Storytelling
Mother
Hiking
Trapping
Gatherings
Games
Homes
Dances
Seals
Qulliq (Traditional Lamp)
Dogs
Traditional Food and Drinks
Caribou
Hunting
Bows and Arrows
Snow Houses
Fishing
Christmas
Trading Post Store
Alcohol
Sewing
Frank Kuptana is storytelling about his earliest memories of traveling alone with his mother who was packing him, of hard times and good times, of his mom remarrying, of the gatherings, games, visiting, and dances, of their homes built, of hunting, of the many people, traditional hunting methods, of his mom calling caribou during caribou hunts, of feeling like an orphan, people trapping for foxes with dog teams prior to skidoos, of returning to his birth place, then trapping with Agnavigak, Christmas gatherings, fishing, and more.
Kuptana, Frank
Inuinnaqtun
Dog Teams
Traditional Food
Traditional Clothing
Polar Bears
Bow and Arrows
Knives
Walking Stick
Family
Foxes
Ships
Animals
Various People
Schooners
Qulliq (Traditional Lamps)
Nunamiut
Boats
Backpacking
Spears
Parents
Christmas Gatherings
Dancing
Frank Kuptana is storytelling about the way of life long ago with fishing, hunting seals, caribou, and polar bears, traditional clothing that was made, the clean snow houses that were made, the traditional food, homemade storage containers for the food such as drymeat and dryfish, etc., hunting and traveling with dog teams, hunting animals for their many uses, of how they hunted long ago prior to modern guns, of people being very capable at doing things even while backpacking their children. Frank also speaks of his parents and his family, of when he enjoyed trapping for foxes, the abundance of animals, of gathering eggs, of various families, of trapping and hunting stories, and of the traditional lamps (Qulliq). Frank then speaks of his own travels to various places, when he and his wife started living and doing things on their own, shares memories of when he was younger, of people always being busy, walking, backpacking, of the Christmas fun gatherings, dancing, and games, and ends with a short story.
More Lifestyle Stories from Long Ago with Frank Kuptana
Supply Ships
Store
Clothing
Calico
Staples
Sunday Services
Death
.22 Gun
Boating
Christmas Activities
Illness
Shamanism
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.
Inuvialuit Lifestyle then Lifestyle Changes After European Contact with Frank Kuptana
Lifestyle
Seasonal Camps
Fishing Areas
Traditional Hunting Methods
Traditions
Customs
White People
Oil Explorations
Food
Lifestyle Changes
Land
Seal Uses
Money
Transportation
Travels
Dog Feed
Fish
Traditional Dishes
Food Preservation
No Wastage
Sharing
Storebought Food
Independence
Environment Destruction
Police
Stores
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.
Unidentified Speaker
Old Time Stories and Discussions with Frank Kuptana and an Unidentified Speaker
Canalaska Ship
Church Service
Ministers
Fathers
Residential School
Singing
Shamans
Stabbings
Deaths
Wives
Frank Kuptana and an unidentified speaker are continuing their discussions from the previous story and sharing memories and stories from the past.
Snaring
Eggs
Water Fowl
Traditional Hunting Tools
Traditional Homes
Wood
Modern Skidoos
Abuse
Remarriage
Stepfather
Cigarettes
Fire
Employment
Smoke Pipe
Orphan
Murders
Payment
Marriage
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.
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.
Ulukhaktok and Other Memories of Long Ago with Frank Kuptana
Father Bruyant
Seal
Easter Gatherings
Feasting
Westerners
Races
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.
Whaling
Whales
Various Visitors
Bible Studies
Church Services
Doctor
Rabbits
Children
Grandchildren
Marriages
Funeral
Fancy Parkas
Picture Shows
1979
1980
Snares
Ice Fishing
Boat Making
Skidoo
Muskrats
Beaver
Births
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.
Kailek, Mary
Inuvialuktun
More of Mary Kailek’s Journals from 1979 and 1980
Prayers
Fishnet Fishing
Memorial
Birthdays
Visitors
Mink
Frozen
Faith
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.
Memories of Her Younger Days by Mary Kailek
Schooner
Trade
Piffi
Skiff
Moose
1936
Injuries
House
Childbirth
Snow House
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.
Beluga Whale
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
Dogfeed
Ptarmigans
Bears
Food Preparation
Northern Games
July
Traditional Knowledge Teaching
Game Warden
Picnics
Bear
August
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.
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.
Wildlife Officers
Regulations
Changes
Hudson Bay
Egg Gathering
Relations
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.
Birth
Illnesses
Siblings
Injury
Search
Walks
Grave Sites
Canalaska House
Catholic Father
Anglican Minister
Language
Nomadic
Waterfowl
Semmler’s Store
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.
Dry Fish
Chores
Ice House
Picnic
School
September
October
Medical
Camsell Hospital
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.
1937
Record Player
Tents
July 1st Gathering
Canada Day Activities
Inuvialuit
Gwich’in
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.
New Years
Bombardier
Dog Team
Court Case
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.
Life Stories and a Bear Legend with Mary Kailek
Fishnet
Fish Sales
Ram Air
Committee for Original People's Entitlement (COPE)
God
Salvation
Bear Legend
Friends
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.
Kublualuk The Shaman and Other Stories by Mary Kailek
Kublualuq
Shaman
Manigaatchiaq
Kanayuk
1939
1940
Inuvialuktun Name
Mary Kailek is telling stories of Kublualuk the shaman and other old time stories, and ends with a personal story.
More Summer and Fall Journals with Mary Kailek Part 1
Muskrat Hunting
Beluga Whale Hunting
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.
More Summer and Fall Journals with Mary Kailek Part 2
Fishnets
Picture Show
Freeze Up
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.
Mary Kailek’s Memories of Her Younger Days Part 1
Caribou Clothing
Canalaska
Christmas Gathering
Alaskans
Kuguarmiut
Eastern Inuit
Mangilaaluk
Special Constable
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."
Mary Kailek’s Memories of Her Younger Days Part 2
Square Dance
St. Roch Schooner
Motorized Scow
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.
Stories from 1930 to 1939 by Mary Kailek
1930
Jacobsons
Dad
Hudson Bay Store
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.