Times of Hunger and Survival in Alaska by Silas Kangegana and Father Le Meur, Part 3
Storytelling
Trapping
Hunting
Hunger
Trading Post
Fishing
Animals
Lean Times
Employment
Food Shortage
Death
Host of the A Long Time Ago program, Louie Goose, airs Silas Kangegana telling about times of hunger, suffering and survival in Alaska during a time of wildlife shortage, trading at the trading post, and employment. Father Le Meur then tells Silas’ story in English. Part 3.
Kangegana, Silas
Goose, Louie
Le Meur, Father Robert
English
Iñupiatun
Times of Hunger and Survival in Alaska by Silas Kangegana and Father Le Meur, Part 2
Host of the A Long Time Ago program, Louie Goose, airs Silas Kangegana telling about times of hunger, suffering and survival in Alaska during a time of wildlife shortage, trading at the trading post, and employment. Part 2. To be continued.
Times of Hunger and Survival in Alaska by Silas Kangegana and Father Le Meur, Part 1
Close Encounter
Host of the A Long Time Ago program, Louie Goose, airs Silas Kangegana telling about times of hunger, suffering and survival in Alaska during a time of wildlife shortage and staple shortage at the Trading Post. Father Le Meur then tells Silas’ story in English. Part 1. To be continued.
Advice from Amos Tumma plus Bowhead Whale Hunting and Other Stories
Bowhead Whale Hunt
1918 or 1919
Ships
Caribou
Noah Flood Story
Bows and Arrows
Harpoons
Amos Tumma speaks gives advice, then tells a story of bowhead whale hunting long ago around 1918 or 1919, followed by a flood story, and speaks of traditional hunting weapons used long ago, and more.
Tumma, Amos
Susie Tiktalik’s Life Stories After Just Getting Married then Life Stories Prior to Marriage
Just Married
Travels
Stolen Wife
Abuse
Separated
Cached meat
Modern Guns
Seasonal Camps
Whiteman
Various Families
Summer Gathering
Caribou Antlers
Igloos
Nomadic
Sewing Traditional Clothing
Helping
Sharing
Dance House
Dancing
Singing
Shamanism
Hunting Preparation
Alexandria Elias interviews Susie Tiktalik who shares her personal life stories of when she just got married, prior to having her children. She then tells other stories prior to being married of summer gatherings, nomadic traditional Inuvialuit lifestyles, customs and traditions.
Tiktalik, Susie
Elias, Alexandrea
Inuinnaqtun
Susie Tiktalik’s Life Stories of Happy Times and Hardships Long Ago 2, Complete story
Caribou Hunting
Abandonment
Adoption
Childbirth
Guns
Fatal Flu
Traders
Suffering
Bear Mauling
Shaman
Rock Houses
Dogs
Polar Bear
Drymeat
Dryfish
Old Graves
Mysterious Houses and Belongings
Alexandria Elias interviews Susie Tiktalik who shares her personal life stories when she was a young married woman of plentiful caribou and happy times and also speaks of various hardships and sufferings such as abandonment, births, deaths, the big flu that killed many people, bear mauling, shamanism, their travels, polar bear scare, and more.The first half is the same story as the previous story.
Inuvialuktun
Susie Tiktalik’s Life Stories Prior to Marriage
Travel
Relations
Wildlife
Traditional Foods
Blindness
Healing
Hiking
Grief
Anger
Gathering
Traditional Clothing
Superstitions
Sewing
Traditions
Culture
Old Time Hunting Methods
Inuksuits
Snaring
Eggs
Food Caches
Traditional Tools
Traditional Games
Wife Swap
Nomadic Lifestyle
Alexandria Elias interviews Susie Tiktalik about her life stories prior to being married, of their nomadic lifestyle, traditions, superstitions, hunting methods, traditional food, gatherings, clothing and tools, means of transportation, shamans, relationships, and more.
Susie Tiktalik’s Stories and Travels with Her Parents, Final Part 2
Amulet
Mother
Illness
Alexandria Elias continues her interview with Susie Tiktalik about her visit and travels to and with her parents, and stories of her mother including fierce games of skills between her mother and other women. Final, part 2.
Susie Tiktalik’s Stories and Travels with Her Parents, Part 1
Competitive Games
Parents
Gambling Games
Games of Skill
Wives
Namesake
Shamans
Alexandria Elias interviews Susie Tiktalik about her visit and travels to and with her parents, and stories of her mother including fierce games of skills between her mother and other women. Part 1, to be continued
Susie Tiktalik’s Travels in Her Younger Days Interview
Hunting Tools
Hardships
Shelters
Bow and Arrows
Muskox
Seal
White People
Siblings
Whiteman Food
Ship
Dry Fish
Dry Meat
Birth
Family
Alexandria Elias interviews Susie Tiktalik about her younger days and she and her families travels to Banksland.
Susie Tiktalik Life Story Inteview Part 2
Caribou Hunting Methods
Inuksuit
Fish
Tools
Snow House
Waterfowl
Women
Alexandria Elias interviews Susie Tiktalik about when she was a young girl, and sharing stories that she remembers from long ago prior to European arrival. Final Part 2.
Susie Tiktalik Life Story Inteview Part 1
Back Packing
Babies
Hunting Methods
Animal Skin Clothing
Homes
Snow Houses
Mosquitoes
Gatherings
Alexandria Elias interviews Susie Tiktalik about when she was a very young girl, about their culture and way of life long ago prior to European arrival. Part 1, to be continued.
Survival
Fur Sale
Challenging Times
A Long Time Ago host Louie Goose airs Father Le Meur who interviewed Elders Bessie Wolki and Ivy Raddi, then Paul Adam about how they survived very trying times on Banks Island. Father Le Meur then translates their stories into English.
Wolki, Bessie
Raddi, Ivy
Adam, Paul
Hunting and Travelling Stories with Amos Tumma
Minister Fry
Schooner
Hudson Bay Company
1915
Freight Hauling
Missionaries
Elder Amos Tumma is storytelling of hunting and travelling stories including when he hauled freight for the Hudson Bay Company and when the missionaries started heading to the Eastern Arctic.
Whaling and Old Time Stories by Amos Tumma
Beluga Whaling
Ruben Brothers
Flooding
Game Warden
First Nations
Store Bought Food
Food Storage
Climate Change
Traditional Knowledge
Weather
Elders Teachings
Food Annual Planning
Lifestye Culture Change
Caucasion Lifestyle
Lifestyle Advice
Bible Teachings
Faith
Work Ethics
Elder Amos Tumma is storytelling about beluga whaling at Nalurugiaq and Niaqunnaq long ago, about lifestyle changes he sees, about climate change, about how to live right, about his faith, about hunger, about work ethics, and more.
1912
Scow
Bowhead Whalers
1913
Minister
Polar Bears
White Foxes
Bowhead Whales
Expedition
Mr. Fry
Christmas Gathering
New Years
Cannibal
Tea
Elder Amos Tumma is storytelling about his life stories, his travels and experiences including challenging times during 1912 and 1913.
Reindeer Herding Lifestyle by Amos Tumma
Reindeer Herding
Reindeer Herders
Father Moses
Whitefox
Northstar
Elder Amos Tumma is storytelling about his reindeer herding days.
Legend
Chief’s daughter
Warriors
Horse
Marriage
Inuvialuit Lifestyle Long Ago
Sharing Harvests
Deaths
Orphan
Angels
Rescued
Elder Amos Tumma is storytelling about an old legend of a Chief’s daughter who didn’t want to marry then speaks of communal versus individual lifestyles. He then tells a story he heard from his wife’s grandfather about a mistreated orphaned teenager who was rescued by two angels, then starts another story but ends abruptly.
Inuvialuit and Inupiat Culture and Way of Life Before and After White Man’s Arrival
Harvested Food Preservation
Whaling
Lifestyle Change
Church
Elders Wisdom
Bible
Shells
Dry Goods
Police
Games
Dances
Children
Cultural Teaching
Youth
Elder Advice
Alcohol
Elder Amos Tumma is storytelling about long ago Kittigaar̂ungmiut, Utqalungmiut, Qikiqarr̂ungmiut, and Uummarmiut culture and way of life long ago before and after the arrival of the bowhead whalers, trading, and the trading post era.
Legends
Murderous Man
Ruler’s Children
Elder Amos Tumma is telling a legend about a man who murders a woman’s father because he wanted to marry her followed by another legend of two ruler’s children who married each other.
Amos Tumma Stories of Inuvialuit Lifestyle Long Ago and the Changes
Beluga Whale Hunting
1908
1909
Bad Man
Captain Peterson
Japanese
Siqlit
Sealing
Changed Inuvialuit
Whiteman Lifestyle
Muskrat Hunting
Seasonal Gathering and Hunting
Food
Food Preparation
Wood Gathering
Elder Amos Tumma is telling stories of hunting, fishing, trapping, and his many travels and how he and others lived long ago as well as the many changes.
Murder
Ministers
Loon
Devil
Medicine Man
Elder Amos Tumma is storytelling about how shamans were involved long ago prior to the arrival of ministers.
Move
Christmas
Struggles
Mountain People
Elder Amos Tumma is telling old time stories of his younger days of hunting and travelling, and of his wife’s grandfather’s stories from long ago of how they lived, working hard, hardly sleeping, hunting for their food prior to arrival of Europeans, etc.
Bowhead Whaling
Iced In
Sail Boating
Drum Song
Drum Dance
Drygoods
Trading Posts
Elder Amos Tumma is storytelling about when boats were iced in, when bowhead whaling season was done, of their travels, of trapping and hunting, then continuing their sailing journey after the winter, and making their way to the trading posts to Iglukpak and Katyaaq (Tschigehchic).
Recollections From The Past with Amos Tumma
European Bowhead Whalers
Drinking Parties
Fights
Bowhead Whale Hunting
Two Brothers
Otter
Fearless
Easter
Elder Amos Tumma is telling stories from when he was a boy in the early 1900’s of when the European bowhead whalers would winter at Qikiqtarr̂uq and the events he witnessed. He also tells of a widow and her two sons who were always hunting and providing for and helping others, of how disagreements were settled by men, of fearless feats, and tells of his trapping and hunting stories.