Portrait photographs
Music
Singing
Drums (Musical instruments)
Guitars
Video recording
Aglukark, Susan
A photo of Susan Aglukark performing on stage with a band at the Inuit Circumpolar Conference in Inuvik.
Clothing and dress
Dancers
Parades
Parade floats
Cockney, Cathy
Harry, George
Harry, Martha
Tingmiak, Sarah
Arey, Jean
Tingmiak, Abel
A photo of drum dancers performing on a roadway. Back Row (left to right): George Harry, Martha Harry, Sarah Tingmiak, Jean Arey, and Cathy Cockney. Dancer: Abel Tingmiak.
Gruben, Persis
Gruben, Charlie
Taken during the Herschel Island and Yukon North Slope Inuvialuit Oral History Project for the Inuvialuit Social Development Program.
Nagy, Murielle (Photographer)
Nature
A photo of young Persis Gruben standing in the bushes by some trees in traditional clothing Credit: Martha Harry
Inglangasuk, Lennie
Taken during the Qikiqtaruk (Herschel Island) Cultural Study for the Inuvialuit Social Development Program.
Tousignant, John (Photographer)
Interviewing
White, Agnes
Persis Gruben and Agnes White at Pauline Cove
Persis Gruben and Agnes White (Shingle Point)
Persis Gruben interviewed by Agnes White at Shingle Point.
Gruben, Persis (Lennie)
A photo of Persis (Lennie) Gruben and Charlie Gruben sitting beside each other taking a photo together. Credit: Emma Gruben Fietchtinger
Persis Gruben Lifestyle Interview Final, part 3
Oral History
Storytelling
Interview
Lifestyle
Travels
Hardships
Hunting
Animals
Various People
Fishing
Traditional Food
Store
Genealogy
Tragedy
Agnes White completes her interview with her mother about her lifestyle, travels, and places she lived. Persis continues to share stories and memories from long ago. Final, part 3.
This recording is from the Aulavik Oral History Project undertaken by the Inuvialuit Social Development Program.
Inuvialuktun
Persis Gruben Lifestyle Interview Part 1
School
Trapping
Flu Epidemic
Deaths
Photo Identification
Homes
Agnes White is interviewing her mother, Persis Gruben, about when she was travelling and living around Banksland as well as other places where she and other’s travelled and lived, and more. Persis also shares memories and stories from long ago. Persis also identifies some people from the photos that they viewed. Part 1. To be continued.
Nagy, Murielle
English
Persis Gruben Lifestyle Interview Part 2
Baptisms
Names
Various Families
Births
Agnes White continues interviewing her mother about her lifestyle, her travels, and places she lived. Persis also shares more stories from long ago. Part 2. To be continued.
Persis Gruben telling her Life Stories, Part 1
Tents
Illness
Whiteman
Hiking
1926
Eastern Inuit (Qangmalit)
Visitors
Trappers
Relatives
Caribou Hunting
Shamanism
Clothing
Language
Elders
Inuit lamp
Dog teams
Prediction
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.
Persis Gruben Telling Her Life Stories, Part 2
Persis Gruben Telling Her Life Stories, Part 3
Persis Gruben Telling Her Life Stories, Part 4
Persis Gruben Telling Her Life Stories, Part 5
Persis Gruben Telling Her Life Stories, Part 6
Persis Gruben Telling Her Life Stories, Part 7
Persis Gruben Telling Her Life Stories, Part 8
Persis Gruben Telling Her Life Stories, Part 9
Persis Gruben Telling Her Life Stories, Part 10
Persis Gruben Telling Her Life Stories, Part 11
Persis Gruben Telling Her Life Stories, Part 12
Persis Gruben Telling Her Life Stories, Part 13
Persis Gruben Telling Her Life Stories, Part 14
Persis Gruben Telling Her Life Stories, Part 15
Persis Gruben Telling Her Life Stories, Part 16
Persis Gruben Telling Her Life Stories, Part 17
Persis Gruben telling her Life Stories, Part 10
Dog Teams
Herring Fishing
Skidoos
1955
Dewline
Foxes
Polar Bear
Flooded
Seal Hunting
Dog Feed
Flood
Traditional Clothing
Family
Work Ethics
Traditional Knowledge
Land
Chores
Persis Gruben is storytelling about when she lived a nomadic lifestyle with her parents then later moving to Tuktoyaktuk, of travelling with dogteams and use of dogs. Persis also shares stories of when they first got skidoos, of hunting and trapping stories with her husband and their friend John Kikoak, of some Inuvialuit families living at Dewline, of traditional clothing, of traditional food, and of their travels at Christmas time. She also speaks about the problems she sees due to everyone living in one community, about her frustrations with kids lacking work ethics and life skills today. She then shares her ideas on how things could have been done differently that would have helped with kid’s learning and with how to live, when first building houses in Tuktoyaktuk, and closes with the following: Our land is no more good. It's destroyed or wrecked. Part 10. To be continued.
Gruben,Persis
Persis Gruben telling her Life Stories, Part 11
City
Inuit Tapirisat of Canada (ITC)
Ships
Peterson
Bay Chimo
Pipeline
Radio Collars
Women
Game Wardens
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.
Persis Gruben telling her Life Stories, Part 12
Lifestyle Changes
Communities
Nomadic
Hunting Areas
Trapping Areas
Culture
Technology
Wildlife
1950
Church
Gwich’in
Employment
Money
Wages
Boats
Scows
Hotel
Restaurant
Bar
Christmas
Sewing
Oil Companies
Fish
Houses
Schools
Welfare
Family Allowance
Government
Travel
Inuit Tapirisat of Canada (ITC) Meetings
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.
Persis Gruben telling her Life Stories, Part 13
Marriage
Home
Sewage
Cleanliness
Governments
Blasting
Fishnets
Modern transportation
Meetings
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.
Persis Gruben telling her Life Stories, Part 14
Waste
Transportation
Relations
First Nations
Fire
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.
Persis Gruben telling her Life Stories, Part 15
Parents
Children
Various Locations
Marriages
Staple Food
Sail boats
Engine Boats
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.
Persis Gruben telling her Life Stories, Part 16
Death
Food Scarcity
Traditional Lifestyle
Dogs
Sewing Skills
Persis Gruben is continuing her storytelling of their travels with their families, of moving to Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, of various animals harvested, of the different schooners, of the various places she lived, and of how people long ago tried to make staple foods last. She also speaks of the traditional life and traditional knowledge and of survival skills that the young are forgetting, the lack of work ethics in kids today versus when she was younger including that they were always busy doing necessary work, of the traditional food, of learning how to sew traditional clothing as a young girl, and more.
Persis Gruben telling her Life Stories, Part 17
Campsel Hospital
Traditional Teachings
Predictions
1934
1935
Staple Foods
Ice House
Persis Gruben is continuing her storytelling of the lifestyle changes, about traveling with her parents long ago and later with her children when her husband was hospitalised, of her traditional teachings, of wildlife hunted, of the oil companies negatively affecting the animals and environment, of the predictions of engine vehicles and that pingos would be demolished and moved. She also describes her experiences and descriptions of Tuktoyaktuk and the various families that were there when they arrived there. She also talks about the trading posts, the harvested food and store bought food, of less trapping versus more wage employment, of her memories of the Dewline and trapping, and the families living at the Dewline, about the traditional educational benefits of traveling like she did long ago versus living in one community.
Persis Gruben telling her Life Stories, Part 2
Caribou
Seal
Whiteman Food
Eastern Inuk
Nomadic Lifestyles
Accident
God
Faith
Prayer
Languages
Candy
Fruit
Seal Nets
Log Houses
Sliding
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.
Persis Gruben telling her Life Stories, Part 3
Tent
Eggs
Schooners
Catholic Father
Frozen Feet
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Hudson Bay Company
Big Flu
Birth
Black Man
Warehouse
Houseboat
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.