Way of Life Long Ago with Frank Kuptana

Collection

Citation

Kuptana, Frank, “Way of Life Long Ago with Frank Kuptana,” Inuvialuit Cultural Centre Digital Library, accessed June 15, 2025, http://slisdlibdev.srv.ualberta.ca/items/show/1447.

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Title

Way of Life Long Ago with Frank Kuptana

People

Kuptana, Frank

Date

[197-?]

Description

Frank Kuptana is storytelling about the way of life long ago with fishing, hunting seals, caribou, and polar bears, traditional clothing that was made, the clean snow houses that were made, the traditional food, homemade storage containers for the food such as drymeat and dryfish, etc., hunting and traveling with dog teams, hunting animals for their many uses, of how they hunted long ago prior to modern guns, of people being very capable at doing things even while backpacking their children. Frank also speaks of his parents and his family, of when he enjoyed trapping for foxes, the abundance of animals, of gathering eggs, of various families, of trapping and hunting stories, and of the traditional lamps (Qulliq). Frank then speaks of his own travels to various places, when he and his wife started living and doing things on their own, shares memories of when he was younger, of people always being busy, walking, backpacking, of the Christmas fun gatherings, dancing, and games, and ends with a short story.

Type

Audio

Identifier

N-1992-253-0385

Dialect

Kangiryuarmiutun