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 with brother Sam Lennie
subject: Gruben, Persis
subject: Lennie, Sam
description: Information provided in 1996 during Aulavik Oral History Project.
type: Image

Person from Fort Good Hope
subject: Digital images
subject: Portrait photographs
subject: Winter
subject: Clothing and dress
description: A photo of a person from Fort Good Hope.
creator: Hunt, David E., 1925-
date: 1968-1969
type: Image

Persus Gruben Tape 1 1994
creator: Gruben, Persus
date: 1994
type: Audio

Persus Gruben Tape 2 1994
creator: Gruben, Persus
date: 1994
type: Audio

Peter Danes Elanik, Jr.
subject: Portrait photographs
subject: Chairs
subject: Traditional Food
subject: Elanik Jr, Peter Danes
description: A photo of Peter Danes Elanik, Jr. sitting on a chair and holding a plate of food.
date: -
type: Image

Peter Esau In Kayak
subject: Portrait photographs
subject: Polar bear
subject: Esau, Peter
description: Peter Esau in kayak (?) hooking bear that was shot 10 miles out on the sea ice as it broke through.
description: This photo collection was used during the interviews of the Aulavik Oral History Project to get the names of people previously not identified.
source: Physical collection housed at the NWT Archives.
date: 1957-10-20
type: Image
identifier: N1993-002-0088 (NWT Archives)

Peter Esau Lifestyle Interview
subject: Oral History
subject: Interview
subject: Storytelling
subject: Lifestyle
subject: Genealogy
subject: Travels
subject: Employment
subject: Police Patrol
subject: Hunting
subject: Mapping
subject: Traditional Place Names
subject: Trapping
subject: Animals
description: Murielle Nagy and Agnes White interview Peter Esau about his genealogy, his lifestyle, and his life stories
description: This recording is from the Aulavik Oral History Project undertaken by the Inuvialuit Social Development Program.
creator: Nagy, Murielle
creator: White, Agnes
creator: Esau, Peter
date: March 1, 1996
language: English
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio
identifier: Aulavik 24

Peter Esau Shirley Esau Interviews
subject: Oral History
subject: Interview
subject: Storytelling
subject: Lifestyle
subject: Fish
subject: Trapping
subject: Bones
subject: Animals
subject: Hunting
subject: Employment
subject: Homes
subject: Various Families
subject: Qulliq (Traditional Inuit Lamp)
subject: Police
description: Agnes White interviews Peter Esau and Shirley Esau about identifying traditional land use areas, various families who lived there long ago, and more. They also share some memories and stories from the areas they traveled to. Audio is not always clear, sometimes fades out, and at times is hardly audible.
description: This recording is from the Aulavik Oral History Project undertaken by the Inuvialuit Social Development Program.
creator: Esau, Peter
creator: Esau, Shirley
creator: White, Agnes
creator: Nagy, Murielle
date: June 23, 1996
language: Inuvialuktun
language: English
type: Audio
identifier: Aulavik 53

Peter Esau Shirley Esau Lifestyle Interview
subject: Oral History
subject: Interview
subject: Storytelling
subject: Lifestyle
subject: Language
subject: Travels
subject: Traditional Food
subject: Trapping
subject: Homes
subject: Animals
subject: Employment
subject: Police Patrol
subject: Midwifery
subject: Medicare
subject: Residential School
subject: Fishing
subject: Hunting
subject: Family
description: Murielle Nagy and Agnes White interview Peter and Shirley Esau and they share and discuss personal life stories. Four people speaking all at once for some of the time. Shirley then shares stories from her younger days.
description: This recording is from the Aulavik Oral History Project undertaken by the Inuvialuit Social Development Program.
creator: Nagy, Murielle
creator: White, Agnes
creator: Esau, Peter
creator: Esau, Shirley
date: March 1, 1996
language: English
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio
identifier: Aulavik 25

Peter Green
subject: Portrait photographs
subject: Clothing and dress
subject: Green, Peter
description: A photo of Peter Green standing in front of a sign for COPE (the Committee for Original People's Entitlement).
date: -
type: Image

Peter Green and Frank Kuptana, 1983
subject: COPE
subject: Meetings
subject: Ulukhaktok
subject: 1983
subject: Felix, Emmanuel
subject: Green, Peter
description: Photograph of Peter Green and Frank Kuptana looking at a book.
date: January 1983
type: Image

Peter Kiktorak
subject: Portrait photographs
subject: Kiktorak, Peter
description: A photo of Elder Peter Kiktorak.
type: Image

Peter Sydney Life Stories and Memories
subject: Oral History
subject: Interview
subject: Storytelling
subject: Lifestyle
subject: Map
subject: Place Names
subject: Animals
description: Murielle Nagy and Agnes White interview Peter Sydney about his lifestyle long ago, of his travels, and places he’s lived, and more. They also viewed maps while discussing the historical contexts of the the time of year, and the place names of the locations. Peter also shares some personal stories.
description: This recording is from the Aulavik Oral History Project undertaken by the Inuvialuit Social Development Program.
creator: Sydney, Peter
creator: Nagy, Murielle
creator: White, Agnes
date: February 23, 1996
language: English
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio
identifier: Aulavik 10

Peter Thrasher
description: Taken during the Qikiqtaruk (Herschel Island) Cultural Study for the Inuvialuit Social Development Program.
creator: Tousignant, John (Photographer)
date: 1990-07
type: Image

Peter Thrasher
description: Taken during the Qikiqtaruk (Herschel Island) Cultural Study for the Inuvialuit Social Development Program.
creator: Tousignant, John (Photographer)
date: 1990-07
type: Image

Philip Kuptana
subject: Portrait photographs
subject: Clothing and dress
subject: Kuptana, Phillp
description: A photo of Philip Kuptana wearing traditional clothing.
source: Credit: Elizabeth Banksland
date: 1950s
type: Image

Philip Kuptana Interview and Life Stories
subject: Oral History
subject: Interview
subject: Storytelling
subject: Lifestyle
subject: Homes
subject: Animals
subject: Hunting
subject: Trapping
subject: Travels
subject: Fishing
subject: Dewline
subject: Employment
description: Murielle Nagy and Agnes White interview Philip Kuptana about his lifestyle long ago and his travels.
description: This recording is from the Aulavik Oral History Project undertaken by the Inuvialuit Social Development Program.
creator: Nagy, Murielle
creator: White, Agnes
creator: Kuptana, Philip
date: February 27, 1996
language: English
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio
identifier: Aulavik 17

Phillip Hoagak
subject: Portrait photographs
subject: Clothing and dress
subject: Haogak, Philip
description: A photo of Phillip Hoagak standing by a sled.
date: -
type: Image