Stories and Legends by Mary Kailek Part 1
Storytelling
Ruler
Orphan
Large Bird
Marriage
Kidnapped
Dogs
Daughter(s)
Mary Kailek is telling a story that was already in progress about the legend of an orphan who sets off in search for the women who were kidnapped including a ruler's daughters followed by another legend of an aging discouraged father whose daughter keeps refusing offers of a husband. Part 1. To be continued.
Kailek, Mary
Inuvialuktun
Life Stories and Memories from 1920 by Mary Kailek
Birth Place
Hunting
Relatives
Various People
Travels
Births
1920
Schooners
Record Player
Store
Fishnet Fishing
Northstar Schooner
Animals
Church Service
Funeral
Tents
Illness
Mangilaaluk
Employment
Deaths
Trapping
Hudson Bay
10 Horse Kicker
Elders
Influenza
Mary Kailek is storytelling of when she was younger living with her parents, of various people, of her sister Annie’s birth, of when the schooners arrived and her dad purchased a record player for her, of their travels, of living at various locations, of the big flu sickness when some passed away from Influenza, and other memories from when she was younger.
Stories from 1930 to 1939 by Mary Kailek
1930
Eastern Inuit
Shamanism
Jacobsons
Relations
Dad
1939
Police
Hudson Bay Store
Language
Mary Kailek is storytelling of the fall of 1930 when she went to Utqaluk (Baillie Island) and of some who went to Pierce Point where there were many Eastern Inuit living there at that time, of stories she heard of Eastern Inuit and shamanism, and of when they went to Iqaluktuuttiaq in 1939 when her dad was working for the police and helping them.
Mary Kailek’s Memories of Her Younger Days Part 2
Square Dance
St. Roch Schooner
Motorized Scow
Alcohol
Mary is continuing the story of their travels on the St. Roch Schooner from the previous story, of the square dance when they arrived to their destination, of seeing Iqaluktuuttiaq for the first time, and the story ends abruptly at 11:04 and other non-related audio is recorded which sounds like an office setting.
Mary Kailek’s Memories of Her Younger Days Part 1
Sewing
Traditional Clothing
Caribou Clothing
Canalaska
Semmler’s Store
Christmas Gathering
Dog Teams
Snow Houses
Traditional Food
Games
Alaskans
Nunamiut
Kuguarmiut
Shamans
Ministers
Stores
Medical
Staples
Muskrat Hunting
Special Constable
Remarriage
St Roch RCMP Schooner
Henry Larson
"Mary Kailek is storytelling of her younger days, of when she’d sew traditional caribou clothing for the police, of the various people, of the Christmas gatherings with the arrival of many with dog teams, the traditional food, and describes the snow houses that were made, and the games that were played, of the Nunamiut and Kuugyuarmiut, and Alaskans various styles of beautiful clothing, of shamans. She also speaks of muskrat season in the Delta, of the many schooners, and many people eating outside, he Distributor boat, her father being a special constable in Iqaluktuuttiaq and feeling afraid to go to the East and of the Eastern Inuit, and a comical story of watching teenagers preparing a swan for cooking and trying to communicate with the langauge barrier and more. One of the stories repeats at the 42 minute mark, then continues the rest of the story around the 53:23 minute mark. Part 1. To be continued."
Inuinnaqtun
More Summer and Fall Journals with Mary Kailek Part 2
Faith
Fishnets
Family
Lifestyle
Rabbits
Snaring
Picture Show
Freeze Up
Church Services
Search
Mary Kailek continues sharing from her summer journals of her faith, of she and her family’s lifestyle and activities, of their travels, of hunting, fishing, snaring, of a missing person search, of the traditional clothing that she’d sew and her sales, of medicals, and more.
More Summer and Fall Journals with Mary Kailek Part 1
Fishnet
Birthdays
Beluga Whale Hunting
Money
Prayers
Mary Kailek shares her journal of July to August activities of her travels, hunts, the search for Archie, and pf her lifestyle with her family out on the land, of her frustrations with lifestyle changes regarding money, and speaks of her prayers and faith in God, and more. To be continued.
Kublualuk The Shaman and Other Stories by Mary Kailek
Kublualuq
Shaman
Manigaatchiaq
Kanayuk
Seal
1940
Inuvialuktun Name
Mary Kailek is telling stories of Kublualuk the shaman and other old time stories, and ends with a personal story.
Life Stories and a Bear Legend with Mary Kailek
Snares
Fish Sales
Ram Air
Committee for Original People's Entitlement (COPE)
God
Christmas
Salvation
Bear Legend
Friends
Camsell Hospital
Mary Kailek is sharing stories of her lifestyle, of her travels, of her family and friends, of hospitalizations of family members, and shares her faith in God, and also tells a bear legend, and much more.
New Years
Illnesses
Bombardier
Doctor
Dog Team
Muskrats
Beluga Whale
Court Case
Dancing
Beaver
Waterfowl
Drowning
Edmund River
Life Boat
Mary Kailek is storytelling of when she recovered from her illness and went to pick up Joe from the hospital with her dogteam, of the numerous people that were sick and some who passed away, with the hospital in Aklavik being full including the public school, of the police and doctor message for people not to travel to Aklavik or return to Aklavik due many being sick, that they would deliver food with the bombardier to people, of she and other’s travels, of beluga whale hunting, of the lifestyle living out on the land, of the new experience of people going to listen to a court hearing in Aklavik, also of the dancing, of suddenly going into labour and giving birth to her son, of some people that made it safely to Tuktoyaktuk with a lifeboat after hearing that a boat had sunk, and more.
1937
Visitors
Dances
Snow House
July 1st Gathering
Canada Day Activities
Inuvialuit
Gwich’in
Siblings
Mary Kailek is storytelling from the 1937 era, of when she was doing a lot of sewing, of visitors and listening to storytelling in the evenings, of their travels for Christmas and New Years, stories of her dad and Joe trapping and hunting stories, of her little brother Donald Kaglik, travels to Aklavik including when her dad was working for the police who were waiting for him there, of the many tents, of the July 1st Gathering of Gwich’in and Inuvialuit, then traveling on to Tuktoyaktuk when they’re were only tents, of raising and looking after her siblings and of keeping her late mom’s word, of more people, travels, and more.
July
Dry Fish
Bear
August
Chores
Ice House
Picnic
Children
School
September
October
Ice Conditions
Mary Kailek is sharing her memories of she and her family’s activities during the summer and fall of their travels and living out on the land. Mary also mentions the visitors arriving to their camp, of passers by, of various chores, of sewing traditional clothing, of people that have passed on, and of some birthdays. She also speaks of her frustrations with the lifestyle changes of young people while living in a community, of Joey and Trudy getting married, and more.
Birth
Injury
Walks
Grave Sites
Canalaska House
Fish
Catholic Father
Anglican Minister
Seals
Caribou
Nomadic
Mary Kailek is sharing more memories of her younger days of when she gave birth to her son, of her siblings who were on their way to residential school when her younger brother Donald Kaglik got hurt, of when her dad started trapping after he was finished working for the police, of a missing person search, of sewing and filling a mitts order for the police, of her hiking and seeing old grave sites, of a family that died of starvation, of various families, of gatherings and games, of people smoking pipes during the church service, of some comical stories, of when the old timers were buying drygoods for the first time, and more old time stories.
Fishing
Polar Bears
Wildlife Officers
Regulations
Changes
Clothing
Water Fowl
Ships
Transportation
Egg Gathering
Gatherings
House
Mary Kailek is storytelling of her many travels, of various people, of the types of animals harvested, of her concerns of the new wildlife officer’s regulations and governance during that era, clothing and other items made from animal skins, of faster modern transportation replacing dog teams, of people hunting, of gathering eggs, of the lifestyle changes, of people changing, of when many people would gather together and tell stories and have drum dances, and of people camping in tents, of her mother’s passing, and shares her fond memories and much more. Note: The same audio is repeated around the half way mark.
Summer Memoirs by Mary Kailek Final Part 2
Camping
Mary Kailek is completing her story from the previous stories of her summer memoirs. Final Part 2.
Grandchildren
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
Dogfeed
Ptarmigans
Wood
Bears
Food Preparation
Northern Games
Traditional Knowledge Teaching
Game Warden
Picnics
Death
Mary Kailek is sharing memories of she and her family’s travels, of various visitors, of beluga whale hunting, of fishnet fishing, of traditional food preparation, of making dryfish and also teaching the grandchildren who wanted to learn how to make dryfish, as well as teaching the young about fishnet fishing, of the Northern games and dancing in Inuvik, of gathering wood, of picnicing, of the different busy lifestyle out on the land compared to the life of ease now a days, of her husband Buster getting sick, and more. To be continued.
Memories of Her Younger Days by Mary Kailek
Schooner
Trade
Piffi
Calico
Skiff
Moose
Foxes
Qulliq (Traditional Lamp)
1936
Injuries
Childbirth
Ptarmigan
North Star
Mary Kailek is storytelling about her life stories from her younger days, of her father, of her grandfather, of some comical stories, of trading piffi (dryfish) for staples with the police who arrived by boat, of various visitors, of learning how to sew, of sewing for her father and the police, of going to the Christmas gathering, of when she got married, of childbirth, of when her father passed away, of her travels, and more.
More of Mary Kailek’s Journals from 1979 and 1980
Fancy Parkas
Boat Making
1980
Memorial
Mink
Frozen
Campsell Hospital
CBC Messages
Beluga Jamboree
Mary Kailek is sharing more her journals of she and her family’s activities from 1979, and October 1980 onward, of activities such as living out on the land, fishing, trapping, snaring, their travels, and births, of sewing her fancy parkas, of her husband making a boat, of church services in Inuvik, of various visitors, of getting wood, of getting cold and sick then just her husband going out on the land, and more.
Whaling
Whales
Various Visitors
Bible Studies
Marriages
Picture Shows
1979
Ice Fishing
Skidoo
Mary Kailek is sharing her journals of she and her family’s activities from summer of 1979 to 1980, of activities such as living out on the land, hunting, fishing, trapping, snaring, of their visitors, of their travels, of deaths, and births, of sewing her fancy parkas, of her husband making a boat, and much more.
Ulukhaktok and Other Memories of Long Ago with Frank Kuptana
Christmas Activities
Father Bruyant
Easter Gatherings
Feasting
Westerners
Races
Homes
Stepdad
Mom
Frank Kuptana is storytelling about his lifestyle long ago, of his travels when he was a young man, of seal hunting, of fishing, of the very few people and houses at Ulukhaktok when he first went there, of the trading post, of Father Bruyant, of Christmas and or Easter Festivities, games, races, and dancing, of the Westerners that came and participated in the races and the festivities, and also shares memories of his stepdad, of church services, and more.
Kuptana, Frank
More Lifestyle Memories with Frank Kuptana
Trading Post
Frank Kuptana is sharing more memories of his lifestyle after getting married, of when he and his wife’s travels and living on the the land, hunting, trapping, fishing, getting ice and wood, and tells stories of living the traditional life, traveling to various places such as the trading post and stocking up on shells and staples, and much more.
Eggs
Traditional Hunting Tools
Traditional Homes
Modern Skidoos
Hiking
Abuse
Parents
Stepfather
Traditional Hunting Methods
Cigarettes
Fire
Customs
Traditions
Smoke Pipe
Murders
Payment
Frank Kuptana is telling old time stories of how people lived long ago of how people hunted, fished, and gathered for their food long ago, living a totally traditional lifestyle compared to today with help now a days from the government, with people looking only to money to purchase skidoos, etc, of when his mom left her biological father while backpacking him until they reached people and she remarried to her stepfather, and married into a good family, of how elders long ago made made fire without matches, of gathering together, of sewing traditional clothing, of the games, and dances, of lifestyle changes of people focusing more on working to make money and less hunting and living off the land today, making everything they needed to live with their customs and traditions, of people fighting over and stabbings and warring over women, and or killing their wives, of shamanism, and shares fond memories of his loving mother who passed away when he was young, and how he stayed with various people, then started trapping with Arnavigak, is always thankful for Aggie (sp) Bolt, and then got married and they started living on their own, traveling and hunting together and more.
Old Time Stories and Discussions with Frank Kuptana and an Unidentified Speaker
Canalaska Ship
Fathers
Residential School
Singing
Stabbings
Wives
Frank Kuptana and an unidentified speaker are continuing their discussions from the previous story and sharing memories and stories from the past.
Unidentified Speaker
Inuvialuit Lifestyle then Lifestyle Changes After European Contact with Frank Kuptana
Seasonal Camps
Fishing Areas
White People
Oil Explorations
Food
Lifestyle Changes
Land
Seal Uses
Dog Feed
Qulliq (Traditional Lamps)
Traditional Dishes
Food Preservation
No Wastage
Sharing
Storebought Food
Independence
Environment Destruction
Murder
Government
Frank Kuptana is telling more stories and describes the traditional lifestyle that people lived long ago, of how they lived long ago hunting and fishing and describes the geographical lay out of the land and rivers, of lifestyle differences of the Inuvialuit communal culture versus the Caucasian culture of individualism, of Inuvialuit becoming, thinking, and living like Caucasian people, as well as of loss of culture and land. Frank also speaks about of how nothing was wasted, of how animals were used for food, clothing, and tools, etc,. Frank also talks about the modern technology, the monetary high cost of material things such as shells, is also speaking of when the police and ministers arrived, of more changes such as employment, of the young going to school, money purchases that are spent quickly on anything and used unwisely, of warring long ago prior to European contact that he heard of, of the northland being taken over by Caucasian with the high cost of purchasing items from the stores, of the new government, of house rentals, with child family allowances, versus snow houses, traveling and hunting and living off the land, then purchasing staple food long ago, and more. Frank then speaks with unidentified speaker about a murder long ago and more stories from long ago.
More Lifestyle Stories from Long Ago with Frank Kuptana
Supply Ships
Sunday Services
.22 Gun
Boating
Medicine Men
Various Families
Frank Kuptana is storytelling of his younger days, of when people were arriving to Aggie Bolt’s land to purchase supplies from the store, of the Sunday services and games, of when they were unloading the trading supply ship that arrived, of possibly shells, food and other staple payments like that, of the women purchasing sewing materials and staples, of when using a .22 gun later on, of the good dogs, of the Christmas gatherings, fun games, dancing, and gifts, of getting gum for their Christmas present, of when the only language spoken was Iniunnaqtun and people lived the traditional lifestyle but now people have learned English and only speak that language and also speaks of the lifestyle changes, of more stories of dogs, illnesses, shamanism, medicine men, of fishing, of when his mom got really sick and passed away, of how people lived and did things long ago, of the ships that could be heard from far away like Patsy’s ship called Nauyaq, of people getting schooners and starting to hunt with them, and much more.