Portrait photographs
Clothing and dress
Dancers
Music
Singing
Stefansson, Mabel
Simon, Alice
Aleekuk, Ida
A photo of three Elders dancing. From left to right: Mabel Stefansson, Alice Simon, and Ida Aleekuk.
Old Time Life Stories and Drum Songs with Frank Kuptana
Storytelling
Sewing
Mother
Clothing
Travels
Homes
Drum Dancing
Drum Singing
Animals
Seals
Traditional Food
Fishing
Caribou
Hunting
Drymeat
Drum Dances
Polar Bears
Dogs
Marriage
Frank Kuptana is storytelling from when he started remembering when he was young of his way of life and culture long ago of their travels, of traditional hunting methods, fishing, of traditional clothing, of traditional food, of the fun drum dances, followed by Frank drumming and singing.
Kuptana, Frank
Inuinnaqtun
Old Time Stories and Discussions with Frank Kuptana and an Unidentified Speaker
Parents
Canalaska Ship
Church Service
Ministers
Fathers
Residential School
Dancing
Shamans
Various People
Stabbings
Deaths
Wives
Frank Kuptana and an unidentified speaker are continuing their discussions from the previous story and sharing memories and stories from the past.
Unidentified Speaker
Old Time Stories and Legends by Raddi Koiksak then Jorgen Klengenberg’s Old Time Stories
Illness
Flu
1923
1924
Death
Hospital
Legends
Old Woman
Married Couple
Ravens
Whitefox
House
Culture
Store
White People
Knives
John Holman, host of the A Long Time Ago program, airs Raddi Koiksak telling short stories and legends followed by Jorgen Klengenberg telling old time stories.
Koiksak, Raddi
Holman, John
Klengenberg, Jorgen
English
Old Time Stories and Songs by Raddi Kowichuk and Felix Nuyaviak
Hudson Bay
Travel
Whaling
Furs
Scow Boat
Whale Boat
Fur Trade
Dry Goods
Alaskan Songs
Trapping
Inexpensive Store Prices
Guns and Supplies
Raddi Kowichuk and Felix Nuyaviak are telling stories of long ago from around 1910 or 1911 and also sing some Alaskan and other drum songs on the A Long Time Ago program.
Kowichuk, Raddi
Nuyaviak, Felix
Alunik, Ishmael
Inuvialuktun
Prophecy
Young poor man
Leader
Family
Children
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.
Tumma, Amos
Iñupiatun
Lifestyle
Food Preservation
Nomadic
Relations
Seasonal Camps
Staples
Police
Minister
Snowhouse
Buster Kailek is telling old time stories of when he was a young man, of how people lived long ago, hunting, fishing, trapping, living off the land and sea, making and preserving traditional food harvested, and of their nomadic lifestyle, of their travels to their seasonal camps, of his arranged marriage initiated by the police and minister, and more.
Kailek, Buster
Birth
Illnesses
Siblings
Injury
Employment
Search
Walks
Grave Sites
Canalaska House
Fish
Catholic Father
Anglican Minister
Nunamiut
Language
Waterfowl
Christmas
Semmler’s Store
Mary Kailek is sharing more memories of her younger days of when she gave birth to her son, of her siblings who were on their way to residential school when her younger brother Donald Kaglik got hurt, of when her dad started trapping after he was finished working for the police, of a missing person search, of sewing and filling a mitts order for the police, of her hiking and seeing old grave sites, of a family that died of starvation, of various families, of gatherings and games, of people smoking pipes during the church service, of some comical stories, of when the old timers were buying drygoods for the first time, and more old time stories.
Kailek, Mary
Old Time Stories from 1939 and 1940 by Joe Nasogaluak
Beluga Whaling
Ice House
Old Adam
Seal
Priest
Joe Nasogaluak is storytelling of their travels, hunting, fishing, and trapping during 1939 and 1940. Audio has a lot of static in background.
Nasogaluak, Joe
Old Timer’s Stories of Killings and Murders by William Kuptana
Murders
Fighting
Kangiryuarmiut
Shamanism
Brothers
Bows and Arrows
Weapons
Food
Puiblirmiut tribe
Kangiryuarmiut tribe
Insanity
Hex
Relatives
William Kuptana is telling stories that he heard from his grandfather and his parents as well as telling stories of what he also witnessed when he was young. Stories of dangerous men killing each other when warring and fighting over women, of physical fitness and strength being very important in winning in battles of one or more opponents, of people killing each other and wasting time warring with each other rather than using that time for hunting, when warring with handcarved bows and arrow and knives prior to contact with White people. William also talks of how their arrow weapons were made, and of how people used shamans long ago.
Kuptana, William
Father Tardy
A photo of Father Tardy holding a pickaxe beside several seals in Ulukhaktok.
Old Ulu from Late 1800's Whaler's Camp, Cape Parry
Ulu
Whalers
Cape Parry
A photo of a weathered ulu from the late 1800's at the whaler's camp at the North end of Cape Parry.
White whale
A photo of a man with old whale bones on some rocks.
Oral History
Interview
Photographs
Maps
Agnes White and Murelle Nagy interview Olga and David Rolland about their life stories, of their histories, of their origins, their families, of their travels, and places they’ve lived, and much more. They also viewed maps and photographs while 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.
This recording is from the Aulavik Oral History Project undertaken by the Inuvialuit Social Development Program.
Roland, Olga
Roland, David
White, Agnes
Nagy, Murielle
Olga and David Rolland Viewing Photographs and Storytelling
Schooners
Trading Posts
Semmlers
Hudson Bay Store
Petersons
Stan Peffers
The Distributor
Olga and David Roland, Agnes White, and Murielle Nagy continue viewing and discussing the historical contexts and contents of the photos including, the year, and location of the photos, as well as sharing personal stories in Inuvialuktun and English.
Roland, John
Esau, Peter
Dog teams
The image shows Peter Esau and William Kuptana on RCMP patrol to Holman Island, Banks Island.
This photo collection was used during the interviews of the Aulavik Oral History Project to get the names of people previously not identified.
Physical collection housed at the NWT Archives.
Camps
A photo of a woman and a child standing on the beach with a few building in the background. Credit: Agnes Gruben White
Buildings
A photo of a baby girl wearing Mukluks sitting on the floor of a house.
Camping
Land
Photograph of two people on the land with body of water in background.
Radios
Goose, Agnes
The image shows Agnes Goose, from Holman Island, talking to a family member in Holman on the radio.
Tents
Niriyuq, Morris
Kudlak, Frank
Haogaq, Phillip
Igutaq, Harry
Qapaqqatuaq, Joe
Iligayaq, Esau
A photo of Morris Niriyuq, Frank Kudlak, Phillip Haogaq, Harry Igutaq, Joe Qapaqqatuaq, and Esau Iligayaq with tents behind them.
Northern Games
High Kick
Gordon, Mickey
A photo of Mickey Gordon on the way down from performing the high Kick northern game.
Hornaday River
Paulatuk
Ice
Boating
Boat
A photo from the bow of a boat onlooking ice by open water while on the way to Hornaday River.
The photo shows a very distance photo of Kugluktuk from on top of a hill.
One Arm Reach
Tingmiak, Pat
The photo shows Pat Tingmiak doing the one arm reach game with someone sitting on his feet.