Persis Gruben telling her Life Stories, Part 4

Collection

Citation

Gruben, Persis, “Persis Gruben telling her Life Stories, Part 4,” Inuvialuit Cultural Centre Digital Library, accessed April 5, 2026, http://slisdlibdev.srv.ualberta.ca/items/show/1349.

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Title

Persis Gruben telling her Life Stories, Part 4

People

Gruben, Persis

Date

November 1976

Description

Persis Gruben is storytelling about being taught to be respectful to their parents, about her relationship with her parents, about their travels, about Sunday bible teachings from her parents, about Christmas Gatherings and about Christmas new clothing and sewing skills, of many people including White people, about schooners lined along the shore and tents at Qikiqtarr̂uk, of hunting, of the time when there was no paper, about a lesson learned, about some people becoming different with card games and alcohol, and describes their tent home that her father made like a sod house. Part 4. To be continued.

Type

Audio

Identifier

N-1992-253-0297

Dialect

Sallirmiutun