Storytelling
Peffer’s Restaurant
Easter
Employment
July Activities
Christmas
New Years
Geese Hunting
Poker Games
Wages
Mouse Scare
Slim Semmler
Muskrats
Mink
NT Freight Boat
Various People
Travels
Fishnet Fishing
Drinking
Ice House
Beluga Whale Hunting
Donald Kaglik is continuing to share stories of his memories of his younger days of when people used to go to Aklavik for Easter, July games, Christmas, and New Years, of meals and employment at Peffer’s restaurant, of the geese hunting and poker games, of a comical mouse scare, working for Slim Semmler at Napoyak, of Semmler’s Store, a comical cresent wrench story and he and other’s beluga whale hunting story, a ten dollar poker pot, of rabbit snaring, then going home, and more. Part 4. To be continued.
Kaglik, Donald Ir̂ituagayuk Sakiitualuq Kuvlualuk
Inuvialuktun
English
1951
Relatives
Gas Lamp Fire
Aklavik Doctor
Moose
Bear
Donald Kaglik is continuing to share stories of his memories of his younger days of he and other’s life experience’s living in the bush when fishnet fishing, of a gas lamp fire and his inlaw getting burned then having to dogteam to Aklavik to see the doctor, running into moose in there travels, then a humorous bear hunt story. Part 5. To be continued.
Semmler’s Mink Farm
Loche Sales
Mink Feed
Wolverine
Stringer’s Birthday Party
Dogs
Peffer’s Hotel
Whaling
Wood Hauling
Fun Times
Old Time Treasures
Storm Days
Buck Semmler’s Birthday Party
Donald Kaglik is continuing to share stories of his memories of his younger days continuing the bear hunt story, of fun times, of a comical story of dogs, of working at Peffer’s hotel then at Slim’s Mink Ranch, of his travels, of whaling, then selling loche to Slim for mink feed, of when wolverine fur prices were good, celebrating his uncle Stringer then Buck Semmler’s birthdays, hunting, and more. Part 6. To be continued.
Travel
Swimming
Haunted House
Radio Mystery Story
North Star
Marriages
Chord Wood
Schooner
Scow
Aklavik Construction Company
Trapping
Carpenter Training
Muskrat Hunting
Owl Scare
Spider Scare
High Water
Rock Blasting
Birth
Hunting
Poker Players
Stolen Food
Pool Construction
Utilidors
Drowned Deckhand
Tents
Ghostly Experience
Donald Kaglik is continuing to share stories of his memories of his younger days of his travels, of almost drowning, of a haunting scare, the end of the Semmler’s Mink Farm and he and other hired hands helped Semmler’s move to Inuvik when Inuvik was first starting up, of when he and many others began to train and work in building the new town of Inuvik, muskrat trapping, some comical short stories. Part 7. To be continued.
Poker Win
Tent Frame
Harness Repair
Visiting
Dog team
Various Families
Donald Kaglik is continuing to share stories of his memories of his younger days of his travels, of staying in tents near Inuvik, of visiting and or visitors, of card games, of fun times, of fishnet fishing, of his dog team, of trapping, and of various families staying at Twin Lakes Part 8. To be continued.
512 House
Caribou Hunting
Snow House
Inuvialuit lamp
Dog Teams
Poker Game
Family
Gramma’s Mink
Ice Fishing
Peffers Hotel
Dog Race
Saul Schubert's store
Snowshoes
Horror Show
Spooked
Donald Kaglik is continuing to share stories of his memories of his younger days of when he was just out of school, of his travels including travels with his dad, of his trapping and dog team adventures, of racing to town with his uncle, other dog stories, of his grandmother’s snared mink, of picture shows, and being spooked at camp. Part 9. To be continued.
Donald Kaglik's Life Stories Part 10 and Man From the Moon Legend
Legend
Moon Man
Shaman
Tricked
Marriage
Daughter
Death
Chores
Sewing
Muskrat Hunting Season
Siblings
Relations
Donald Kaglik is continuing to share stories of his memories of his younger days of when he’d tell stories to his friends while doing chores after returning from his trapline then proceeds to tell one of the legends he’d tell them. Donald then continues with part ten of his life stories of the hardships endured when his stepmother Charlotte passed away, muskrat hunting with his dad and young siblings, and of Christmas sewing, and more. Part 10. To be continued.
Marriage Proposal
Fishing
Buck Semmler
1947
Alex Kaglik
Aklavik Hospital
Campsel Hospital
1952
Cord Wood
Mission School
Don Violet Scow
DPW Fire
Don Violet
Injuries
Mukluks
Money
Carpentry Work
Voting
Father Adam
Paralysed
Donald Kaglik is continuing to share stories of his memories of his younger days during the early years of Inuvik starting up in the 1940’s and 1950’s, when workers and families lived in framed tents and 512 homes, of never being short of varied types of training and work in Inuvik, including work injuries, during the era when dog teams and scows were sill the main mode of transportation, and still be able to take time off for fishing and trapping, along with some comical short stories. . Part 11. To be continued.
Ration
Family Allowance
Donald Kaglik is continuing to share stories of his memories of his younger days of when he was in the Aklavik hosptial after getting paralised, then recovered and has some drinks with his buddies. He also talks about when a permit was needed to purchase restricted amounts of alcohol from the new liquor store in Aklavik. Donald then works for Father Adam, and later was invited by Pascal to go with them to his place where they were fishing, building Pascal’s house, hunting, trapping, and more. Part 12. To be continued.
Donald Kaglik's Life Stories Part 13 and Legends
Legends
Shamans
Hunter
Moon
Donald Kaglik is continuing to share stories of his memories of his younger days of his travels such as when he and his sister Mary went to Aklavik but when returning to their camp there was lots of overflow and it was hard going so they camped at Joe Inglangasuk’s on their way home where Ningaqsiq Bennet and Old Charlie Korogak were and they spent an evening of storytelling. Donald shares the legend that Ningaqsiq told them of the legend of the man from the moon. Donald then tells another legend of the girl who married a shaman that he told his visitor after arriving back to his camp. Part 13. To be continued.
Donald Kaglik's Life Stories Part 14 and Legends
Friends
Wolves
First Nations
Missing
Search
Test
Payment
Semmler
Painting
Tent Frames
Ruler
Cannibalism
Kidnapped
Shaman Powers
Donald Kaglik continues and completes the legend that he was telling his visitor Hebert Allen, of the girl who married a shaman. Donald then tells another legend that he told to his friends and family while sitting around the campfire at another time of the legend that his late dad had told them, who heard the legend from Ningaqsiq, when they used to go to Airport Creek after ratting season and when many people stayed in tents. Donald also tells a legend that his grandmother told him at his grandfather Ningasiq’s place when they went there for Christmas. Final Part 14.
Life Stories by Elder Buster Kailek, Part 1.
Hunting and Gathering
Food Preservation
Food Preparation
Seasonal Camps
Boat Making
Dances
Fire
Sharing
Games
Wildlife
Elder Buster Kailek is sharing about how they lived long ago out on the land which he says is very different from his present day living.
Kailek, Buster
Life Stories by Elder Buster Kailek, Part 2.
Lost Man
White Guardians
Store
Police
Arranged Marriage
Big Sickness
Elder Buster Kailek continues sharing part 2 of his life stories from his younger days.
Life Stories by Elder Buster Kailek, Part 3.
Dog feed
Traditional Foods
Elder Buster Kailek is storytelling about his younger days of his travels, hunting, and trapping
Life Stories by Elder Buster Kailek, Part 4.
House Construction
Reindeer Herding
Elder Buster Kailek is storytelling about his younger days of his travels, hunting, trapping, and reindeer herding.
Life Stories by Elder Buster Kailek, Part 5.
Dog Feed
Elder Buster Kailek continues his storytelling about his younger days of when he and others were reindeer herding, of his travels, fishing, and hunting muskrats.
Lifestyle Prior to European Contact by Buster Kailek
Lifestyle
Caribou
Bow and Arrows
Hiking
Nomadic
Seals
Waterfowl
Women
Murder
Traditional Knowledge
Young Boys
Buster Kailek is storytelling about how Inuvialuit lived prior to European contact, about how they made fire long ago, about fishing, about caribou hunting methods prior to modern guns with his uncle and others, about all the many uses of caribou for clothing, food including storing annual food supplies, about living a nomadic lifestyle and following the seasons and travelling to seasonal camps for hunting various animals at different times of the year, and about fights over women that at times led to killing. Buster also speaks of the importance of teaching the young boys about hunting and about traditional knowledge which is being forgotten due to the young now adopting and living a Caucasian lifestyle.
Travels and Life Stories by Buster Kailek
Hudson Bay
Schooners
Staples
Semmlers
Snowhouse
Polar Bear
Traditional Food
Storekeeper
Homes
Dryfish
Drymeat
Foxes
1.5 Horse Kicker
Ptarmigans
Rabbits
Cached Food
Buster Kailek is storytelling about their travels including traveling to Tuktoyaktuk getting supplies at the Hudson Bay, and the many schooners that were there, of their traveling challenges, of a child’s death, of hunting and trapping, of their harvests, of building a house for Semmler, of making drymeat and dryfish, of wolves, of various people, of the seemingly fast 1.5 horsepower kicker when they first came out, of the good busy lifestyle long ago, and more.
Animals
Minister
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.
Uncle
Learning
Buster Kailek is storytelling of when he was young man of when his uncle was teaching him how to hunt seal, of trapping, and of other hunting stories.
Hunting and Travelling Stories by Buster Kailek Part 1
Alcohol
Visitors
Scows
Game Wardens
Semmler’s Store
Buster Kailek is telling hunting and traveling stories from 1968, including some comical stories, of hunting and traditional knowledge teachings, and more. Part 1. To be continued.
Hunting and Traveling Stories by Buster Kailek Final Part 2
Radio
Buster Kailek is completing the hunting and traveling stories from the previous story, to include listening to radio, and more. The story ends abruptly.
Buster Kailek’s Memories of Lifestyle Long Ago Part 1
Life Stories
Memories
Oral History
Elder Buster Kailek is sharing memories of long ago and of how they lived long ago out on the land. Part 1. To be continued.
Buster Kailek’s Memories of Lifestyle Long Ago Part 2
Semmler’s
Reindeer Herders
Elder Buster Kailek is sharing more memories of long ago and of how they lived long ago out on the land. Part 2. To be continued.
Buster Kailek’s Memories of Lifestyle Long Ago Part 3
Government
Caucasian
Inuvialuit
Land
Changes
Flu Epidemic
Elder Buster Kailek is sharing more memories of long ago and of how they lived, of reindeer herding, of lifestyle changes, as well as of when Inuvik was just starting up, and more. Part 3. To be continued.