Storytelling
Beluga Whale
Hunting
July
Fishnet Fishing
Dry Fish
Family
Various People
Birthdays
Visitors
Bear
August
Chores
Ice House
Picnic
Children
School
September
Church Services
Illness
Marriage
October
Travels
Medical
Traditional Clothing
Camsell Hospital
Rabbits
Snaring
Ice Conditions
Mary Kailek is sharing her memories of she and her family’s activities during the summer and fall of their travels and living out on the land. Mary also mentions the visitors arriving to their camp, of passers by, of various chores, of sewing traditional clothing, of people that have passed on, and of some birthdays. She also speaks of her frustrations with the lifestyle changes of young people while living in a community, of Joey and Trudy getting married, and more.
Kailek, Mary
Inuvialuktun
1937
Births
Dances
Record Player
Christmas
Relations
Trapping
Snow House
Traditional Food
Waterfowl
Animals
Tents
July 1st Gathering
Canada Day Activities
Inuvialuit
Gwich’in
Dogs
Siblings
Employment
Police
Sewing
Mary Kailek is storytelling from the 1937 era, of when she was doing a lot of sewing, of visitors and listening to storytelling in the evenings, of their travels for Christmas and New Years, stories of her dad and Joe trapping and hunting stories, of her little brother Donald Kaglik, travels to Aklavik including when her dad was working for the police who were waiting for him there, of the many tents, of the July 1st Gathering of Gwich’in and Inuvialuit, then traveling on to Tuktoyaktuk when they’re were only tents, of raising and looking after her siblings and of keeping her late mom’s word, of more people, travels, and more.
New Years
Illnesses
Deaths
Bombardier
Doctor
Dog Team
Muskrats
Court Case
Dancing
Beaver
Drowning
Edmund River
Life Boat
Mary Kailek is storytelling of when she recovered from her illness and went to pick up Joe from the hospital with her dogteam, of the numerous people that were sick and some who passed away, with the hospital in Aklavik being full including the public school, of the police and doctor message for people not to travel to Aklavik or return to Aklavik due many being sick, that they would deliver food with the bombardier to people, of she and other’s travels, of beluga whale hunting, of the lifestyle living out on the land, of the new experience of people going to listen to a court hearing in Aklavik, also of the dancing, of suddenly going into labour and giving birth to her son, of some people that made it safely to Tuktoyaktuk with a lifeboat after hearing that a boat had sunk, and more.
Life Stories and a Bear Legend with Mary Kailek
Fishnet
Snares
Fish Sales
Ram Air
Committee for Original People's Entitlement (COPE)
Alcohol
Faith
God
Salvation
Bear Legend
Friends
Mary Kailek is sharing stories of her lifestyle, of her travels, of her family and friends, of hospitalizations of family members, and shares her faith in God, and also tells a bear legend, and much more.
Kublualuk The Shaman and Other Stories by Mary Kailek
Kublualuq
Shaman
Manigaatchiaq
Kanayuk
Seal
1939
1940
Inuvialuktun Name
Mary Kailek is telling stories of Kublualuk the shaman and other old time stories, and ends with a personal story.
More Summer and Fall Journals with Mary Kailek Part 1
Lifestyle
Muskrat Hunting
Search
Beluga Whale Hunting
Money
Prayers
Mary Kailek shares her journal of July to August activities of her travels, hunts, the search for Archie, and pf her lifestyle with her family out on the land, of her frustrations with lifestyle changes regarding money, and speaks of her prayers and faith in God, and more. To be continued.
More Summer and Fall Journals with Mary Kailek Part 2
Fishnets
Picture Show
Freeze Up
Mary Kailek continues sharing from her summer journals of her faith, of she and her family’s lifestyle and activities, of their travels, of hunting, fishing, snaring, of a missing person search, of the traditional clothing that she’d sew and her sales, of medicals, and more.
Mary Kailek’s Memories of Her Younger Days Part 1
Caribou Clothing
Canalaska
Semmler’s Store
Christmas Gathering
Dog Teams
Snow Houses
Games
Hudson Bay
Alaskans
Nunamiut
Kuguarmiut
Shamans
Eastern Inuit
Ministers
Stores
Language
Staples
Schooners
Mangilaaluk
Special Constable
Remarriage
St Roch RCMP Schooner
Henry Larson
"Mary Kailek is storytelling of her younger days, of when she’d sew traditional caribou clothing for the police, of the various people, of the Christmas gatherings with the arrival of many with dog teams, the traditional food, and describes the snow houses that were made, and the games that were played, of the Nunamiut and Kuugyuarmiut, and Alaskans various styles of beautiful clothing, of shamans. She also speaks of muskrat season in the Delta, of the many schooners, and many people eating outside, he Distributor boat, her father being a special constable in Iqaluktuuttiaq and feeling afraid to go to the East and of the Eastern Inuit, and a comical story of watching teenagers preparing a swan for cooking and trying to communicate with the langauge barrier and more. One of the stories repeats at the 42 minute mark, then continues the rest of the story around the 53:23 minute mark. Part 1. To be continued."
Inuinnaqtun
Mary Kailek’s Memories of Her Younger Days Part 2
Square Dance
St. Roch Schooner
Motorized Scow
Mary is continuing the story of their travels on the St. Roch Schooner from the previous story, of the square dance when they arrived to their destination, of seeing Iqaluktuuttiaq for the first time, and the story ends abruptly at 11:04 and other non-related audio is recorded which sounds like an office setting.
Stories from 1930 to 1939 by Mary Kailek
1930
Shamanism
Jacobsons
Dad
Hudson Bay Store
Mary Kailek is storytelling of the fall of 1930 when she went to Utqaluk (Baillie Island) and of some who went to Pierce Point where there were many Eastern Inuit living there at that time, of stories she heard of Eastern Inuit and shamanism, and of when they went to Iqaluktuuttiaq in 1939 when her dad was working for the police and helping them.
Life Stories and Memories from 1920 by Mary Kailek
Birth Place
Relatives
1920
Store
Northstar Schooner
Church Service
Funeral
10 Horse Kicker
Elders
Influenza
Mary Kailek is storytelling of when she was younger living with her parents, of various people, of her sister Annie’s birth, of when the schooners arrived and her dad purchased a record player for her, of their travels, of living at various locations, of the big flu sickness when some passed away from Influenza, and other memories from when she was younger.
Stories and Legends by Mary Kailek Part 1
Ruler
Orphan
Large Bird
Kidnapped
Daughter(s)
Mary Kailek is telling a story that was already in progress about the legend of an orphan who sets off in search for the women who were kidnapped including a ruler's daughters followed by another legend of an aging discouraged father whose daughter keeps refusing offers of a husband. Part 1. To be continued.
Stories and Legends Part 2 by Mary Kailek
Legends
Death
First Nations
Gathering
Mary Kailek is continuing (repeating initial part of the story) a legend from the previous story where the daughter refuses to marry a man, then tells a short personal story of an unusual sighting from her younger days, followed by a First Nations legend that she heard from Joe Gully, as well as a legend that she heard from her friend while at the Campsell Hospital. Mary then shares a personal story of her friend, and tells another legend of a man who wakes up with nothing along the coast, survives, and sets out on a mission. Part 2. To be continued.
Stories and Legends Part 3 by Mary Kailek
Mary Kailek is telling more legends including of a man who could turn himself into other things to achieve his goals, of people living along the ocean shore, and more. Part 3. To be continued.
Stories and Legends Part 4 by Mary Kailek
Friend
Wives
Mary Kailek is completing the legend from the previous legend, then tells a personal short story from when she was at Campsell Hospital, and ends with a legend that she heard from her friend Melanie from Taloyoak (Spence Bay) about a man who had five wives. The 12:25 minute mark changes to a personal story of when they were out muskrat hunting and traveling out on the land, then he story ends abruptly.
Life Stories and Journals of Mary Kailek
Journals
Fishing
Medicals
Summer
Mary Kailek is storytelling about when they were out muskrat hunting including challenges when traveling, of various family members and friends comings and goings, of beluga and fish harvests, and more. The storytelling then switches to Mary telling a story that was already on progress about shamans around the 31:14 minute mark that ends abruptly.
Stories Journals and Memories by Mary Kailek
Clothing
Lifestyle Changes
Wood
Wildlife
Memories
Stories start with a repeated story from previous old time story that was already in progress that Mary Kailek heard from Itualuk. Mary also speaks about lifestyle changes from their very traditinoal active and busy lifestyle to a life of ease and less activity. She also shares her journal of she and her family members activities: of hunting, trapping, snaring, fishing, medicals, travels, getting wood, wildlife harvests, and visitors. The story then suddenly changes at the 31:12 minute mark to when she was a young woman with two children and shares memories around Christmas time then the story ends abruptly.
1942 and 1943 Memories and Life Stories by Mary Kailek Pt 1
Harvests
Gatherings
Mary Kailek’s storytelling starts off with some of the latter story repeated from the previous story of when she was younger around Christmas time then Mary continues sharing her memories: of when she just had two children when her son Alex Kaglik was around seven years old, of her family members, of when her brother Donald Kaglik would walk to his traps, of sewing for her family members and herself last, of hunting, trapping, harvests, various people, travels, vistors, illness’, drum dances, picture shows, square dances, and of the many people present at the large gatherings. Story ends abruptly at the 31:53 minute mark. Part 1. To be continued.
1942 and 1943 Memories and Life Stories by Mary Kailek Pt 2
Easter
Peffer’s Hotel
Scow
Ernie Lacombe
Frame Tents
Tuberculosis
Cancer
Hospital
Flu Epidemic
Mary Kailek is continuing to share her memories from 1942 and 1943 of: she and her family’’s activities such as hunting, trapping, of various people, of their travels, of going to Aklavik for Easter, Peffer’s Hotel, Banksland people who flew to Aklavik for the summer, of deaths and funerals, Annie’s employment, low prices of tents, of sewing traditional clothing, of the many hospitalised with Tuberculosis and some with cancer, and the flu epidemic, and more.
Fond Memories of Younger Days by Mary Kailek Pt 1.
Parents
Police Staff
Language Barrier
Humorous
Barge
Rat Sunday Services
Mary Kailek is storytelling of when they were at Avvaq, of various people, of mourning for her uncle Kimiksan, of her relations with others, of their travels including to Tuktoyaktuk and then to Aklavik, of her parents, and shares more fond memories of her younger days including when her dad used to work at the Hudson Bay Company, of hunting and trapping, of traditional food, of the few houses in Tuktoyaktuk, of church services, and of the intoxicated poilce staff, of her friends, of some comical stories, the dances she wished to go to, of her mother sewing, of the supply ships arriving, and of Rat Sunday Services, and more. Part 1. To be continued.
Fond Memories of Younger Days by Mary Kailek Pt 2.
Life Stories
Supply ships
Caucasians
Feasts
Court
1928
1929
10 Horse Power Kicker
Mary Kailek is continuing to share her memories from the previous story, of the supply ships that arrived with an abundance of food followed by feasting with gathering of Gwich’in, Inuvialuit, and Caucasians, of court, of her father working for the Hudson Bay, of the flu epidemic that many died from including her sister Alice, of their travels, of her dad going trapping, of staying with the Carpenters for a couple of months when Frank Carpenter was a baby, and more. Part 2. To be continued.
Fond Memories of Younger Days by Mary Kailek Pt 3
Minister
Father France
Dentist
Hudson Bay Boat
Northstar
Daughter
Fort Roch
Police Boat
Advice
Mary Kailek is sharing more life stories from long ago of their travels, shares some funny stories, of clean ice water, of she and other’s having to go to Aklavik for their tooth extractions, arrival of the Hudson Bay Boat, the numerous tents, and the schooners, and more. The storytelling switches to a more recent past and she shares more life stories of her family, her travels, her relatives, and fond memories of when her daughter Jessie was small. Mary then tells more life stories from an earlier time when traveling to various communities like Kugluktuk, Nunavut on the Police boat, Fort Roch, in 1939, the year her brother Donald Kaglik got hurt, then on to Ulukhaktok, N.T., of advice she was given on sewing traditional clothing for her family, and some humorous stories and more.
Fond Memories of Younger Days by Mary Kailek Pt 4
Predictions
Ice
Schooner
Residential School
Berries
Caucasian
Food Preparation
Food Storage
Peterson
Bay Chimo
Birth
Wildlife Regulations
Transportation
Mary Kailek is continuing her life stories sharing more memories of when she was younger when her dad worked with the Hudson Bay Company, when her mom would be sewing, of the rat sunday services, of her travels with her parents, of various people, of the flu illness then of the kids, who lost family members, that were going to the school, of fishnet fishing, of berry picking, of the delicious traditional food, of the food preparation and food storage, of how they would eat and utilise all parts of the animals for food, of the few Inuvialuit, Gwich’in, and Caucasians who were living in Aklavik when they moved there around 1928, as well as the few houses that were there. She also speaks of the all the animals that were hunted when nothing was wasted unlike nowadays where there is unnecessary wastage, about transportation long ago versus today, of lifestyle and changes, of when her dad worked as a special constable, of their many travels, and much more.
Storekeepers
Mary Kailek is sharing life stories, of past store keepers, of hunts, of traditional food, of their travels, of various family members, births and deaths, including difficult and sad times, of her sister’s passing, and remembers and sings part of gospel song, rock of ages, in Inuvialuktun. Mary also share her faith in God, and more. The audio suddenly ends at the 25:42 minute mark. Part 1. To be continued.
Mary Kailek is telling life stories and shares her mom's words of wisdom to her and her father before her mom’s passing, of her travels including when traveling with Sarah and Lennie Inglangasuk, the many people and tents at Tapqaq (Shingle Point), of other various people, the large stored cache of traditional food, of her brother Donald Ir̂ituagayuk Kaglik, and more.