Frank Uvvayuaq Cockney Life Stories Part 15 and Part 16 and Some of Part 17

Collection

Citation

Cockney, Frank Uvvayuaq, “Frank Uvvayuaq Cockney Life Stories Part 15 and Part 16 and Some of Part 17,” Inuvialuit Cultural Centre Digital Library, accessed August 3, 2025, http://www.inuvialuitdigitallibrary.ca/items/show/1412.

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Title

Frank Uvvayuaq Cockney Life Stories Part 15 and Part 16 and Some of Part 17

People

Cockney, Frank Uvvayuaq

Date

January 1977

Description

Frank Cockney is storytelling of when his grandmother, his father in law, then mother in law passed away, of his grandfather's independence, of he and his wife’s and many other’s registered traplines, of living a worry free healthy traditional lifestyle, of hunting, fishing, snaring, trapping, of using their dog teams, one set of dog teams belonging to his wife, of Slim Semmler’s store and mink farm at Napoyak and his employees, of the construction of Inuvik in 1956/57, of people hardly living in the bush and the decrease in the trapping lifestyle began, with the young people’s lack of interest in the traditional lifestyle, since Inuvik was built and much more. Part 15, 16, and some of 17. To be continued.

Type

Audio

Identifier

N-1992-253-0354

Dialect

Sallirmiutun