Sing-Along at the Inuvialuit Elders Storytelling Gathering
Inuvialuit Elders Storytelling Gathering, Inuvik, November 2019
Storytelling
Oral history
Elders
The attendees of the Inuvialuit Elders Storytelling Gathering having a sing-along on the final day of the gathering. Agnes White brought a hymn book that the group is flipping through.
Arey, Renie
Arey, Nellie
White, Agnes
Wolki, Fred
Wolki, Sandy
Krengnektak, George
Kuptana, Elizabeth
Thrasher, Annie
Carpenter, Margaret
Kudlak, Mary
Alanik, Connie
Lennie, Sammy
Amos, Beverly
Stewart, David (videographer)
Inuvialuit Cultural Centre Pitquhiit-Pitqusiit
Inuvialuktun
Group Discussion of Inuvialuktun Writing
The attendees of the Inuvialuit Elders Storytelling Gathering are discussing the writing system for Inuvialuktun.
English
Group discussion about language at the Inuvialuit Elders Storytelling Gathering. The discussion includes stories about residential school.
Group discussion of language learning at the Inuvialuit Elders Storytelling Gathering.
Group discussion of a particular phrase in Inuvialuktun at the Inuvialuit Elders Storytelling Gathering.
Group Sing-Along at the Inuvialuit Elders Storytelling Gathering
Group sing-along at the Inuvialuit Elders Storytelling Gathering.
Continuation of the Group Sing-Along at the Inuvialuit Elders Storytelling Gathering
The attendees at the Inuvialuit Elders Storytelling Gathering continue their sing-along. Towards the end of the clip they also discuss the hymn books.
Group Discussion of Songs at the Inuvialuit Elders Storytelling Gathering
The attendees at the Inuvialuit Elders Storytelling Gathering discuss songs with mention of spirit songs, making up songs, and talking about types of songs they have heard.
Discussion of Drum Dancing at the Inuvialuit Elders Storytelling Gathering
The attendees at the Inuvialuit Elders Storytelling Gathering continue their discussion of songs. The focus in this clip is on drum dancing, songs, and language.
Attendees at the Inuvialuit Elders Storytelling Gathering discuss drum dancing. Sammy Lennie has brought in copies of songs for everyone to look at.
Group Discussion at the Inuvialuit Elders Storytelling Gathering
The workshop attendees are talking as a group on the third day of the Inuvialuit Elders Storytelling Gathering. The topics include stacks of fox furs for trading and sewing.
The attendees are having a discussion on the third day of the Inuvialuit Elders Storytelling Gathering. Margaret is talking about delta braid, which leads to more discussion about sewing and cooking.
Renie Arey Introducing Herself and Telling Stories
Renie Arey introducing herself and telling stories on the first day of the Inuvialuit Elders Storytelling Gathering. Elizabeth Kuptana also contributes stories, and towards the end of the video there is a discussion of dialects.
Renie Arey Talking About Family Names (2 clips)
Renie Arey talking about family names on the second day of the Inuvialuit Elders Storytelling Gathering.
Storytelling gathering
Cultural centre
Cultural resource centre
Healing
ICRC
Medicine
Renie tells a story of how her aunty healed her headaches
IRC
Larocque, Brandon
Language
Residential school
Renie speaks on the resilience of Inuvialuit, keeping their language alive despite having it taken away.
Aliknak Banksland Genealogy and Lifestyle Interview
Oral History
Interview
Genealogy
Family
Marriage
Births
Deaths
Inuvialuktun Names
Steffansson’s Exploration
Whiteman
Illness
Faith
Travels
Employment
Hunting
Animals
Schooner
Fishing
Trapping
Homes
Traditional Knowledge
Drum Dance Songs and Dances
Hudson Bay
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Various Families
Cathy Cockney is interviewing Aliknak Banksland about his family genealogy with some help from an unidentified interpreter. Cathy also interviews Aliknak about he and his family’s lifestyles longago.
Banksland, Aliknak
Cockney, Cathy
Unidentified Interpreter
Inuinnaqtun
Aliknak Banksland Drum Songs and Stories
Old Drum Songs
Religious Songs
Cathy Cockney is interviewing Aliknak Banksland, with the help of an unidentified interpreter, about the old traditional drum songs that he heard and learned from long ago from when he was small.
Elizabeth Banksland Genealogy Interview and Stories Part 1
Marriages
Adoptions
Abandonment
Shamanism
Cannibalism
Cathy Cockney is interviewing Elizabeth Banksland about her family genealogy. Elizabeth also shares her mom’s heartbreaking story of childhood abandonment and survival as well as of starvation and cannibalism. Part 1. To be continued.
Banksland, Elizabeth
Elizabeth Banksland Genealogy Interview and Stories Part 2
Cathy Cockney is completing the genealogy interview with Elizabeth Banksland.
Travels in the North with the Inuvialuit by Pascal Baptiste
Staples
Traditional Food
Pascal Baptiste is telling a story of his experiences of travelling with the Inuvialuit in English to CHAK radio host Louie Goose on the A Long Time Ago program. Then the second half of the program is Baptiste telling another story in Gwich’in.
Baptiste, Pascal
Goose, Louie
Simon Bennett Speaking to Family and Friends
Greetings
Friends
Aklavik, N.T. Elder, Simon Bennett is speaking to and sending greetings to family and friends on the The People Speak Inuit Program.
Bennett, Simon
Iñupiatun
Alaskan Elders Speak to and Send Greetings to Family and Friends in Inupiaq.
Several Inupiaq Elders speak to and send greetings to family and friends in the Mackenzie Delta, Northwest Territories and in Nunavut on The People Speak Inuit Program.
Brower, Tom
Brower, Kate
Leavitt, Rose
Akpik, Greta
Ningeok, Jonas
Akpik, Jeanette
Tegoshak, Margaret
Patkotak, Steve
Patkotak, Jane
Agnes Carpenter Life Stories and Memories Part 1
Stories
Lifestyle
Family Kinship
Photographs
Murielle Nagy and Agnes White interview Agnes Carpenter about her family kinship, and personal life history and stories in English. They also view and discuss contents of photographs. Part 1. To be continued.
This recording is from the Aulavik Oral History Project undertaken by the Inuvialuit Social Development Program.
Carpenter, Agnes
Nagy, Murielle
Agnes Carpenter Life Stories and Memories Part 2
Life Stories
Murielle Nagy, Agnes White, and Agnes Carpenter continue viewing photographs and discussing the historical contents and contexts of the photographs in English. Agnes Carpenter also shares more memories and stories of her younger days. Part 2. To be continued.