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Frank Cockney continues interviewing Tom Avakgak about his lifestyles memories from his younger days beginning in the early1930’s including when he and others went to Aklavik for residential school. Part 2. To be continued.

Frank Cockney interviews Tom Avakgak about his lifestyles memories from his younger days beginning in the early1930’s. Part 1. To be continued.

Frank Cockney continues interviewing Tom Avakgak about his travels, hunting, trapping, and life stories. Final Part 7 and part 8.

Frank Cockney continues interviewing Freeman Kimiksana completing part 5 of lifestyle long ago including the early missions and stores trading and bringing staples from the South. Part 5B to be continued.

Frank Cockney continues interviewing Freeman Kimiksana about their traditional lifestyle long ago during the 1930’s to 1950’s era. Audio ends abruptly. Part 5A. To be continued.

Frank Cockney is interviewing Freeman Kimiksana about his hunting and trapping traditional lifestyle when he was younger. They also discuss the healthy active lifestyle long ago compared to today’s spoiled lifestyle working for wages for the oil…

Frank Cockney is interviewing Freeman Kimiksana about Inuvialuit nomadic seasonal lifestyle long ago, including discussions on schooners, the various storekeepers, about hunting, and the fun large gatherings of games and dancing. The recording…

Frank Cockney continues his final conversations with Freeman Kimiksana about past lifestyles and present lifestyle and cultural changes including traditional education versus modern education and employment, along with new government laws and hunting…

Murielle Nagy and Agnes White interview Frank Carpenter who is telling personal and historical stories about he and other’s lifestyle long ago. Note : audio is sometimes low along with a bird chirping in the background. They also view and discuss…

The image depicts Frank Carpenter sitting on a boat.

A photo of Frank and Glenna Hansen standing by a sign for Hansen Petroleum Products.

The photo shows two framed paintings hung on a wall, including ''Boy & Girl in outside'' by Eric Anoce from Eskimo Point, and ''Tutak'' by Mona Thrasher, from Inuvik. Arctic Art.

A photo of four men standing on a boat. Credit: Martha Harry

A photo of four women standing outside of a building. Two of the women are holding envelopes and one woman is holding a folder.

A photo of Foster Allen Sr. sitting on a bed.

A photo of a dog with Fort McPherson buildings in the background.

A photo of a man and two women wearing formal clothes and standing in the doorway of a house.

Elder Amos Tumma is storytelling about how Elders taught them how to live long ago, and speaks of foolish and wise ways of living and shares his wisdom and advice on the A Long Time Ago program.

The image shows Peter Esau, Jean, Annie, Mabel, Martha Kudluk, and Joe. They are all sitting around having some food.

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…

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…

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…

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…

A photo of Elder Florence Sittichinli.

A photo of Florance and Frank Carpenter on Easter Sunday.