Taken during the Qikiqtaruk (Herschel Island) Cultural Study for the Inuvialuit Social Development Program.
Tousignant, John (Photographer)
Foolish and Wise Ways of Living by Amos Tumma
Storytelling
Hunting
Work Ethics
Food Preservation
Planning
Trading
Drygoods
Elders teachings
Traditional Knowledge
Faith
Sharing
Helping
Saving
Animals
Whiteman
Elder Amos Tumma is storytelling about how Elders taught them how to live long ago, and speaks of foolish and wise ways of living and shares his wisdom and advice on the A Long Time Ago program.
Tumma, Amos
Iñupiatun
Inuvialuit Way of Life Long Ago and Today with Amos Tumma
Newcomers
Mountain People
Coastal People
Greeting Newcomers
Gatherings
Feasting
Sufferings
Hardships
Language
Way of Life
Culture
Lifestyle Changes
Advice
God’s Word
Fatal Flu
Death
Bowhead Whalers
Alcohol Related Problems
Ships
Hudson Bay Store
Liquor Store
Elders Wisdom
Elder Amos Tumma is speaking about Inuvialuit way of life today compared to Inuvialuit way of living when he was younger. He shares his thoughts and opinions of the lifestyle changes he has seen over the years and shares his wishes and advice for people to live a good life on the A Long Time Ago program.
Amos Tumma Stories From His Younger Days
Cooking and Heating Systems
Kuukpangmiut
First Nation Trappers
Whale Hunting
Siglit
Inupiat
Gathering
No Food Wastage
Drum Dancing
Kangmallit
Gold
Trade
Elder Amos Tumma is storytelling about his younger days of his travels, adventures, life experiences, and more on the A Long Time Ago program.
Amos Tumma Memories and Stories of Long Ago
Ship
Stranded
Christmas
New Years
Hunger
Seals
Edible Root
Icefishing
Ducks
Whitemen
Murders
RCMP Boat
Fighting
Shaman
Bowhead Whale
Fishing
Blind Seamstress
Shaman Powers
Various Families
Warriors
Alcohol
Elder Amos Tumma is storytelling about some of his earliest memories of his family, others families, and stories from long ago of how he and other Inuvialuit lived, their struggles, hardships and survival during their travels on the A Long Time Ago program.
Minister Fry
Travels
1913
Rabbits
Bowhead Whale Hunting
Trapping
White Foxes
Polar Bears
Christmas Gathering
Caribou
Snow House
Church Service
Cannibal
Boating
Danger
Elder Amos Tumma is storytelling about his travels as early as 1913 as well as hunting and trapping stories, and more on the A Long Time Ago program.
Amos Tumma Telling Several Short Life Stories
House Building
Relations
Caribou Hunting
White Miners
Murder
World War 1
Fox Prices
Arranged Marriage
Missionaries
Church Services
Helpful
Leaders
Dogs
Dad
Granddad
Bowhead Whalers Ships
Drinking Party
Shootout
Lookout Tower
Bishop Stringer
Bishop Bompass
Hymns
Weasal
White Fox
Ptarmigan
Uncles
Elder Amos Tumma is storytelling about several life stories of missionaries, bowhead whalers, drinking, shoot outs, White miners, murder, a comical weasal story, and more on the A Long Time Ago program.
Widow
Sons
Hunters
Marriage
Families
Poor
Whaling
Storms
Giant Mouse
Survival
Sea Otter
Food Preparation
Food Storage
Ice House
Fish
Water Fowl
Lifestyle
Birth Place
Relatives
Christmas Gatherings
Elders Advice
Elder Amos Tumma is telling old time stories about a widow and her two sons, about some of his uncles, warriors, no animal parts wasted, harvested food prepared and stored to last all year long, a giant killer mouse, life prior to White peoples arrival, a big flood, Eastern Inuit, Ikaahuk houses and artifacts and tools, Christmas gatherings and feasting, and ends with advice on how to live a good way on the A Long Time Ago program.
Hunting and Trapping Stories Long Ago by Amos Tumma
Hiking
Foxes
Parental Teachings
Loons
Muskox
White foxes
Elder Amos Tumma is storytelling about hunting and trapping long ago on the A Long Time Ago program.
Inuvialuit and Inupiat Culture and Way of Life Before and After European Arrival
Harvested Food Preservation
Traditional Foods
Lifestyle Change
Church
Bible
Trading Post
Shells
Dry Goods
Police
Games
Dances
Children
Cultural Teaching
Youth
Elder Advice
Elder Amos Tumma is storytelling about Inuvialuit and Inupiat culture and way of life long ago before and after the arrival of the bowhead whalers, trading, and the trading post era on the A Long Time Ago program.
Shamans
Medicine Men
Illness
Devil
Tikiqarmiut
Healing
Elder Amos Tumma is storytelling about shamans and medicine men prior to the arrival of ministers on the A Long Time Ago program.
Prophecy
Young poor man
Leader
Family
Talking bird
Elder Amos Tumma is storytelling a story that was already in progress about a prophecy told to a young man of when he would be asked to become the next leader and how this poor man life unfolds on the A Long Time Ago program.
Recollections From The Past with Amos Tumma
European Bowhead Whalers
Drinking Parties
Fights
Beluga Whale Hunting
Two Brothers
Otter
Fearless
Easter
Elder Amos Tumma is telling stories from when he was a boy in the early 1900’s of when the European bowhead whalers would winter at Qikiqtarr̂uq and the events he witnessed. He also tells of a widow and her two sons who were always hunting and providing for and helping others, of how disagreements were settled by men, of fearless feats, and tells of his trapping and hunting stories.
Bowhead Whaling
Iced In
Sail Boating
Drum Song
Drum Dance
Trading Posts
Elder Amos Tumma is storytelling about when boats were iced in, when bowhead whaling season was done, of their travels, of trapping and hunting, then continuing their sailing journey after the winter, and making their way to the trading posts to Iglukpak and Katyaaq (Tschigehchic).
Move
Snaring
Struggles
Elder Amos Tumma is telling old time stories of his younger days of hunting and travelling, and of his wife’s grandfather’s stories from long ago of how they lived, working hard, hardly sleeping, hunting for their food prior to arrival of Europeans, etc.
Ministers
Suffering
Loon
Medicine Man
Elder Amos Tumma is storytelling about how shamans were involved long ago prior to the arrival of ministers.
Amos Tumma Stories of Inuvialuit Lifestyle Long Ago and the Changes
Bowhead Whale Hunt
1908
1909
Bad Man
Captain Peterson
Japanese
Siqlit
Sealing
Whitefox
Changed Inuvialuit
Whiteman Lifestyle
Guns
Muskrat Hunting
Seasonal Gathering and Hunting
Food
Wood Gathering
Elder Amos Tumma is telling stories of hunting, fishing, trapping, and his many travels and how he and others lived long ago as well as the many changes.
Legends
Murderous Man
Ruler’s Children
Elder Amos Tumma is telling a legend about a man who murders a woman’s father because he wanted to marry her followed by another legend of two ruler’s children who married each other.
Inuvialuit and Inupiat Culture and Way of Life Before and After White Man’s Arrival
Elder Amos Tumma is storytelling about long ago Kittigaar̂ungmiut, Utqalungmiut, Qikiqarr̂ungmiut, and Uummarmiut culture and way of life long ago before and after the arrival of the bowhead whalers, trading, and the trading post era.
Legend
Chief’s daughter
Horse
Inuvialuit Lifestyle Long Ago
Sharing Harvests
Deaths
Orphan
Angels
Rescued
Elder Amos Tumma is storytelling about an old legend of a Chief’s daughter who didn’t want to marry then speaks of communal versus individual lifestyles. He then tells a story he heard from his wife’s grandfather about a mistreated orphaned teenager who was rescued by two angels, then starts another story but ends abruptly.
Reindeer Herding Lifestyle by Amos Tumma
Reindeer Herding
Reindeer Herders
Father Moses
Waterfowl
Northstar
Elder Amos Tumma is storytelling about his reindeer herding days.
1912
Schooner
Scow
Minister
Bowhead Whales
Expedition
Mr. Fry
Tea
Elder Amos Tumma is storytelling about his life stories, his travels and experiences including challenging times during 1912 and 1913.
Whaling and Old Time Stories by Amos Tumma
Beluga Whaling
Ruben Brothers
Flooding
Game Warden
First Nations
Store Bought Food
Climate Change
Weather
Elders Teachings
Food Annual Planning
Lifestye Culture Change
Caucasion Lifestyle
Lifestyle Advice
Bible Teachings
Elder Amos Tumma is storytelling about beluga whaling at Nalurugiaq and Niaqunnaq long ago, about lifestyle changes he sees, about climate change, about how to live right, about his faith, about hunger, about work ethics, and more.
Hunting and Travelling Stories with Amos Tumma
Hudson Bay Company
1915
Freight Hauling
Elder Amos Tumma is storytelling of hunting and travelling stories including when he hauled freight for the Hudson Bay Company and when the missionaries started heading to the Eastern Arctic.