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Sarah Kuptana’s Stories of her Younger Days, Part 5
Sarah Kuptana continues to tell more stories of when she was a young woman with her young family, their struggles after she and her husband survive tb (tuberculosis), in trying to re-establish a new life and trying to find their place in a harsh cold…
Sarah Kuptana’s Stories of her Younger Days, Part 6
Sarah Kuptana continues her storytelling of when they travelled to Ikahuuk (Sachs Harbour), of the hard times they went through including starvation, of her family gaining employment with the department of transporation, of making a new start in an…
Sarah Kuptana’s Stories of her Younger Days, Part 7
Sarah Kuptana continues her life stories of when she and her family overcame starvation and hard times, finding employment and selling her sewing to make money, and continuing to improve their lifestyle and feeling like a milionaire, such as when…
Sarah Kuptana’s Stories of her Younger Days, Final Part 8
Sarah Kuptana is completing the final part 8 of this series of stories of her younger days when they first returned to Sachs Harbour, of her children leaving for school, of their travels by plane including a trip to Alaska and learning about the…
My Life as a Young Boy by William Kuptana
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…
Traditional Hunting Lifestyle and Tough Survival Stories by William Kuptana
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"…
Family Members and Hunting Stories by William Kuptana Part 1
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…
Family Members and Hunting Stories by William Kuptana Final Part 2
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
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…
William Kuptana’s Life Stories then Interview of Lifestyle Long Ago
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…
Lifestyle Long Ago Interview with Elder William Kuptana
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,…
Katherine Ciboci Thanks Elders
Katherine Ciboci addresses elders at the gathering, making a beautiful analogy comparing the elders of the gathering to a herd of Muskox corralling around their young to protect them.
Agnes White - Bug Removal
Agnes White shares a story about her father winning all the games at an event in Aklavik, but it came with a cost.
Agnes White - COPE and Freddie Carmichael
Intro in Inuvialuktun, then Agnes goes on to tell a story in English about flying in a loaded plane when Freddie asked her for her help.
Betty Elias - Healers
Betty Elias remembers people who were healed with traditional medicine and practice.
Betty Elias - Remembrance
Betty talks about honouring the people she used to travel with on the land.
Billy Storr - Welding
Billy telling a story about his motivation to build his own boat as a young man.
Helen Kitekudlak - Dancing Cranes
Helen tells a story about seeing cranes dancing that takes a hilarious twist.
Helen Kitekudlak - Older Gatherings
Helen talks about the old ways of gathering to sing and dance.
Helen Kitekudlak - Inuit China
Helen jokes about the formal name for the tabletop often used to prepare Inuit food and then tells a story about gathering to eat.
Helen Kitekudlak - The Owl and The Raven
Helen tells a old myth about how the Raven got its colour.
Josephine Nasagaluak
Josephine starts by thanking the group and then talks about the Inuvik Tuk highway making it easier to travel but now we spend less time on the land.
Lonnie Ruben-Noksana - Inuvialuktun Class
Lonnie talks about the difficulty of getting her daughter into Inuvialuktun class in school.
Max Kotokak Sr & Betty Elias - Birthdays
Max and Betty joke about sharing a birthday.
Max Kotokak Sr - Fancy Shotgun
Max tells a hunting story about why you shouldn't disturb or even tease someone about an ancestral gravesite.