story is about the people of the river including the man with two wives traveling along the river, camping, fishing and hunting caribou for food and clothing, and more.
creator: Nanogak, Agnes
date: July 22, 1976
language: Inuinnaqtun
type: Audio

Legends and Stories by Agnes Nanogak
subject: Stories
subject: Legends
subject: Singing
subject: Copper
subject: Traveling
subject: Hunting
subject: Animals
description: Agnes Nanogak is telling stories and legends about Qayauyani of how copper came to the land, about a couple who packed up their gear as they prepared to go on a long hike up inland, a story about an old couple, about noisy children during seal hunting, and about a man called Qayaktaurungniktuk who could not land or set foot back on the ground.
creator: Nanogak, Agnes
date: [197-?]
language: Inuinnaqtun
type: Audio

More Legends and Stories by Agnes Naogak
subject: Stories
subject: Legends
subject: Seagulls
subject: Hunting
subject: Fishing
subject: Animals
subject: Historic Places
subject: Old Houses
subject: Excavations
subject: Old Tools
subject: Beddings
subject: Knives
subject: Spears
subject: Harpoons
subject: Bone Tools
subject: Bone Dishes
subject: Grandmother
subject: Grandson
subject: Snaring
subject: Bow and Arrow
subject: Clothing
subject: Survival
description: Agnes Nanogak is telling more legends and stories about seagulls, about Arctic Char Fishing and Seal Hunting, about some old historic places that were found that were quite deep in the ground and the old houses were excavated where old tools, mostly made out of bones, such as old knives, spears, harpoons, and beddings were found including dishes that people had long ago were also made of bones. Agnes tells the last story about a grandmother who is providing for her grandson and then he begins to help his grandmother when they are surviving off the land and animals.
creator: Nanogak, Agnes
date: [197-?]
language: Inuinnaqtun
type: Audio

Josephine Nasagaluak
subject: Storytelling gathering
subject: Cultural centre
subject: Cultural resource centre
subject: Highway
subject: ICRC
subject: Land
subject: Storytelling
subject: Travelling
description: Josephine starts by thanking the group and then talks about the Inuvik Tuk highway making it easier to travel but now we spend less time on the land.
creator: Nasagaluak, Josephine
date: March 13, 2025
contributor: IRC
contributor: Larocque, Brandon
language: English
type: Audio

David Nasogaluak Lifestyle Interview
subject: Oral History
subject: Interview
subject: Storytelling
subject: Lifestyle
subject: Travels
subject: Archeologists
subject: Old Stone Houses
subject: Old Stone Traps
subject: Animals
subject: Trapping
subject: Hunting
subject: Fur Prices
subject: Eastern Inuit
subject: Fish
subject: Lobster
subject: Squid
subject: Crabs
subject: Clams
subject: Mussel
subject: Shrimp
subject: Old Homes
description: Interview was already in progress with David Nasogaluk with Agnes White about his lifestyle long ago. David also shares historical stories.
description: This recording is from the Aulavik Oral History Project undertaken by the Inuvialuit Social Development Program.
creator: Nasogaluak, David
creator: White, Agnes
date: June 11, 1996
language: Inuvialuktun
language: English
type: Audio
identifier: Aulavik 47

Joe Nasogaluak's Old Time Stories from the Early 1900’s
subject: Storytelling
subject: White People
subject: Stefansson’s Expedition
subject: Travel
subject: Exploration
subject: Police
subject: Clothing
subject: Seamstresses
subject: Inuvialuit
subject: Inupiat
subject: Hunting
subject: Ships
subject: Stores
description: Joe Nasogaluak is storytelling a story that was already in progress about first encounters with White people that arrived on a big boat. He is also telling stories about explorer Stefansson’s Expedition to the North and his interactions and travels with Inuvialuit and Inupiat who helped and worked for him.
creator: Nasogaluak, Joe
date: March 13, 1978
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

More of Joe Nasogaluak’s Old Time Stories from the Early 1900’s
subject: Storytelling
subject: White People
subject: Trapping
subject: Hunting
subject: Fishing
subject: Elders
subject: Education
subject: Stores
subject: Dry goods
subject: Boats
subject: Governance
subject: Work
subject: Changes
subject: Gatherings
description: Joe Nasogaluak is storytelling a story that was already in progress about Caucasion bowhead whale hunters and more Caucasion people arriving, and about the many ways that Inuvialuit ways of life have changed since then.
creator: Nasogaluak, Joe
date: March 13, 1978
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Fall of 1915 in Tuktuur̂aqtuuq Stories by Joe Nasogaluak
subject: Storytelling
subject: Fall
subject: Hunting
subject: Fishing
subject: Trapping
subject: Christmas
subject: Dogteams
subject: Travels
subject: Dry goods
subject: White man
subject: Animals
subject: Various Families
subject: Hudson Bay Store
subject: Traditional Food
subject: Seal
subject: Polar Bear
subject: Whitefox
subject: Maktak
subject: Bowhead Whale
subject: Ship
description: Joe Nasogaluak is storytelling of he and his family’s’s travels and way of life beginning in the fall of 1915 in Tuktuur̂aqtuuq
creator: Nasogaluak, Joe
date: [197-?]
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Old Time Stories from 1939 and 1940 by Joe Nasogaluak
subject: Storytelling
subject: Beluga Whaling
subject: Fishing
subject: Waterfowl
subject: Travels
subject: Ice House
subject: Old Adam
subject: Hunting
subject: Caribou
subject: Trapping
subject: Whitefox
subject: Christmas
subject: Traditional Food
subject: Seal
subject: Minister
subject: Priest
subject: Inuvialuktun
description: Joe Nasogaluak is storytelling of their travels, hunting, fishing, and trapping during 1939 and 1940. Audio has a lot of static in background.
creator: Nasogaluak, Joe
date: [197-?]
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Joe Nasogaluak’s Life Stories - Spring of 1916
subject: Storytelling
subject: Travel
subject: 1916
subject: Whiteman
subject: Hunting
subject: Waterfowl
subject: Eggs
subject: Caribou
subject: Seal
subject: Whaling
subject: Animal Skin Boat
subject: Alaskans
subject: Whitefox
subject: Fishing
subject: Trapping
subject: Polar Bear
subject: Dogs
subject: Fur Price
description: Joe Nasogaluak is storytelling about his life stories from the spring of 1916 onwards. Audio fades away during part of the story.
creator: Nasogaluak, Joe
date: [197-?]
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Joe Nasogaluak Life stories 1921
subject: Storytelling
subject: Hunting
subject: Fishing
subject: Whaling
subject: Murder
subject: 1921
subject: Police
subject: Minister
subject: Fur Prices
subject: Trapping
subject: Traditional Food
subject: Ice House
subject: Qulliq
description: Joe Nasogaluak is storytelling about his life stories during 1921. The audio is a little garbled towards the end.
creator: Nasogaluak, Joe
date: [197-?]
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Hunting and Trapping Winter of 1939 by Joe Nasogaluak
subject: Storytelling
subject: Hunting
subject: Trapping
subject: Priest
subject: Store
subject: Minister Thomas Umauq
subject: Easter Gathering
subject: Dances
subject: Dog Races
subject: Reindeer Herders
subject: Various Families
subject: Travels
subject: Father France
subject: Water Fowl Eggs
subject: Fishnet Fishing
subject: Dryfish
description: Joe Nasogaluak is storytelling about hunting and trapping during the winter of 1939 on the A Long Time Ago program. Audio is inaudible sometimes.
creator: Nasogaluak, Joe
date: April 1976
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Joe Nasogaluak Life Stories March 1940
subject: Storytelling
subject: Chief Mangilaaluk
subject: Moving Meeting
subject: 1940
subject: Wildlife
subject: Employment
subject: Hunting
subject: Ice House
subject: Bankslandmiut
subject: Trapping
subject: Ships
subject: Animal Clothing
subject: Dogs
subject: School
subject: Hospital
subject: White Trappers
subject: Travels
subject: Bob Nuligak
subject: Reindeer Herders
subject: Hudson Bay Store
subject: Fish
description: Joe Nasogaluak is storytelling, from the 1940 era including the plans to move to Tuktuur̂aqtuuq, on the A Long Time Ago program.
creator: Nasogaluak, Joe
date: [197-?]
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Joe Nasogaluak Life and Times in Tuktuur̂aqtuuq in 1940 and 1941
subject: Storytelling
subject: Fishing
subject: Father Franche
subject: Drygoods
subject: Trapping
subject: Christmas
subject: 1940
subject: 1941
subject: Anglican Church Services
subject: Ship
subject: Employment
subject: Storebought Foods
subject: Travels
subject: Beluga Whaling
subject: Fur Prices
subject: Dogs
description: Joe Nasogaluak is storytelling about life and times in Tuktuuraqtuuq in 1940 and 1941 on the A Long Time Ago program.
creator: Nasogaluak, Joe
date: [197-?]
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Joe Nasogaluak Life Stories 1942
subject: Storytelling
subject: Fishing
subject: Fishnet
subject: Trapping
subject: 1942
subject: Hudson Bay
subject: Father Franche
subject: Dogs
subject: Muskrat Prices
subject: Hunting
subject: Employment
subject: Wages
subject: HBC Freight Boat
subject: Poker Winnings
subject: Dryfish Sales
subject: Various Families
subject: Travels
description: Joe Nasogaluak is storytelling about his life stories in and around Tuktuur̂aqtuuq in 1942 on the A Long Time Ago program.
creator: Nasogaluak, Joe
date: [197-?]
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Joe Nasogaluak Life Stories 1942, 1943, and 1944
subject: Storytelling
subject: Fishing
subject: Fishnet
subject: 1942
subject: 1943
subject: 1944
subject: Trapping
subject: Christmas
subject: Feast
subject: Dog Races
subject: Muskrat Prices
subject: Travels
subject: Natirnaq
subject: Hunting
subject: Dryfish Sales
subject: Hudson Bay Company
subject: HBC Boat
subject: Wages
subject: RC Fathers
subject: Father Franche
subject: Minister Umauq
description: Joe Nasogaluak is storytelling about his life stories in and around Tuktuur̂aqtuuq in 1942, 1943, and 1944 on the A Long Time Ago program.
creator: Nasogaluak, Joe
date: April 1976
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Life and Times September 1923 with Joe Nasogaluak Part 1
subject: Storytelling
subject: September
subject: 1923
subject: Hudson Bay
subject: Schooners
subject: Various Families
subject: Store Keeper
subject: Dogs
subject: Caribou
subject: Hunting
subject: Travels
subject: Johnson
subject: Racing
subject: Food Shortage
description: Joe Nasogaluak is storytelling about his life stories from September 1923. Note: the volume starts fading about half way through to becoming barely audible for the last six to seven minutes then story abruptly ends. Part 1. To be continued.
creator: Nasogaluak, Joe
date: [197-?]
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Life and Times September 1923 with Joe Nasogaluak Final Part 2. Note: Audio is very low at times.
subject: Storytelling
subject: September
subject: 1923
subject: Various People
subject: Travels
subject: Hiking
subject: Hunting
subject: Caribou
subject: Trapping
subject: Seals
subject: Fish
subject: Polar Bear
subject: Hard Times
subject: Icehouses
subject: Ptarmigans
subject: Whitefox
subject: Waterfowl
subject: Muskrats
subject: Illness
subject: Deaths
subject: Alaskans
subject: Dogs
description: Joe Nasogaluak is completing his life stories from September 1923 when he was nineteen years old. Final Part 2.
creator: Nasogaluak, Joe
date: [197-?]
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio