Persis Gruben telling her Life Stories, Part 6
Storytelling
Travels
Carved Toys
Hudson Bay
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Beluga
Hunting
Caribou
Various Families
Big Flu
Deaths
Kublualuk (the shaman)
Residential School
Flood
Schooners
Boats
Drum Dances
Alaskans
African American
1931
Gospel Singing
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.
Gruben, Persis
Inuvialuktun
Persis Gruben telling her Life Stories, Part 7
Language
Christmas
Square Dances
Easter
Beluga Whale Hunting
Church Services
Tents
Ball Games
Nunataarmiut
Muktuk
Fishnet Fishing
Schooner
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.
Persis Gruben telling her Life Stories, Part 8
Games
Store
Staples
Family
Money
Respect
1932
Marriages
Fire
Trapping
Fishing
Supports
Gifts
Inuvialuit Values
Inuvialuit Teachings
Gatherings
Relations
1933
Travel
Homes
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.
Persis Gruben telling her Life Stories, Part 9
Orphans
Dogs
Ice Water
Wood
Chores
Animals
1929
North Star
Visitors
Siilivik’s Accident
Moose Drymeat
Store Keepers
Old Trappers
Parents
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.
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
Various People
Hunting Areas
Trapping Areas
Skidoos
Dog Teams
Culture
Technology
Wildlife
1950
Church
Gwich’in
Employment
Wages
Scows
Hotel
Restaurant
Bar
Sewing
Land
Oil Companies
Fish
Dewline
Houses
Schools
Welfare
Family Allowance
Government
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
Traditional Knowledge
Traditional Food
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
First Nations
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
Children
Various Locations
Births
School
Staple Food
Hiking
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
Work Ethics
Sewing Skills
Traditional Clothing
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
Lifestyle
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.
Gruben, Persus
Gruben, William, Sr.
Persis Gruben telling her Life Stories, Part 10
Herring Fishing
1955
Foxes
Polar Bear
Flooded
Seal Hunting
Dog Feed
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
Various Elders Speaking About Different Topics or Send Greetings
Inuit Tapirisat Board of Directors Meeting
Land Claim Negotiation Committee
Nellie Cournoyea
CHAK
High Cost of Living
Education
Outsiders
Sam Raddi is speaking about the Land Claims meeting down South followed by various Elders speaking to family and friends and sending greetings. Father Le Meur speaking about CHAK, and Peter Thrasher shares the issues and concerns that he spoke out about at an Aklavik community meeting.
Raddi, Sam
Hansen, Kathleen
Kangegana, Laura
Peeloolook, Kenneth
Le Meur, Father Robert
Thrasher, Peter
Iñupiatun
Sarah Kuptana and Edith Haogak Lifestyle Interview and Stories
Oral History
Interview
Traditional Place Names
Mapping
Clothing
Steffansson’s Expedition
Bill Seymore
Arranged Marriages
Murielle Nagy and Agnes White continue interviewing Sarah Kuptana and Edith Haogak about their lifestyles and stories from their younger days. Note: audio sometimes is very low. Murielle and and another unidentified speaker are suddenly heard speaking French then it switches back to the interview.
This recording is from the Aulavik Oral History Project undertaken by the Inuvialuit Social Development Program.
Nagy, Murielle
White, Agnes
Kuptana, Sarah
Haogak, Edith
English
Inuinnaqtun
Sarah Kuptana Edith Haogak Photographs and Mapping Interview
Genealogy
Photographs
Miners
Murielle Nagy and Agnes White are viewing photographs with Sarah Kuptana and Edith Haogak for identification purposes as well as viewing maps and naming the traditional place names. They also interview them about their genealogy and and life stories.
Frank Kudlak Edith Haogak Sarah Kuptana Interview and Lifestyle Stories
Archeologists
Terrain
Traditional Tools
Shipwreck
Steffansson Expedition
Caucasian
Agnes White and Murielle Nagy interview Frank Kudlak about his lifestyle long ago, about the animals, about traditional place names, and Frank also shares stories from his younger days. Note: audio is sometimes low. Murielle also interviews Edith Haogak as Edith names numerous traditional place names on the map. Sarah Kuptana also tells a story about a Caucasian shipwreck, and more.
Kudlak, Frank
Edith Haogak and Sarah Kuptana Interview
Starvation
Survival
Photos
Murielle Nagy and Agnes White continue interviewing Edith Haogak and Sarah Kuptana about traditional place names and about their lifestyle and stories from long ago. Edith and Sarah also identify people in the photos and share some genealogy.
Edith Haogak Interview then Agnes White Storytelling
Childbirth
Agnes White interviews Edith Haogak about their families' traditional lifestyle long ago prior to European contact. Agnes White then begins storytelling and shares memories of her younger days.
Edith Hoagak Traditional Lands and Life Stories
Fishing Areas
Murielle Nagy and Jean Harry are interviewing Edith Haogak about the traditional areas that they were flying over. Edith also shares stories about the areas they were flying over. She also identifies the traditional areas where they lived and traveled, in either English and or Inuvialukun or both. Note: some of the audio is very low. Murielle then briefly interviews another Inuvialuit lady in English then the interview returns back to Edith.
Harry, Jean
Snowhouses
Hardships
Agnes White is interviewing Edith Haogak about where and how she and her family lived at various places long ago. Edith is also storytelling as she identifies many traditional place names.
Edith Haogak Interview and Lifestyle Stories
Agnes White interviews Edith Haogak who is also storytelling about their lifestyle and traditional land use areas when she was younger including stories about her parents, and more. Audio fades in and out sometimes.
The Tale of the Sun and The Moon Part 1 by Charlie Smith
Legend
Wicked Magician
Light
Sun
Moon
Radio host John Holman airs Charlie Smith storytelling. Charlie is telling part one of the legend of how the sun and the moon came to be in the heavens in Inupiatun and then in English.
Smith, Charlie
Holman, John