Persis Gruben telling her Life Stories, Part 11
subject: Storytelling
subject: Travels
subject: City
subject: Inuit Tapirisat of Canada (ITC)
subject: Ships
subject: Peterson
subject: Bay Chimo
subject: Pipeline
subject: Animals
subject: Radio Collars
subject: Hunting
subject: Fishing
subject: Women
subject: Game Wardens
description: Persis Gruben is describing the very different sights and scenery of her experiences of going to the city of Seattle, of a shooting incident, of the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada (ITC) first starting up, ships long ago and today, her thoughts regarding the pipeline, of the the radio collars on the animals, of enforcement of new wildlife laws. She goes on to share stories of women’s lifestyle long ago as providers by hunting, snaring, and fishing, etc. She also speaks of the new technology of television, tape recorders, radios, etc. and enjoying being able to hear other people sending greetings and speaking on the radio, and more. Part 11. To be continued.
creator: Gruben, Persis
date: November 1976
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Persis Gruben telling her Life Stories, Part 12
subject: Storytelling
subject: Lifestyle Changes
subject: Communities
subject: Nomadic
subject: Various People
subject: Hunting Areas
subject: Trapping Areas
subject: Skidoos
subject: Dog Teams
subject: Language
subject: Culture
subject: Technology
subject: Wildlife
subject: 1950
subject: Church
subject: Gwich’in
subject: Employment
subject: Trapping
subject: Hunting
subject: Money
subject: Wages
subject: Boats
subject: Scows
subject: Ships
subject: Hotel
subject: Restaurant
subject: Bar
subject: Christmas
subject: Sewing
subject: Land
subject: Oil Companies
subject: Fish
subject: Dewline
subject: Houses
subject: Schools
subject: Welfare
subject: Family Allowance
subject: Government
subject: Travel
subject: Inuit Tapirisat of Canada (ITC) Meetings
description: Persis Gruben is sharing stories of the many changes she has witnessed in her life such as living a nomadic lifestyle out on the land to community permanent living, prior to European contact such as: the fast skidoos, of languages, of the newcomer’s government systemic control and enforcing the new law and regulations, of the welfare system of employment and wage economy, of the new money obsession, of cigarettes and alcohol, of oil companies arriving and blasting and negatively affected their fish populations. She also talks about the benefits of the new technology, of her travels with her parents then later with her husband, of animals hunted, and shares some funny stories. She also shares stories of her Gwich’in heritage and Inuvialuit upbringing with the Inuvialuktun language and culture with her family. Persis shares stories of ships long ago, Christmas times, of the Dewline, of traveling to attend Inuit Tapirisat of Canada (ITC) meetings, and more.Part 12. To be continued.
creator: Gruben, Persis
date: November 1976
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Persis Gruben telling her Life Stories, Part 13
subject: Storytelling
subject: Marriage
subject: Travels
subject: Skidoos
subject: Home
subject: Land
subject: Sewage
subject: Dog Teams
subject: Hunting
subject: Cleanliness
subject: Governments
subject: Animals
subject: Traditional Knowledge
subject: Traditional Food
subject: Family
subject: Fishing
subject: Oil Companies
subject: Blasting
subject: Fishnets
subject: Modern transportation
subject: Meetings
description: Persis Gruben is continuing her lifestyle stories comparing the numerous changes and coming to terms with a changing way of life that her generation encountered affecting things like: lifestyle changes, cleanliness and caring for the land, transportation, new governments with new laws, everyone in one community, increasing populations and housing, traditional knowledge and ways of doing things, negative affects on wildlife and marine species, arrival of the oil companies blasting and ruining the natural environments, outsiders going to Tuktoyaktuk to work, hunting and or fishing, traditional food to store bought food and purchases,with new restaurants and cafes, and the talk of money and banks rather than traditionally not requiring the use of money. Persis also shares some hunting stories, speaks of animals, of marriages, of becoming a grandmother, of herring and fishnet fishing, and much more. Part 13. To be continued.
creator: Gruben, Persis
date: November 1976
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Persis Gruben telling her Life Stories, Part 14
subject: Storytelling
subject: Cleanliness
subject: Waste
subject: Lifestyle Changes
subject: Sewage
subject: Transportation
subject: Travels
subject: Homes
subject: Family
subject: Relations
subject: First Nations
subject: Fire
description: Persis Gruben is sharing her opinions of and comparing past lifestyle of Inuvialuit to present modern day Inuvialuit lifestyles in regards to transportation, sewage and garbage, influence of European lifestyles, hunting and wildlife, and traditional knowledge and ways of doing things. Persis also tells stories she and her family’s travels out on the land and fondly reminisces about some humorous times with her parents long ago, and more. Part 14. To be continued.
creator: Gruben, Persis
date: November 1976
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Persis Gruben telling her Life Stories, Part 15
subject: Storytelling
subject: Travels
subject: Parents
subject: Children
subject: Various Families
subject: Various Locations
subject: Deaths
subject: Births
subject: Homes
subject: School
subject: Marriages
subject: Relations
subject: Staple Food
subject: Fishing
subject: Traditional Food
subject: Hunting
subject: Hiking
subject: Sail boats
subject: Engine Boats
description: Persis Gruben is telling her life stories of when she was younger of their travels with her parents then later with her husband, of her mom’s passing, of their homes, of the flu and of deaths, of various families at the various places they lived, of her dad’s passing, of running out of staple food, of traditional food, of lean times, and more. Part 15. To be continued.
creator: Gruben, Persis
date: November 1976
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Persis Gruben telling her Life Stories, Part 16
subject: Storytelling
subject: Travels
subject: Engine Boats
subject: Wildlife
subject: Dewline
subject: Various Families
subject: Death
subject: Fish
subject: Food Scarcity
subject: Traditional Lifestyle
subject: Traditional Knowledge
subject: Dogs
subject: Work Ethics
subject: Chores
subject: Hunting
subject: Traditional Food
subject: Sewing Skills
subject: Traditional Clothing
description: Persis Gruben is continuing her storytelling of their travels with their families, of moving to Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, of various animals harvested, of the different schooners, of the various places she lived, and of how people long ago tried to make staple foods last. She also speaks of the traditional life and traditional knowledge and of survival skills that the young are forgetting, the lack of work ethics in kids today versus when she was younger including that they were always busy doing necessary work, of the traditional food, of learning how to sew traditional clothing as a young girl, and more.
creator: Gruben, Persis
date: November 1976
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Persis Gruben telling her Life Stories, Part 17
subject: Storytelling
subject: Children
subject: Campsel Hospital
subject: Lifestyle
subject: Hunting
subject: Wildlife
subject: Travels
subject: Family
subject: Traditional Teachings
subject: Predictions
subject: Land
subject: Oil Companies
subject: Traditional Food
subject: 1934
subject: Store
subject: 1935
subject: Transportation
subject: Staple Foods
subject: Trapping
subject: Employment
subject: Ice House
subject: Nomadic
description: Persis Gruben is continuing her storytelling of the lifestyle changes, about traveling with her parents long ago and later with her children when her husband was hospitalised, of her traditional teachings, of wildlife hunted, of the oil companies negatively affecting the animals and environment, of the predictions of engine vehicles and that pingos would be demolished and moved. She also describes her experiences and descriptions of Tuktoyaktuk and the various families that were there when they arrived there. She also talks about the trading posts, the harvested food and store bought food, of less trapping versus more wage employment, of her memories of the Dewline and trapping, and the families living at the Dewline, about the traditional educational benefits of traveling like she did long ago versus living in one community.
creator: Gruben, Persis
date: November 1976
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

A Long Time Ago: [Persis Gruben]
creator: Gruben, Persis
date: [197-?]
type: Audio

Persis Gruben interview, 1990/07/24
creator: Gruben, Persis
date: July 24, 1990

Persis Lennie Gruben interview, 1991/06/26
creator: Gruben, Persis Lennie
date: June 26, 1991

Persus Gruben Tape 1 1994
creator: Gruben, Persus
date: 1994
type: Audio

Persus Gruben Tape 2 1994
creator: Gruben, Persus
date: 1994
type: Audio

William Gruben Sr
creator: Gruben, William, Sr.
type: Audio

Persis Gruben telling her Life Stories, Part 10
subject: Storytelling
subject: Travels
subject: Dog Teams
subject: Herring Fishing
subject: Trapping
subject: Skidoos
subject: 1955
subject: Dewline
subject: Foxes
subject: Polar Bear
subject: Flooded
subject: Seal Hunting
subject: Dog Feed
subject: Flood
subject: Traditional Clothing
subject: School
subject: Family
subject: Work Ethics
subject: Traditional Knowledge
subject: Land
subject: Chores
description: Persis Gruben is storytelling about when she lived a nomadic lifestyle with her parents then later moving to Tuktoyaktuk, of travelling with dogteams and use of dogs. Persis also shares stories of when they first got skidoos, of hunting and trapping stories with her husband and their friend John Kikoak, of some Inuvialuit families living at Dewline, of traditional clothing, of traditional food, and of their travels at Christmas time. She also speaks about the problems she sees due to everyone living in one community, about her frustrations with kids lacking work ethics and life skills today. She then shares her ideas on how things could have been done differently that would have helped with kid’s learning and with how to live, when first building houses in Tuktoyaktuk, and closes with the following: Our land is no more good. It's destroyed or wrecked. Part 10. To be continued.
creator: Gruben,Persis
date: November 1976
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Various Elders Speaking About Different Topics or Send Greetings
subject: Inuit Tapirisat Board of Directors Meeting
subject: Land Claim Negotiation Committee
subject: Nellie Cournoyea
subject: CHAK
subject: Meetings
subject: High Cost of Living
subject: Education
subject: Money
subject: Trapping
subject: Outsiders
description: Sam Raddi is speaking about the Land Claims meeting down South followed by various Elders speaking to family and friends and sending greetings. Father Le Meur speaking about CHAK, and Peter Thrasher shares the issues and concerns that he spoke out about at an Aklavik community meeting.
creator: Raddi, Sam
creator: Hansen, Kathleen
creator: Kangegana, Laura
creator: Peeloolook, Kenneth
creator: Le Meur, Father Robert
creator: Thrasher, Peter
date: September 18, 1975
language: Iñupiatun
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Kathleen Hansen and David Roland interview, 1991/07/19
creator: Hansen, Kathleen
creator: Roland, David
date: July 19, 1991

Kathleen Hansen, David Roland, and Sarah Meyook interview, 1991/07/19
creator: Hansen, Kathleen
creator: Roland, David
creator: Meyook, Sarah
date: July 19, 1991

Kathleen Hansen interview, 1991/07/07
creator: Hansen, Kathleen
date: July 7, 1990

Sarah Meyook interview, 1990/07/14
title: Kathleen Hansen, Dora Malegana, Jean Tardiff and Sarah Meyook interview, 1990/07/14
title: Kathleen Hansen, Dora Malegana and Sarah Meyook interview, 1990/07/14
creator: Meyook, Sarah
creator: Hansen, Kathleen
creator: Malegana, Dora
creator: Tardiff, Jean
date: July 14, 1990

K. Hansen, D. Malegana, S. Meyook and J. Tardiff interview, 1990/07/19
title: K. Hansen, S. Meyook and J. Tardiff interview, 1990/07/19
creator: Hansen, Kathleen
creator: Malegana, Dora
creator: Meyook, Sarah
creator: Tardiff, Jean
date: July 19, 1990

Sarah Kuptana and Edith Haogak Lifestyle Interview and Stories
subject: Oral History
subject: Interview
subject: Storytelling
subject: Lifestyle
subject: Animals
subject: Hunting
subject: Travels
subject: Hiking
subject: Traditional Place Names
subject: Mapping
subject: Homes
subject: Traditional Food
subject: Clothing
subject: Steffansson’s Expedition
subject: Bill Seymore
subject: Arranged Marriages
subject: Trapping
description: Murielle Nagy and Agnes White continue interviewing Sarah Kuptana and Edith Haogak about their lifestyles and stories from their younger days. Note: audio sometimes is very low. Murielle and and another unidentified speaker are suddenly heard speaking French then it switches back to the interview.
description: This recording is from the Aulavik Oral History Project undertaken by the Inuvialuit Social Development Program.
creator: Nagy, Murielle
creator: White, Agnes
creator: Kuptana, Sarah
creator: Haogak, Edith
date: February 28, 1996
language: English
language: Inuvialuktun
language: Inuinnaqtun
type: Audio
identifier: Aulavik 20A

Sarah Kuptana Edith Haogak Photographs and Mapping Interview
subject: Oral History
subject: Interview
subject: Storytelling
subject: Lifestyle
subject: Genealogy
subject: Photographs
subject: Miners
subject: Mapping
subject: Traditional Place Names
description: Murielle Nagy and Agnes White are viewing photographs with Sarah Kuptana and Edith Haogak for identification purposes as well as viewing maps and naming the traditional place names. They also interview them about their genealogy and and life stories.
description: This recording is from the Aulavik Oral History Project undertaken by the Inuvialuit Social Development Program.
creator: Nagy, Murielle
creator: White, Agnes
creator: Kuptana, Sarah
creator: Haogak, Edith
date: February 29, 1996/March 4, 1996
language: English
language: Inuvialuktun
language: Inuinnaqtun
type: Audio
identifier: Aulavik 22

Frank Kudlak Edith Haogak Sarah Kuptana Interview and Lifestyle Stories
subject: Oral History
subject: Interview
subject: Storytelling
subject: Lifestyle
subject: Animals
subject: Hunting
subject: Trapping
subject: Mapping
subject: Traditional Place Names
subject: Archeologists
subject: Fish
subject: Terrain
subject: Traditional Tools
subject: Employment
subject: Shipwreck
subject: Steffansson Expedition
subject: Caucasian
subject: Travels
description: Agnes White and Murielle Nagy interview Frank Kudlak about his lifestyle long ago, about the animals, about traditional place names, and Frank also shares stories from his younger days. Note: audio is sometimes low. Murielle also interviews Edith Haogak as Edith names numerous traditional place names on the map. Sarah Kuptana also tells a story about a Caucasian shipwreck, and more.
description: This recording is from the Aulavik Oral History Project undertaken by the Inuvialuit Social Development Program.
creator: Nagy, Murielle
creator: White, Agnes
creator: Kudlak, Frank
creator: Haogak, Edith
date: March 1, 1996/March 4, 1996
language: English
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio
identifier: Aulavik 27

Edith Haogak and Sarah Kuptana Interview
subject: Oral History
subject: Interview
subject: Storytelling
subject: Lifestyle
subject: Genealogy
subject: Starvation
subject: Survival
subject: Photos
subject: Clothing
subject: Homes
description: Murielle Nagy and Agnes White continue interviewing Edith Haogak and Sarah Kuptana about traditional place names and about their lifestyle and stories from long ago. Edith and Sarah also identify people in the photos and share some genealogy.
description: This recording is from the Aulavik Oral History Project undertaken by the Inuvialuit Social Development Program.
creator: Nagy, Murielle
creator: White, Agnes
creator: Haogak, Edith
creator: Kuptana, Sarah
date: March 4, 1996
language: English
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio
identifier: Aulavik 28

Edith Haogak Interview then Agnes White Storytelling
subject: Oral History
subject: Interview
subject: Storytelling
subject: Lifestyle
subject: Clothing
subject: Starvation
subject: Survival
subject: Hunting
subject: Fishing
subject: Transportation
subject: Childbirth
subject: Homes
subject: Genealogy
subject: Animals
subject: Travels
subject: Trapping
subject: Death
subject: Various Families
description: Agnes White interviews Edith Haogak about their families' traditional lifestyle long ago prior to European contact. Agnes White then begins storytelling and shares memories of her younger days.
description: This recording is from the Aulavik Oral History Project undertaken by the Inuvialuit Social Development Program.
creator: White, Agnes
creator: Haogak, Edith
creator: Nagy, Murielle
date: March 6, 1996 / March 7, 1996
language: English
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio
identifier: Aulavik 29