Buster Kailek’s Memories of Lifestyle Long Ago Part 1
subject: Storytelling
subject: Life Stories
subject: Lifestyle
subject: Memories
subject: Oral History
description: Elder Buster Kailek is sharing memories of long ago and of how they lived long ago out on the land. Part 1. To be continued.
creator: Kailek, Buster
date: [197-?]
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Buster Kailek’s Memories of Lifestyle Long Ago Part 2
subject: Storytelling
subject: Life Stories
subject: Lifestyle
subject: Memories
subject: Oral History
subject: Semmler’s
subject: Reindeer Herding
subject: Reindeer Herders
description: Elder Buster Kailek is sharing more memories of long ago and of how they lived long ago out on the land. Part 2. To be continued.
creator: Kailek, Buster
date: [197-?]
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Buster Kailek’s Memories of Lifestyle Long Ago Part 3
subject: Storytelling
subject: Life Stories
subject: Lifestyle
subject: Memories
subject: Oral History
subject: Reindeer Herding
subject: Reindeer Herders
subject: Government
subject: Caucasian
subject: Inuvialuit
subject: Land
subject: Changes
subject: Flu Epidemic
description: Elder Buster Kailek is sharing more memories of long ago and of how they lived, of reindeer herding, of lifestyle changes, as well as of when Inuvik was just starting up, and more. Part 3. To be continued.
creator: Kailek, Buster
date: [197-?]
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Buster Kailek’s Memories of Lifestyle Long Ago Final Part 4
subject: Storytelling
subject: Life Stories
subject: Lifestyle
subject: Memories
subject: Oral History
description: Elder Buster Kailek is completing his stories of his memories of long ago and of how they lived. Final, part 4.
creator: Kailek, Buster
date: [197-?]
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Mary Kailek’s Journals of 1979 and 1980
subject: Storytelling
subject: Whaling
subject: Fishing
subject: Travels
subject: Dogs
subject: Store
subject: Whales
subject: Hunting
subject: Various Visitors
subject: Illness
subject: Bible Studies
subject: Church Services
subject: Doctor
subject: Wood
subject: Rabbits
subject: Children
subject: Grandchildren
subject: Deaths
subject: Marriages
subject: Sewing
subject: Funeral
subject: Trapping
subject: Fancy Parkas
subject: Picture Shows
subject: 1979
subject: 1980
subject: Snares
subject: Ice Fishing
subject: Boat Making
subject: Skidoo
subject: Muskrats
subject: Water Fowl
subject: Beaver
subject: Births
description: 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.
creator: Kailek, Mary
date: [197-?]
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

More of Mary Kailek’s Journals from 1979 and 1980
subject: Storytelling
subject: Rabbits
subject: Deaths
subject: Sewing
subject: Fancy Parkas
subject: Boat Making
subject: Births
subject: Children
subject: Grandchildren
subject: Prayers
subject: Illness
subject: 1980
subject: Fishnet Fishing
subject: Church Services
subject: Memorial
subject: Birthdays
subject: Trapping
subject: Visitors
subject: Mink
subject: Frozen
subject: Faith
subject: Campsell Hospital
subject: Dogs
subject: Police
subject: CBC Messages
subject: Beluga Jamboree
description: 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.
creator: Kailek, Mary
date: [197-?]
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Memories of Her Younger Days by Mary Kailek
subject: Storytelling
subject: Schooner
subject: Police
subject: Traditional Food
subject: Trade
subject: Various People
subject: Piffi
subject: Calico
subject: Family
subject: Dogs
subject: Travels
subject: Fish
subject: Skiff
subject: Staples
subject: Caribou
subject: Moose
subject: Trapping
subject: Foxes
subject: Sewing
subject: Christmas
subject: Qulliq (Traditional Lamp)
subject: 1936
subject: Marriage
subject: 1969/1970
subject: Death
subject: Traditional Clothing
subject: Injuries
subject: House
subject: Childbirth
subject: Snow House
subject: Ptarmigan
subject: North Star
description: 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.
creator: Kailek, Mary
date: [197-?]
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Summer Memoirs by Mary Kailek Part 1
subject: Storytelling
subject: Travels
subject: Dogs
subject: Grandchildren
subject: Fishnet Fishing
subject: Beluga Whale
subject: Hunting
subject: Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
subject: Traditional Food
subject: Visitors
subject: Children
subject: Dogfeed
subject: Ptarmigans
subject: Wood
subject: Bears
subject: Food Preparation
subject: Northern Games
subject: Dancing
subject: July
subject: Traditional Knowledge Teaching
subject: Game Warden
subject: Picnics
subject: Birthdays
subject: Bear
subject: August
subject: Illness
subject: Death
subject: Seal
description: 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.
creator: Kailek, Mary
date: [197-?]
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Summer Memoirs by Mary Kailek Final Part 2
subject: Storytelling
subject: Travels
subject: August
subject: Children
subject: Camping
description: Mary Kailek is completing her story from the previous stories of her summer memoirs. Final Part 2.
creator: Kailek, Mary
date: [197-?]
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Travels and Memories by Mary Kailek
subject: Storytelling
subject: Travels
subject: Various People
subject: Hunting
subject: Caribou
subject: Fishing
subject: Seals
subject: Polar Bears
subject: Trapping
subject: Wildlife Officers
subject: Regulations
subject: Changes
subject: Sewing
subject: Clothing
subject: Water Fowl
subject: Traditional Food
subject: Ships
subject: Hudson Bay
subject: Transportation
subject: Egg Gathering
subject: Gatherings
subject: Dancing
subject: House
subject: Relations
subject: Police
subject: Illness
subject: Deaths
description: 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.
creator: Kailek, Mary
date: [197-?]
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Old Time Stories by Mary Kailek
subject: Storytelling
subject: Birth
subject: Illnesses
subject: Siblings
subject: Injury
subject: Various People
subject: Travels
subject: Employment
subject: Trapping
subject: Police
subject: Hudson Bay
subject: Sewing
subject: Search
subject: Deaths
subject: Walks
subject: Grave Sites
subject: Canalaska House
subject: Fish
subject: Hunting
subject: Catholic Father
subject: Anglican Minister
subject: Church Service
subject: Staples
subject: Store
subject: Nunamiut
subject: Seals
subject: Shamans
subject: Language
subject: Caribou
subject: Nomadic
subject: Waterfowl
subject: Christmas
subject: Semmler’s Store
description: 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.
creator: Kailek, Mary
date: [197-?]
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Summer and Fall Journals by Mary Kailek
subject: Storytelling
subject: Beluga Whale
subject: Hunting
subject: July
subject: Fishnet Fishing
subject: Dry Fish
subject: Family
subject: Various People
subject: Birthdays
subject: Visitors
subject: Bear
subject: August
subject: Chores
subject: Ice House
subject: Picnic
subject: Children
subject: School
subject: September
subject: Church Services
subject: Illness
subject: Marriage
subject: October
subject: Travels
subject: Medical
subject: Traditional Clothing
subject: Camsell Hospital
subject: Rabbits
subject: Snaring
subject: Ice Conditions
description: 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.
creator: Kailek, Mary
date: [197-?]
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

1937 Life Stories by Mary Kailek
subject: Storytelling
subject: 1937
subject: Births
subject: Visitors
subject: Dances
subject: Record Player
subject: Christmas
subject: Relations
subject: Trapping
subject: Snow House
subject: Travels
subject: Traditional Food
subject: Hunting
subject: Waterfowl
subject: Various People
subject: Animals
subject: Tents
subject: July 1st Gathering
subject: Canada Day Activities
subject: Inuvialuit
subject: Gwich’in
subject: Dogs
subject: Siblings
subject: Employment
subject: Police
subject: Sewing
description: 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.
creator: Kailek, Mary
date: [197-?]
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Life Stories with Mary Kailek
subject: Storytelling
subject: Christmas
subject: New Years
subject: Illnesses
subject: Deaths
subject: Travels
subject: Bombardier
subject: Police
subject: Doctor
subject: Dog Team
subject: Trapping
subject: Muskrats
subject: Traditional Food
subject: Various People
subject: Beluga Whale
subject: Hunting
subject: Court Case
subject: Births
subject: Dancing
subject: Beaver
subject: Waterfowl
subject: Drowning
subject: Sewing
subject: Traditional Clothing
subject: Edmund River
subject: Life Boat
description: 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.
creator: Kailek, Mary
date: [197-?]
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Life Stories and a Bear Legend with Mary Kailek
subject: Storytelling
subject: Fishnet
subject: Snares
subject: Fish Sales
subject: Ram Air
subject: Committee for Original People's Entitlement (COPE)
subject: Sewing
subject: Trapping
subject: Alcohol
subject: Faith
subject: God
subject: Christmas
subject: Salvation
subject: Bear Legend
subject: Travels
subject: Family
subject: Friends
subject: Camsell Hospital
subject: Various People
description: 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.
creator: Kailek, Mary
date: [197-?]
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Kublualuk The Shaman and Other Stories by Mary Kailek
subject: Storytelling
subject: Kublualuq
subject: Shaman
subject: Police
subject: Manigaatchiaq
subject: Kanayuk
subject: Seal
subject: Hunting
subject: 1939
subject: 1940
subject: Inuvialuktun Name
description: Mary Kailek is telling stories of Kublualuk the shaman and other old time stories, and ends with a personal story.
creator: Kailek, Mary
date: [197-?]
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

More Summer and Fall Journals with Mary Kailek Part 1
subject: Storytelling
subject: Lifestyle
subject: Muskrat Hunting
subject: Illness
subject: Family
subject: Search
subject: Travels
subject: Fishnet
subject: Births
subject: Birthdays
subject: Beluga Whale Hunting
subject: Money
subject: Prayers
subject: Faith
description: 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.
creator: Kailek, Mary
date: [197-?]
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

More Summer and Fall Journals with Mary Kailek Part 2
subject: Storytelling
subject: Faith
subject: Travels
subject: Fishnets
subject: Family
subject: Hunting
subject: Deaths
subject: Lifestyle
subject: Rabbits
subject: Snaring
subject: Traditional Food
subject: Illness
subject: Sewing
subject: Traditional Clothing
subject: Medical
subject: Picture Show
subject: Freeze Up
subject: Church Services
subject: Search
description: 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.
creator: Kailek, Mary
date: [197-?]
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Mary Kailek’s Memories of Her Younger Days Part 1
subject: Storytelling
subject: Sewing
subject: Traditional Clothing
subject: Police
subject: Caribou Clothing
subject: Trapping
subject: Travels
subject: Canalaska
subject: Semmler’s Store
subject: Various People
subject: Christmas Gathering
subject: Dog Teams
subject: Snow Houses
subject: Traditional Food
subject: Games
subject: Hudson Bay
subject: Alaskans
subject: Nunamiut
subject: Kuguarmiut
subject: Births
subject: Shamans
subject: Eastern Inuit
subject: Ministers
subject: Stores
subject: Language
subject: Medical
subject: Staples
subject: Muskrat Hunting
subject: Schooners
subject: Mangilaaluk
subject: Special Constable
subject: Remarriage
subject: St Roch RCMP Schooner
subject: Henry Larson
subject: Hunting
description: "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."
creator: Kailek, Mary
date: [197-?]
language: Inuinnaqtun
type: Audio

Mary Kailek’s Memories of Her Younger Days Part 2
subject: Storytelling
subject: Travels
subject: Square Dance
subject: St. Roch Schooner
subject: Motorized Scow
subject: Alcohol
description: 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.
creator: Kailek, Mary
date: [197-?]
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Stories from 1930 to 1939 by Mary Kailek
subject: Storytelling
subject: 1930
subject: Eastern Inuit
subject: Shamanism
subject: Trapping
subject: Various People
subject: Animals
subject: Hunting
subject: Jacobsons
subject: Relations
subject: Dad
subject: 1939
subject: Employment
subject: Police
subject: Hudson Bay Store
subject: Language
description: 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.
creator: Kailek, Mary
date: [197-?]
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Life Stories and Memories from 1920 by Mary Kailek
subject: Storytelling
subject: Birth Place
subject: Hunting
subject: Relatives
subject: Various People
subject: Travels
subject: Births
subject: 1920
subject: Schooners
subject: Record Player
subject: Store
subject: Fishnet Fishing
subject: Northstar Schooner
subject: Animals
subject: Church Service
subject: Funeral
subject: Tents
subject: Illness
subject: Mangilaaluk
subject: Employment
subject: Deaths
subject: Trapping
subject: Hudson Bay
subject: 10 Horse Kicker
subject: Elders
subject: Influenza
description: Mary Kailek is storytelling of when she was younger living with her parents, of various people, of her sister Annie’s birth, of when the schooners arrived and her dad purchased a record player for her, of their travels, of living at various locations, of the big flu sickness when some passed away from Influenza, and other memories from when she was younger.
creator: Kailek, Mary
date: [197-?]
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Stories and Legends by Mary Kailek Part 1
subject: Storytelling
subject: Ruler
subject: Orphan
subject: Large Bird
subject: Marriage
subject: Kidnapped
subject: Dogs
subject: Daughter(s)
description: Mary Kailek is telling a story that was already in progress about the legend of an orphan who sets off in search for the women who were kidnapped including a ruler's daughters followed by another legend of an aging discouraged father whose daughter keeps refusing offers of a husband. Part 1. To be continued.
creator: Kailek, Mary
date: [197-?]
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Stories and Legends Part 2 by Mary Kailek
subject: Storytelling
subject: Legends
subject: Death
subject: Relations
subject: First Nations
subject: Inuvialuit
subject: Trapping
subject: Animals
subject: Lifestyle
subject: Traditional Food
subject: Hunting
subject: Gathering
subject: Shamanism
description: Mary Kailek is continuing (repeating initial part of the story) a legend from the previous story where the daughter refuses to marry a man, then tells a short personal story of an unusual sighting from her younger days, followed by a First Nations legend that she heard from Joe Gully, as well as a legend that she heard from her friend while at the Campsell Hospital. Mary then shares a personal story of her friend, and tells another legend of a man who wakes up with nothing along the coast, survives, and sets out on a mission. Part 2. To be continued.
creator: Kailek, Mary
date: [197-?]
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio

Stories and Legends Part 3 by Mary Kailek
subject: Storytelling
subject: Legends
subject: Animals
subject: Shamanism
description: Mary Kailek is telling more legends including of a man who could turn himself into other things to achieve his goals, of people living along the ocean shore, and more. Part 3. To be continued.
creator: Kailek, Mary
date: [197-?]
language: Inuvialuktun
type: Audio