Persis Gruben telling her Life Stories, Part 2

Collection

Citation

Gruben, Persis, “Persis Gruben telling her Life Stories, Part 2,” Inuvialuit Cultural Centre Digital Library, accessed April 5, 2026, http://slisdlibdev.srv.ualberta.ca/items/show/1347.

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Title

Persis Gruben telling her Life Stories, Part 2

People

Gruben, Persis

Date

November 1976

Description

Persis Gruben continues to tell of her life experiences of when she was younger, of their travels, of fishing and hunting, of various families, of traditional food, of getting staple supplies for the winter, of her sister Winnie’s accident and when they prayed over her. She further spoke of their strong faith in God and witnessing everything being done prayerfully as soon as they got up and nothing was done without first praying first and more which she says is unlike today. She also spoke of people forgetting about doing things prayerfully when they started speaking English. She also spoke of the languages spoken, and of a polar bear scare when sliding, of people always traveling and of the nomadic lifestyle, of when people never took what didn’t belong to them, of Christmas treats, the homes, and snow blindness.

Type

Audio

Identifier

N-1992-253-0295

Dialect

Sallirmiutun