Dog kennels at Pauline Cove (Herschel Island)
Portrait photographs
Kennels
Dog kennels at Pauline Cove (Herschel Island).
Taken during the Herschel Island and Yukon North Slope Inuvialuit Oral History Project for the Inuvialuit Social Development Program.
Nagy, Murielle (Photographer)
Storytelling
Legends
Anikinyak
Young Girls
Agnes Nanogak is telling the legends of a man named Anikniyak, of young girls looking for husbands, and a couple more short legends, then an unidentified man starts speaking at the end of the tape.
Nanogak, Agnes
Inuinnaqtun
Seal Hunter
Qauqyaqyuk
Orphan
Brothers
Mistreated
Slave
Abused
Agnes Nanogak is telling a legend of a man hunting seal with noisy children, one of whom was left behind by his brothers and became a very badly treated orphan, of a short legend of two snow birds, and the legend of the man with one eye who was out boating looking for a mate.
Three Legends of Kattayatkut, Ululina, and Kuplugyuak told by Agnes Nanogak
Kattayatkut
Food Scarcity
Hunting
Ululina
Baby
Grandmother
Shamanism
Dancing
Foxes
Kidnapped
Tricked
Kuplugyuaq
Agnes Nanogak is telling three legends. The first legend is about Kattayatkut, the old lady and her grandson. The second legend is about the fox who kidnapped Ululina, and the third legend is about Kuplugyuaq, the only man that the sought after woman wanted to marry.
A Haunting Tale followed by The Girl Who Sank in Quicksand told by Agnes Nanogak
Hunter
Haunted
Death
Quicksand
Girls
Agnes Nanogak is telling of a hunter’s haunting tale followed by a story of a girl who sinks into another world. (Note: The last five minutes of the tape is a recording of an unidentified man telling a story that was already in progress. This is not related to the story that Agnes was telling.)
Unidentified Man
Raven Creation Story then Her Father Makes a Boat by Agnes Nanogak
Legend
Raven
Land
Sea
Ice
Sky
Animals
Humans
Creation
Vegetation
Food
Handcrafted Kayak Boat
Sealskin
Father
Mother
Agnes Nanogak is telling a legend of a raven creation story similar to the bible creation story. it’s a story that was passed on to her from her father who came from, Alaska, years ago. Ningarsiq and other fellow Alaskans would also share their stories for many evenings. Agnes then tells another story of when and how her dad made a homemade boat including when her mother sewed seal skins together for the boat.
Parents
Travels
Hudson Bay Trading Ship
Frozen
Dogs
Kayak
Boat
Family
Bears
Trapping
Survival
Seals
Trading Post
Fishing
Various Families
Black Coal
Canalaska Trading Post
Agnes Nanogak is storytelling of some of she and her family’s many travels, of living in various places, and of of some of their experiences such as when her father fell in water and nearly froze to death, of when he made his own kayak boat with wood and sealskins, of being a good provider and hunter, of when he purchased a boat from the Hudson Bay Company supply ship, and more.
Singing
Traveling
Loche
Wives
Caribou
Traditional Food
Food Preparation
Clothing
Agnes Nanogak is telling three stories. The first story is about two siblings who lost their parents and are living alone, followed by another story of man traveling on the river and fishing and is baffled because he keeps hearing a voice singing a song, and the final story is about the people of the river including the man with two wives traveling along the river, camping, fishing and hunting caribou for food and clothing, and more.
Stories
Copper
Agnes Nanogak is telling stories and legends about Qayauyani of how copper came to the land, about a couple who packed up their gear as they prepared to go on a long hike up inland, a story about an old couple, about noisy children during seal hunting, and about a man called Qayaktaurungniktuk who could not land or set foot back on the ground.
More Legends and Stories by Agnes Naogak
Seagulls
Historic Places
Old Houses
Excavations
Old Tools
Beddings
Knives
Spears
Harpoons
Bone Tools
Bone Dishes
Grandson
Snaring
Bow and Arrow
Agnes Nanogak is telling more legends and stories about seagulls, about Arctic Char Fishing and Seal Hunting, about some old historic places that were found that were quite deep in the ground and the old houses were excavated where old tools, mostly made out of bones, such as old knives, spears, harpoons, and beddings were found including dishes that people had long ago were also made of bones. Agnes tells the last story about a grandmother who is providing for her grandson and then he begins to help his grandmother when they are surviving off the land and animals.
Storytelling gathering
Cultural centre
Cultural resource centre
Highway
ICRC
Travelling
Josephine starts by thanking the group and then talks about the Inuvik Tuk highway making it easier to travel but now we spend less time on the land.
Nasagaluak, Josephine
IRC
Larocque, Brandon
English
Oral History
Interview
Lifestyle
Archeologists
Old Stone Houses
Old Stone Traps
Fur Prices
Eastern Inuit
Fish
Lobster
Squid
Crabs
Clams
Mussel
Shrimp
Old Homes
Interview was already in progress with David Nasogaluk with Agnes White about his lifestyle long ago. David also shares historical stories.
This recording is from the Aulavik Oral History Project undertaken by the Inuvialuit Social Development Program.
Nasogaluak, David
White, Agnes
Inuvialuktun
Joe Nasogaluak's Old Time Stories from the Early 1900’s
White People
Stefansson’s Expedition
Travel
Exploration
Police
Seamstresses
Inuvialuit
Inupiat
Ships
Stores
Joe Nasogaluak is storytelling a story that was already in progress about first encounters with White people that arrived on a big boat. He is also telling stories about explorer Stefansson’s Expedition to the North and his interactions and travels with Inuvialuit and Inupiat who helped and worked for him.
Nasogaluak, Joe
More of Joe Nasogaluak’s Old Time Stories from the Early 1900’s
Elders
Education
Dry goods
Boats
Governance
Work
Changes
Gatherings
Joe Nasogaluak is storytelling a story that was already in progress about Caucasion bowhead whale hunters and more Caucasion people arriving, and about the many ways that Inuvialuit ways of life have changed since then.
Fall of 1915 in Tuktuur̂aqtuuq Stories by Joe Nasogaluak
Fall
Christmas
Dogteams
White man
Hudson Bay Store
Seal
Polar Bear
Whitefox
Maktak
Bowhead Whale
Ship
Joe Nasogaluak is storytelling of he and his family’s’s travels and way of life beginning in the fall of 1915 in Tuktuur̂aqtuuq
Old Time Stories from 1939 and 1940 by Joe Nasogaluak
Beluga Whaling
Waterfowl
Ice House
Old Adam
Minister
Priest
Joe Nasogaluak is storytelling of their travels, hunting, fishing, and trapping during 1939 and 1940. Audio has a lot of static in background.
Joe Nasogaluak’s Life Stories - Spring of 1916
1916
Whiteman
Eggs
Whaling
Animal Skin Boat
Alaskans
Fur Price
Joe Nasogaluak is storytelling about his life stories from the spring of 1916 onwards. Audio fades away during part of the story.
Murder
1921
Qulliq
Joe Nasogaluak is storytelling about his life stories during 1921. The audio is a little garbled towards the end.
Hunting and Trapping Winter of 1939 by Joe Nasogaluak
Store
Minister Thomas Umauq
Easter Gathering
Dances
Dog Races
Reindeer Herders
Father France
Water Fowl Eggs
Fishnet Fishing
Dryfish
Joe Nasogaluak is storytelling about hunting and trapping during the winter of 1939 on the A Long Time Ago program. Audio is inaudible sometimes.
Chief Mangilaaluk
Moving Meeting
1940
Wildlife
Employment
Bankslandmiut
Animal Clothing
School
Hospital
White Trappers
Bob Nuligak
Joe Nasogaluak is storytelling, from the 1940 era including the plans to move to Tuktuur̂aqtuuq, on the A Long Time Ago program.
Joe Nasogaluak Life and Times in Tuktuur̂aqtuuq in 1940 and 1941
Father Franche
Drygoods
1941
Anglican Church Services
Storebought Foods
Joe Nasogaluak is storytelling about life and times in Tuktuuraqtuuq in 1940 and 1941 on the A Long Time Ago program.
Fishnet
1942
Hudson Bay
Muskrat Prices
Wages
HBC Freight Boat
Poker Winnings
Dryfish Sales
Joe Nasogaluak is storytelling about his life stories in and around Tuktuur̂aqtuuq in 1942 on the A Long Time Ago program.
Joe Nasogaluak Life Stories 1942, 1943, and 1944
1943
1944
Feast
Natirnaq
Hudson Bay Company
HBC Boat
RC Fathers
Minister Umauq
Joe Nasogaluak is storytelling about his life stories in and around Tuktuur̂aqtuuq in 1942, 1943, and 1944 on the A Long Time Ago program.
Life and Times September 1923 with Joe Nasogaluak Part 1
September
1923
Schooners
Store Keeper
Johnson
Racing
Food Shortage
Joe Nasogaluak is storytelling about his life stories from September 1923. Note: the volume starts fading about half way through to becoming barely audible for the last six to seven minutes then story abruptly ends. Part 1. To be continued.
Life and Times September 1923 with Joe Nasogaluak Final Part 2. Note: Audio is very low at times.
Various People
Hiking
Hard Times
Icehouses
Ptarmigans
Muskrats
Illness
Deaths
Joe Nasogaluak is completing his life stories from September 1923 when he was nineteen years old. Final Part 2.