Frank Uvvayuaq Cockney Life Stories Part 33 and Part 34
Storytelling
Various Families
Houses
Oil Companies
Money
1968
1969
Can Mar
Employment
Shift Work
Wages
Wolves
Skidoos
Seismic
Base Camp
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.
Cockney, Frank Uvvayuaq
Inuvialuktun
Iñupiatun
Frank Uvvayuaq Cockney Life Stories Part 35 and Final Part 36
Holidays
Camp Attendant
1967
1973
Business
Caucasian
Traditional Knowledge
Dewline
Land Claims
Government
Heavy Equipment
1956
Field Work
Pipelines
1959
1960
Trapping
Hunting
Advice
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.
Viewing Photographs with Winnie Cockney Part 1
Oral History
Photographs
Recollections
Winnie Cockney, Agnes White, and Murielle Nagy are viewing and discussing the historical contexts of the photos including who and what are in the photos, the year, and location of the contents of the photos, in English and in Sallirmiutun. Part 1. To be continued.
This recording is from the Aulavik Oral History Project undertaken by the Inuvialuit Social Development Program.
Cockney, Winnie
White, Agnes
Nagy, Murielle
English
Viewing Photographs with Winnie Cockney Part 2
Winnie Cockney, Agnes White, and Murielle Nagy continue viewing and discussing the historical contexts of the photos including who and what are in the photos, the year, and location of the contents of the photos, in English and in Sallirmiutun. Part 2.
Radio
Older Native people--Canada
Oral tradition
A recorded segment in Gwich'in. Includes old country music songs in English.
Committee for the Original People's Entitlement (COPE)
Gwich'in
CHAK News
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
History
CHAK news interview with Captain Phil Coot about the ship the "Beaufort Explorer" and her maiden voyage down the Mackenzie River. There are other news items about Jean Chretien in English.
Coot, Captain Phil
Banks Island Residents and Trappers Object to Oil and Gas Exploration
Banks Island Report
Regional News
Oil and Gas Exploration
Objection
Wildlife
Inuvialuit Lifestyle
Land
CBC host Brian Cusins reads the report about oil exploration on Banks Island and the residents and trappers objection to such exploration.
Cusins, Brian
Billy Day Hosts A Native Voice and William Kuptana’s Old Time Story
Clothing
Shoes
Shaman doctors
Bow
Animals
Maul
A Native Voice Host, Billy Day encourages people to tell their old time stories and airs Ikaahuk Elder William Kuptana’s story about how people lived along ago.
Day, Billy
Kuptana, William
Goose, Louie
Northern Games Indigenous Drumming Performances
Northern Games
Music
Drumming
Singing
Northern Games performers singing and drumming by the Delta dancers, the Point Barrow team, and the Katyaaq (Tschigehchic) and Fort Good Hope Drummers.
Delta dancers, the Point Barrow Team, and the Katyaaq (Tschigehchic) and Fort Good Hope Drummers
Dene
Collis Dick Paul Adam Lifestyle Interviews
Interview
Lifestyle
Travels
Mapping
Hudson Bay
Agnes White interviews Collis Dick and Paul Adam about their lifestyles, places they’ve traveled, and they also share stories.
Dick, Collis
Adam, Paul
Genealogy
Family
Births
Inuvialuktun Names
Deaths
Adoptions
Cathy Cockney is interviewing Emma Dick about her family genealogy.
Dick, Emma
Cockney, Cathy
Dick, Sam
Dick, Margaret
Legend of A Man On A Canoe Trip Qayaqtuktuangniktuk Part ? by Donald Kaglik
Legend
Travel
Sallirmiut
Shamans
Avenge
A Long Time Ago host Ishmael Alunik airs Elder Donald Ir̂ituagayuk Kaglik storytelling. Donald is telling a legend about a man named Nuki who helps a community get rid of shaman wolf leaders and now his uncle advises him to travel back home and deal with his own past issues explained by his uncle.
Donald Ir̂ituagayuk Sakiitualuq Kuvlualuk Kaglik
Alunik, Ishmael Suuyuk
The Beggar Who Found The Ruler’s Daughter Part 1 by Donald Kaglik
Beggar
Ruler
Daughter
Donald Kaglik is telling the Legend of The Beggar Who Found The Ruler’s Daughter, part 1, which is then told in English by host of the A Long Time Ago program host, Louie Goose. To be continued.
The Beggar Who Found The Ruler’s Daughter Part 2 by Donald Kaglik
Donald Kaglik is telling the Legend of The Beggar Who Found The Ruler’s Daughter, part 2, which is then told in English by host of the A Long Time Ago program host, Louie Goose. To be continued.
The Beggar Who Found The Ruler’s Daughter Part 4 by Donald Kaglik
Hero
Donald Kaglik is telling the Legend of The Beggar Who Found The Ruler’s Daughter, final part 4, which is then told in English by host of the A Long Time Ago program host, Louie Goose.
The Girl Who Married the Shaman by Donald Kaglik
Shaman
Devil
Bearded Seal
Marriage
Charm
Escape
A Long Time Ago program host, Ishmael Suuyuk Alunik, introduces Donald Kaglik who is telling a legend of the girl who married a shaman. Music is then played followed by the story restarted from the beginning again to it’s completion.
Interview on the Mackenzie River Navigational Aids
Navigational Aids
Shore Markers
Buoys
Beacons
Reflectors
Canadian Coast Guard
Barry Burgess interviews Harry Dubinski in English about "Navigational Aids on the Mackenzie and other Related Goodies".
Dubinski, Harry
Burgess, Barry
Christmas A Long Time Ago with Jim Edwards Jean Tardiff Rachel Selamio Louie Goose and Rosie Albert
Christmas
Caucasians
Policemen
Polar Bears
Dog teams
Hudson Bay Store
Parents
Various People
Gatherings
Races
Feasting
Traditional Food
Pet Fox
Jim Edwards is completing his Christmas story in English followed by Jean Tardiff who is also telling a Christmas story in Inuvialuktun then Louie Goose reads some Jean’s story in English. Louie then tells a short story in English then introduces Rachel Selamio who also tells stories of Christmas Long ago. Rosie Albert retells Rachel’s story into English but the story ends abruptly. To be continued.
Edwards, Jim
Tardiff, Jean
Selamio, Rachel
Albert, Rosie
Mining
Death
Aklavik, N.T. Elder Tom Elanik is storytelling about when he and some of his relatives were on a mining trip when one of the men suddenly passed away.
Elanik, Tom
Storytelling gathering
Cultural centre
Cultural resource centre
Healing
ICRC
Medicine
Betty Elias remembers people who were healed with traditional medicine and practice.
Elias, Betty
IRC
Larocque, Brandon
Honouring
Travelling
Betty talks about honouring the people she used to travel with on the land.
Drum dancing
This is a drum dance song by William Mangilaluk to cousin, sung by Betty Algiuna Elias.
Elias, Betty Algiuna
Mangilaluk, William
Mary Elias Reporting about a Meeting in Toronto
COPE Report
Meeting
Mary Elias is giving a COPE report and is reporting about when she and others left for a meeting in Toronto, Ontario with national delegates. Delegates included Indigenous and non Indigenous participants.
Elias, Mary
Agnes Goose Lifestyle Interview and Stories
Fishing
Steffansson’s Expedition
Eastern Inuit
Whaling Ships
Guide
Name
Shirley Elias interviews Agnes Goose about her family, their travels, and lifestyle long ago as well as historical stories from the past.
Elias, Shirley
Goose, Agnes