Frank Uvvayuaq Cockney Life Stories Part 29
Storytelling
Traditional Knowledge
Lifestyle
Alcohol
Land Claims
Oil Companies
Canadian Arctic Gas
Meetings
Government
Committee for Original People's Entitlement (COPE)
Training
Advice
Frank Cockney is storytelling for the next generations to hear, and says this generation is different, of when he went to Tuktoyaktuk, of learning about the animals and fish and the traditional lifestyle from his grandparents, of when he was younger, of drinking alcohol and the problems that came with it and when he quit drinking and why he quit drinking, of when he started training and working with the land claims with Agnes and Annie C Gordon, of when and how he became involved with COPE, Commitee of People’s Entitilement, of being involved in meetings, giving advice regarding how to live the right way. Part 29. To be continued. Note: The last three minutes does not have any storytelling.
Cockney, Frank Uvvayuaq
Inuvialuktun
Iñupiatun
Frank Uvvayuaq Cockney Life Stories Part 30
Employment
Wages
Oil Company
Base Camp
Rig 3
Road Construction
Heavy Equipment
Frank Cockney is storytelling about when he and others worked at the base camp and at Rig 3 for the oil company, of when he and his son and others got hired to help build a road which became an annual job and when he also worked as a camp attendant when the road construction season was completed. Part 30. To be continued.
Frank Uvvayuaq Cockney Life Stories Part 31 and Part 32
Camp Attendant
Holiday
Can Mar
Explorer 1
Explorer 2
Frank Cockney is continuing his stories of the shift work that he was doing as a camp attendant at the oil company in Tuktoyaktuk, of when he and Saumik would walk to work since they lived in Tuk, until he bought a skidoo then he’d drive to work, of taking time off for a hunting holiday, then took time off work for a few months as per doctors orders since he fell ill and more. Frank also speaks about climate change, about people changing, about hearing about climate change as well in the South with people freezing there, and the weather getting warmer in the North during the months when it should be cold, etc., about the new people changing about always wanting and asking their parents for money, compared to their generation who doesn’t bother their parents for thing like that, and learned these things from his observations, of interviewing people, and tells these things so that the young can understand and to help the next generation, and about since Inuvik started up, and with the big salaries with the oil companies, of not living right, of Can Mar Explorer One and Two, and the new hires have affected change in people. Part 31 and 32. To be continued.
Frank Uvvayuaq Cockney Life Stories Part 33 and Part 34
Various Families
Houses
Money
1968
1969
Shift Work
Wolves
Skidoos
Seismic
Frank Cockney is storytelling of when they first went to Tuktoyaktuk, mentioning all the families that he recalls who had homes there and some of the families that moved on including the then Anglican minister Jim Edwards Sr., Frank says the houses were put there in 1976 and we are in the year 1977, and that people’s culture is getting different where people used to hunt to make a living and now that oil companies are here, they want money and are living that way now. Now we even forget our relatives and try to make a living that way. Frank also remembers when the Canmar boats first arrived to Tuktoytaktuk to begin oil exploration work and describes the work he and others were doing for the oil company. Part 33 and 34. To be continued. Note: There is no audio from the 46:48 minute mark right through to the end.
Frank Uvvayuaq Cockney Life Stories Part 35 and Final Part 36
Holidays
1967
1973
Business
Caucasian
Dewline
1956
Field Work
Pipelines
1959
1960
Trapping
Hunting
Sharing
Giving
Frank Cockney is storytelling of when he was working for the oil company in Tuktoyaktuk, of his holidays, and of when he’d work on first winter road construction in 1967, of working with Caucasion people, of when he began working for the land claim in 1973, of he and Charlie Gruben’s frustations when the oil company staff who would use their Inuvialuit traditional knowledge, take credit for the work that they did then get themselves promoted with pay increases and not crediting them for their work and knowledge that they did, and compares the Caucasian culture and way of doing things to the Inuvialuit traditional way of life and culture and the way the Inuvialuit people do things, of he and his family combining their tradititional way of life with the new way of life of employment with wages, including when he tried his hand at running a business for a while. Frank then describes the early work in 1959/1960 with day and night work, ofthe numerous trucks hauling and heavy equipment operators working around Yaa Yaa Lakes, and says he’s speaking for the future generations to hear with helpful advice with his personal life stories and teachings. Part 35 and final part 36.
My Life as a Young Boy by William Kuptana
Fishing
Hiking
Traditional Lifestyle
Hunting and Fishing Tools
Clothing
Shelters
Heating
Traditional Food
Dogs
Kayak boat
Animal Uses
Food Preservation
Nomadic
William Kuptana is storytelling of when he started remembering when he was a young boy of how they lived long ago prior to Caucasians arriving, of when they lived a totally traditional lifestyle and describes their hunting and fishing methods prior to fishnets, their hunting and fishing tools that were made, the challenges and hardships of hunting caribou wtih bows and arrows prior to the modern guns, of homeade canoes, of the women’s and men’s roles in hunting caribou, of the traditional shelters and clothing made, of the uses of the animals for clothing, blankets, heat, shelter, and food for themselves and for the dogs, of the traditional food prepared and dried and also used when hiking, and ends with a story about a very good hunter named Kullaq.
Kuptana, William
Traditional Hunting Lifestyle and Tough Survival Stories by William Kuptana
Kullaq
Hunting Methods
Kangiryuarmiut
Suffering Hardships
Seal skin bag (thermos skin bottles)
Traditional Food and Drinks
Food Storage
Food Preparation
Qilliq (Lamp)
Fire
William Kuptana is storytelling about Kullaq, the very good polar bear hunter, of the first people, the Kangiryuarmiut, that started going to Ikaahuk (Sachs Harbour), Banksland, of the (Eastern Inuit) Qangmalit old timers who called it "Ikaahuk" (Sachs Harbour) prior to arrival of the Europeans who named it Banksland, of the how the hunters hunted muskoxen long ago with bows and arrows and spears, of making drymeat with it, of making a fire by rubbing flint rocks together to create a spark and using Innangniq/arctic cotton and cooking their meals over the fire, of the suffering from cold sometime if their was no seal oil for their qulliq (lamp) that he describes what is needed to light and use, of food shortage until they can get some, of food caches, seal oil storage, animal uses, or clothing shortage that he witnessed when he was growing up, of surviving during the tough way of life, of caribou hunting for clothing and making dry meat, and of the traditional food and drinks.
Family Members and Hunting Stories by William Kuptana Part 1
Family
Relations
Siblings
Inuvialuktun Names
Adopted
Deaths
Animals
Hunting Weapons
Survival
William Kuptana is storytelling about his parents and siblings, who only had Inuvialuit names since they all passed away prior to the arrival of Europeans, and mentions that David Roland having his father’s Inuvialuktun name, , of learning how to hunt from other hunters like his uncle, and shares caribou, polar bear, brown bear, and seal hunting stories, and hunting was with only homemade hunting tools prior to contact with Caucasian people. Part 1. To be continued.
Family Members and Hunting Stories by William Kuptana Final Part 2
Traditional Hunting Methods
Traditional Hunting Tools
Weapons
William Kuptana is continuing the hunting stories with the polar bear and seal hunting with traditional hunting methods and homemade hunting tools and weapons, prior to Whiteman contact. Note: Story stops abruptly.
Old Timer’s Stories of Killings and Murders by William Kuptana
Murders
Fighting
Shamanism
Brothers
Bows and Arrows
Stabbings
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.
William Kuptana’s Life Stories then Interview of Lifestyle Long Ago
Interview
Lifestyle Long Ago
Gathering
Caribou Skin Clothing
Seal Oil
Sewing Needles
Inukshuit
Women’s Hunting Roles
Traditional Fishing Methods
Traditional Shelter Homes
Baptised
Steffansson’s Expedition
Travels
Illness
Pneumonia
Tuberculosis
Death
Whitemen
Trade
Inuvialuktun host, Ishmael Suuyuq Alunik, introduces William Kuptana who is storytelling about his lifestyle when he was a young man, of when Inuvialuit gathered together including their traditional hunting and fishing methods prior to Whiteman contact, of the first Caucasian whom he met who was Steffansson, who came north with the Expedition, then William begins working and travelling with Steffansson and mentions how he was paid, and much more. William was then interviewed by his daughter Rosemary Kuptana about how they lived long ago, hunting, fishing, about their shelters, and more of his lifestyle prior to contact with White people.
Kuptana, Rosemary
Alunik, Ishmael
Lifestyle Long Ago Interview with Elder William Kuptana
Seasonal Camps
Handcrafted Traditional Hunting and Fishing Tools
Seals
Polar Bears
Water Fowl
William Kuptana is interviewed by his daughter Rosemary Kuptana about how he and others lived long ago when he was younger, about their hunting and fishing methods, about their traditional hunting and fishing handcrafted tools, about their shelters, of when he also hunted prior to guns and fishnets, and much more regarding their lifestyle prior to contact with White people. Note: The beginning part of the story is repeated from he previous lifestyle interview and after the interview around the last minute mark is a muffled interview with an unidentified woman.
Memories of Childhood Interview with Bessie Lennie Part 1
Traveling
Arranged Marriage
Birthday
Parents
Memories
Traditional Tools
Games
Food Caches
Dog Teams
Visiting
Rosemary Kuptana interviews Bessie Lennie about her memories of her lifestyle long ago such as her birth place, age, family, lifestyle including life on the land, of when she first started to remember things as a young child, traditional lifeskills she learned how to do, tools they used, places they traveled, games they played, things she really enjoyed doing, things that scared her, and some life threatening experiences, and much more. To be continued.
Lennie, Bessie
Inuinnaqtun
Memories of Childhood Interview with Bessie Lennie Part 1 Continued
Hard Times
Food Shortage
Dog Feed
Rosemary Kuptana is completing the interview with Bessie Lennie about her memories of her lifestyle long ago when as living off off the land when she and her husband were returning and traveling back home while running short of food including running short of dogfeed.
Adult Memories and Lifestyles Past and Present Interview with Bessie Lennie
Lifestyle Changes
Education
Transportation
Working
Parenting
Travel
Children
Disrespectful
Wasteful
Church
Laziness
Rosemary Kuptana continues to interview Bessie Lennie about her lifestyle as a young adult, of a dog team trip with her husband that almost cost them their lives, then of having to raise her children on her own when her husband passed away, of the many changes she has witnessed in a short few years, such as loss of language, community living, modern day school education, young people being disrespectful to parents, of modern transportation replacing traditional ways of traveling, seemingly useless purchases, and the very different way of life that they now live, and more.
Travelling with Parents Winter and Summer by Bessie Lennie
Christmas
Easter
Caribou
Packing
Camping
Food Cache
Trading Post
Staples
Sail Boating
Sinew
Changes
Bessie Lennie is telling a stories about her family and the way they lived long ago with her family and older sister's family, the Kuptanas, of their travels, of when caribou was hunted for food, for caribou skins, for sinew, of when they were hiking and backpacking home, and or when her dad and her brother in law Kuptana would sail boat to the trading post and come back with staples for the family, and more.
First Time to Banks Island by Bessie Lennie
Various People
Drymeat
Bow and Arrows
Caribou Fat
Oil Lamps
Igloos
Traditional Clothing
Bears
Beluga Whales
Trading
Police Visits
Bessie Lennie is storytelling of when they first went to Ikaahuk, Banks Island when she was a young girl, of their’s and other’s travels for hunting, fishing, Easter, Christmas, of sharing and trading with visitors, of the traditional clothing made, of the police patrols, of being careful to try and make supplies last for a long time, and much more.
Younger Days on Banks Island by Bessie Lennie
Visitors
Caribou Hunting
Police Patrol
Coal
Pups
Marriage
Child
Seal Hunting
Supplies
D.O.T. (Department of Transport)
Dogs Teams
Ships
Supply Ships
Scow Boat
Igloo - Tent Homes
Bessie Lennie is continuing her stories of when they lived on Banks Island with her relatives and with her husband and their one child, of their travels during summer and or winter, of other’s visiting and traveling with their ships, of hunting, fishing, and visiting family, of her husband working for the Supply Ship, of when the Department of Transportation was set up in Sachs Harbour, their winter homes, and much more. Note: The initial part of the storytelling is repeated from the previous story.
Living in Glenale [Glenelg Bay?], Victoria Island, Northwest Territories
Exploring
Ptarmigans
Foxes
Stone homes
Mail Plane
Dog
Homemade Scow
Box Traps
Old Campsites
Old Graves
Homemade Sleds
Bessie Lennie is telling stories of how she loved traveling around with her husband such as when they chartered a plane to Glenale, Victoria Island and lived alone there until their friends, the Inuktaliks, joined them later. She also talks of how they would walk and explore around the cliffs and saw old campsites, old graves, traps, and homes made from rocks like the igloos they made, about the abundance of wildlife that their husbands hunted therfore, she and Kanayuk were always very busy fleshing and working with the meat and hides of the animals their husbands brought home from their hunts, of sending caribou back to Ulukhaktok since their was food shortage and people were hungry there, and more.
Raven Creation Story then Her Father Makes a Boat by Agnes Nanogak
Legend
Raven
Land
Sea
Ice
Sky
Humans
Creation
Vegetation
Handcrafted Kayak Boat
Sealskin
Father
Mother
Agnes Nanogak is telling a legend of a raven creation story similar to the bible creation story. it’s a story that was passed on to her from her father who came from, Alaska, years ago. Ningarsiq and other fellow Alaskans would also share their stories for many evenings. Agnes then tells another story of when and how her dad made a homemade boat including when her mother sewed seal skins together for the boat.
Nanogak, Agnes
Hudson Bay Trading Ship
Frozen
Kayak
Boat
Black Coal
Canalaska Trading Post
Agnes Nanogak is storytelling of some of she and her family’s many travels, of living in various places, and of of some of their experiences such as when her father fell in water and nearly froze to death, of when he made his own kayak boat with wood and sealskins, of being a good provider and hunter, of when he purchased a boat from the Hudson Bay Company supply ship, and more.
Legends
Singing
Loche
Wives
Agnes Nanogak is telling three stories. The first story is about two siblings who lost their parents and are living alone, followed by another story of man traveling on the river and fishing and is baffled because he keeps hearing a voice singing a song, and the final story is about the people of the river including the man with two wives traveling along the river, camping, fishing and hunting caribou for food and clothing, and more.
Stories
Copper
Agnes Nanogak is telling stories and legends about Qayauyani of how copper came to the land, about a couple who packed up their gear as they prepared to go on a long hike up inland, a story about an old couple, about noisy children during seal hunting, and about a man called Qayaktaurungniktuk who could not land or set foot back on the ground.
More Legends and Stories by Agnes Naogak
Seagulls
Historic Places
Old Houses
Excavations
Old Tools
Beddings
Knives
Spears
Harpoons
Bone Tools
Bone Dishes
Grandmother
Grandson
Snaring
Bow and Arrow
Agnes Nanogak is telling more legends and stories about seagulls, about Arctic Char Fishing and Seal Hunting, about some old historic places that were found that were quite deep in the ground and the old houses were excavated where old tools, mostly made out of bones, such as old knives, spears, harpoons, and beddings were found including dishes that people had long ago were also made of bones. Agnes tells the last story about a grandmother who is providing for her grandson and then he begins to help his grandmother when they are surviving off the land and animals.
Old Time Life Stories and Drum Songs with Frank Kuptana
Sewing
Homes
Drum Dancing
Drum Singing
Drum Dances
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