Stories and Legends Part 4 by Mary Kailek
Storytelling
Legends
Friend
Wives
Hunting
Children
Travels
Family
Muskrats
Mary Kailek is completing the legend from the previous legend, then tells a personal short story from when she was at Campsell Hospital, and ends with a legend that she heard from her friend Melanie from Taloyoak (Spence Bay) about a man who had five wives. The 12:25 minute mark changes to a personal story of when they were out muskrat hunting and traveling out on the land, then he story ends abruptly.
Kailek, Mary
Inuvialuktun
Life Stories and Journals of Mary Kailek
Journals
Fishing
Beluga Whale
Visitors
Medicals
Traditional Food
Summer
Shamans
Mary Kailek is storytelling about when they were out muskrat hunting including challenges when traveling, of various family members and friends comings and goings, of beluga and fish harvests, and more. The storytelling then switches to Mary telling a story that was already on progress about shamans around the 31:14 minute mark that ends abruptly.
Stories Journals and Memories by Mary Kailek
Shamanism
Animals
Clothing
Lifestyle Changes
Trapping
Snaring
Wood
Wildlife
Christmas
Memories
Stories start with a repeated story from previous old time story that was already in progress that Mary Kailek heard from Itualuk. Mary also speaks about lifestyle changes from their very traditinoal active and busy lifestyle to a life of ease and less activity. She also shares her journal of she and her family members activities: of hunting, trapping, snaring, fishing, medicals, travels, getting wood, wildlife harvests, and visitors. The story then suddenly changes at the 31:12 minute mark to when she was a young woman with two children and shares memories around Christmas time then the story ends abruptly.
1942 and 1943 Memories and Life Stories by Mary Kailek Pt 1
Harvests
Sewing
Various People
Dances
Gatherings
Mary Kailek’s storytelling starts off with some of the latter story repeated from the previous story of when she was younger around Christmas time then Mary continues sharing her memories: of when she just had two children when her son Alex Kaglik was around seven years old, of her family members, of when her brother Donald Kaglik would walk to his traps, of sewing for her family members and herself last, of hunting, trapping, harvests, various people, travels, vistors, illness’, drum dances, picture shows, square dances, and of the many people present at the large gatherings. Story ends abruptly at the 31:53 minute mark. Part 1. To be continued.
1942 and 1943 Memories and Life Stories by Mary Kailek Pt 2
Easter
Dogs
Peffer’s Hotel
Deaths
Employment
Scow
Ernie Lacombe
Frame Tents
Tuberculosis
Cancer
Hospital
School
Hudson Bay Store
Flu Epidemic
Mary Kailek is continuing to share her memories from 1942 and 1943 of: she and her family’’s activities such as hunting, trapping, of various people, of their travels, of going to Aklavik for Easter, Peffer’s Hotel, Banksland people who flew to Aklavik for the summer, of deaths and funerals, Annie’s employment, low prices of tents, of sewing traditional clothing, of the many hospitalised with Tuberculosis and some with cancer, and the flu epidemic, and more.
Fond Memories of Younger Days by Mary Kailek Pt 1.
Relations
Church Services
Parents
Police Staff
Friends
Language Barrier
Humorous
Money
Barge
Rat Sunday Services
Mary Kailek is storytelling of when they were at Avvaq, of various people, of mourning for her uncle Kimiksan, of her relations with others, of their travels including to Tuktoyaktuk and then to Aklavik, of her parents, and shares more fond memories of her younger days including when her dad used to work at the Hudson Bay Company, of hunting and trapping, of traditional food, of the few houses in Tuktoyaktuk, of church services, and of the intoxicated poilce staff, of her friends, of some comical stories, the dances she wished to go to, of her mother sewing, of the supply ships arriving, and of Rat Sunday Services, and more. Part 1. To be continued.
Fond Memories of Younger Days by Mary Kailek Pt 2.
Life Stories
Supply ships
Gwich’in
Inuvialuit
Caucasians
Gathering
Feasts
Police
Court
1928
1929
1930
Hudson Bay
10 Horse Power Kicker
Mary Kailek is continuing to share her memories from the previous story, of the supply ships that arrived with an abundance of food followed by feasting with gathering of Gwich’in, Inuvialuit, and Caucasians, of court, of her father working for the Hudson Bay, of the flu epidemic that many died from including her sister Alice, of their travels, of her dad going trapping, of staying with the Carpenters for a couple of months when Frank Carpenter was a baby, and more. Part 2. To be continued.
Fond Memories of Younger Days by Mary Kailek Pt 3
Minister
Father France
Dentist
Hudson Bay Boat
Tents
Northstar
Schooners
Daughter
Fort Roch
Police Boat
1939
Advice
Traditional Clothing
Mary Kailek is sharing more life stories from long ago of their travels, shares some funny stories, of clean ice water, of she and other’s having to go to Aklavik for their tooth extractions, arrival of the Hudson Bay Boat, the numerous tents, and the schooners, and more. The storytelling switches to a more recent past and she shares more life stories of her family, her travels, her relatives, and fond memories of when her daughter Jessie was small. Mary then tells more life stories from an earlier time when traveling to various communities like Kugluktuk, Nunavut on the Police boat, Fort Roch, in 1939, the year her brother Donald Kaglik got hurt, then on to Ulukhaktok, N.T., of advice she was given on sewing traditional clothing for her family, and some humorous stories and more.
Fond Memories of Younger Days by Mary Kailek Pt 4
Faith
Predictions
Ice
Schooner
Residential School
Fishnet Fishing
Berries
Caucasian
Food Preparation
Food Storage
Peterson
Bay Chimo
Birth
Wildlife Regulations
Transportation
Special Constable
Mary Kailek is continuing her life stories sharing more memories of when she was younger when her dad worked with the Hudson Bay Company, when her mom would be sewing, of the rat sunday services, of her travels with her parents, of various people, of the flu illness then of the kids, who lost family members, that were going to the school, of fishnet fishing, of berry picking, of the delicious traditional food, of the food preparation and food storage, of how they would eat and utilise all parts of the animals for food, of the few Inuvialuit, Gwich’in, and Caucasians who were living in Aklavik when they moved there around 1928, as well as the few houses that were there. She also speaks of the all the animals that were hunted when nothing was wasted unlike nowadays where there is unnecessary wastage, about transportation long ago versus today, of lifestyle and changes, of when her dad worked as a special constable, of their many travels, and much more.
Lifestyle
Storekeepers
Births
Illnesses
Mary Kailek is sharing life stories, of past store keepers, of hunts, of traditional food, of their travels, of various family members, births and deaths, including difficult and sad times, of her sister’s passing, and remembers and sings part of gospel song, rock of ages, in Inuvialuktun. Mary also share her faith in God, and more. The audio suddenly ends at the 25:42 minute mark. Part 1. To be continued.
Waterfowl
Siblings
Death
Medical
Ice House
Mary Kailek is telling life stories and shares her mom's words of wisdom to her and her father before her mom’s passing, of her travels including when traveling with Sarah and Lennie Inglangasuk, the many people and tents at Tapqaq (Shingle Point), of other various people, the large stored cache of traditional food, of her brother Donald Ir̂ituagayuk Kaglik, and more.
Legends and Life Stories by Mary Kailek Part 1
Legend
Kidnapped
History
Customs
Traditions
Houses
1920’s
Mary Kailek is telling a legend of young girls who were kidnapped followed by personal life stories of her younger days. Part 1. To be continued.
Life Stories Continued by Mary Kailek Part 2
Kinship
Mary Kailek is continuing her personal life stories of her younger days. Part 2.
Elders Sarah Kalinek, Olga Roland, Madeline Smith, and Agnes Kayotuk Send Greetings.
Greetings
Elders Advice
Elders Sarah Kalinek, Olga Roland, Madeline Smith, and Agnes Kayotuk speak to and send greetings to family and friends on The People Speak Inuit program.
Kalinek, Sarah
Roland, Olga
Smith, Madeline
Kayotuk, Agnes
Iñupiatun
Elders Sarah Tingmiak, Nora Ruben, and Sarah Kalinek Send Greetings
Elders Sarah Tingmiak, Nora Ruben, and Sarah Kalinek speak to and send greetings to family and friends.
Tingmiak, Sarah
Ruben, Nora
News with Edward Lennie then Kenneth Peeloolook and Tommy Kalinek Interview
Local and Regional News
Berry Picking
Travel
Drum Dancing Teachings
Drum Dance Performances
Host of A Native Voice Edward Lennie provides local and regional news then Kenneth Peeloolook and Tommy Kalinek talk about their trip and experiences in the South for their drum dance performances.
Lennie, Edward
Peeloolook, Kenneth
Kalinek, Tommy
Elders Laura and Silas Kangegana Send Greetings
God
Motor Vehicle Accident
Elders Laura and Silas Kangegana are speaking to family and friends and sending greetings. They also speak about their faith in God’s saving grace and care and Silas tells of his accident.
Kangegana, Laura
Kangegana, Silas
Agnes Kayotuk and Agnes Nasogaluk Life Stories and Memories
Oral History
Interview
Family Kinship
Photographs
Measles
Flu
Eskimo Tags
Agnes White and Murille Nagy interview Agnes Kayotuk about she and her family’s travels, places they lived, and their lifestyle long ago to her present lifestyle followed by an interview with Agnes Nasogaluak of her personal life stories and lifestyle from her younger days.
This recording is from the Aulavik Oral History Project undertaken by the Inuvialuit Social Development Program.
Nasogaluak, Agnes
Nagy, Murielle
White, Agnes
Ned Kayotuk Olga and David Roland 1994
Kayotuk, Ned
Roland, David
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Radio
News
Radio host Lois Keating is providing news in English from Old Crow, Yukon Territories.
Keating, Lois
English
Christine Kimiksana’s Childhood Memories Part 1
Adoption
Games
Toys
Game Warden
New Laws
Furs
Bears
Pet Seagull
Various Families
Inuvialuit name
Oldtime Stories
Spruce Gum
Traditional Headache Remedy
Elders
Christine Kimiksana is telling stories of her childhood memories with her family after returning from school, Part 1. To be continued.
Kimiksana, Christine
Christine Kimiksana’s Childhood Memories Final Part 2
Igloo
Traditional Caribou Clothing
New Wildlife Laws
Dog teams
First Planes
First Dentists
RC Mission Games
Religion
Fur Trade
Old Grave site
Bear Encounter
Wolf pack Encounter
Storebought Food
Pet Bear Cubs
Inuvialuit Lamps
Residential School Severe Punishment
Poor Residential School Food
Christine Kimiksana is telling stories of her childhood memories with her family, final part 2.
Kimiksana, Ralph
Storytelling gathering
Crane
Cultural centre
Cultural resource centre
Dancing
ICRC
Helen tells a story about seeing cranes dancing that takes a hilarious twist.
Kitekudlak, Helen
IRC
Larocque, Brandon
Singing
Helen talks about the old ways of gathering to sing and dance.