Stories Journals and Memories by Mary Kailek

Collection

Citation

Kailek, Mary, “Stories Journals and Memories by Mary Kailek,” Inuvialuit Cultural Centre Digital Library, accessed May 3, 2025, http://www.inuvialuitdigitallibrary.ca/items/show/1477.

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Title

Stories Journals and Memories by Mary Kailek

People

Kailek, Mary

Date

[197-?]

Description

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.

Type

Audio

Identifier

N-1992-253-0408

Dialect

Sallirmiutun