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Battle with the Inuits
This is a story of long ago when the Crees and the Inuits were still fighting and killing each other.
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Age 10+
The Boogeyman(men)
Cree stories about the boogeymen (prospectors) along the shores of James Bay. Tales on how they got along with each other and with the local guides.
Age 12+
Old Days
She tells about in the old days, when they had nothing and were running out of supplies and they were getting hungry.
Age 6+
Old Times
The author talks about the old times when her dad had hard times feeding them because they didn`t have any store bought food. They would only live off the wildlife food. There were times when their dad couldn`t catch any game, also when they didn`t have any money or government cheques coming. It was really hard in those days.
Age 10+
Winter Survival
Father falls in the river, preserves fish for winter use and travels by foot to get supplies.
Age 8+
Story of the Boy who went to visit.
His Brother tells him not to go and see these people, but the next morning, he got up and went to go visit these people.
Age 6+
Aadush story
Florrie Mark Stewart is telling a legend about how Aadush treated people after killing them.
Age 4+
Survival in the bush
The author tells about how they used to live in the bush and how they survived, when she was a little girl.
Age 10+
- Code
EcEm-020-004
- File Size
2.53 mb
- Duration
14.54 mins
- Year Of Recording
2002
- Year Of Last Edit
2003
- Collected By
Marie-Odile Junker
- Sound Editor
Florrie Mayappo
- Described By
Florrie Mayappo
- Modified
2016-09-29 00:00:00
- Dialect
Southern
- Quality
Good
- Communities
Eastmain
- Languages
Southern Dialect
- Teachings
Social studies, History, Geography
- Themes
Memoirs
- Topics
Food, Transportation, Family, Past, Fall, Winter, Animals, Places, Tradition
Seal Hunting Out On The Bay
Seal hunting out on the bay using boat
Age 4+
Bad Weather
Tells a story about when he was caught in bad stormy weather and found shelter under a tree and built a fire and fell asleep in it.
Age 6+
Story of the Inuit
This story about the Inuit.They went to their hunting ground. They were staying on the island and the water was getting further away.He went with his daughter to look after their dogs. They saw a polar bear on the ice. he cut off one of his dogs to run after the polar bear. He killed the polar bear; skins it and cuts off the meat. He felt the ice moving and it breaks; he took some of the meat and couldn`t leave the fur. They all the meat he took. They left and it was beginning to get sunny; they saw nothing and didn`t know where to go. They went away and they saw a seal and killed it.
Age 6+
Another year of life in the bush
George tells the story of a year living in the bush. His family left Fort George and paddled inland. They paddled up the river towards George River. He killed two black bears that fall. They fished at Kaawaawaayaapiskaau as the ice formed. Fish was scarce and they had a hard time catching fish. When they moved to another lake, they caught more fish. One night, a man from Waashaau arrives at their camp. They were able to give him some supplies. He mentions it was the year the Queen`s father`s father died (circa 1936).
Age 10+
- Code
EcCh-201-059
- File Size
11.01 mb
- Duration
0 mins
- Year Of Recording
1965
- Year Of Last Edit
2007
- Collected By
George Bauer
- Sound Editor
Brian Webb
- Described By
Brian Webb
- Dialect
Northern
- Quality
Good with noise
- Communities
Chisasibi
- Languages
Northern Dialect
- Teachings
History
- Themes
Memoirs
- Topics
Animals, Places, Artifacts, Food, Man, Woman, Starvation, Family, Boy, Transportation, Tradition, Inter-racial, Past, Seasons, Fall, Winter
Chiihchiiuchaanish
Legend of Chiihchiiuchaanish how he adopts a grandchild during a time of a never ending winter. Then the legend goes into how summer was retrieved and of how seasons came to be.
Age 6+
Finding a starving camp
A hunter finds a camp of starving people who were already very weak. He returns home and tells his father. The next day, the elder tells his son to go back. On his way, he sees a large herd of caribou. The hunters set snares and capture many caribou. They brought the caribou to the starving camp and helped them survive.
Age 6+
Hard times long ago
George talks about a time of starvation when he was a teenager. It was around Christmas time and they had no food. They reached another camp where the people were hungry also. The wolves were driving the caribou away. They finally were able to get caribou. They went to the other camp to give them food. Many people had starved to death that winter.
Age 6+
- Code
EcCh-201-050
- File Size
9.41 mb
- Duration
0 mins
- Year Of Recording
1965
- Year Of Last Edit
2007
- Collected By
George Bauer
- Sound Editor
Brian Webb
- Described By
Brian Webb
- Dialect
Northern
- Quality
Good with noise
- Communities
Chisasibi
- Languages
Northern Dialect
- Teachings
History
- Themes
Memoirs, Interview
- Topics
Starvation, Transportation, Family, Tradition, Celebrations, Past, Seasons, Winter, Animals, Places, Artifacts, Food
Hardship in the Past
George tells a story of his life in the past. His family experienced hunger. They had cached food for the winter but crows and foxes ate everything from the cache. His family camped with people from Whapmagoostui at Apishikimiish (Lac Bienville). As they move further east towards Mistisiipii (George River), they meet up with Montagnais people from Waashaau (Sept Isles?). The Montagnais family was starving. George mentioned that it was hard to communicate with them. George helped the Montagnais by giving them some fish to use as bait for their fish hooks.
Age 12+
- Code
EcCh-201-055
- File Size
21.89 mb
- Duration
0 mins
- Year Of Recording
1965
- Year Of Last Edit
2007
- Collected By
George Bauer
- Sound Editor
Brian Webb
- Described By
Brian Webb
- Dialect
Northern
- Quality
Good with noise
- Communities
Chisasibi
- Languages
Northern Dialect
- Teachings
Social studies, History, Geography
- Themes
Memoirs
- Topics
Tradition, Food, Clothing, Past, Seasons, Man, Summer, Woman, Spring, Starvation, Transportation, Fall, Inter-racial, Winter, Family, Boy, Animals, Girl, Places, Artifacts
Kuikuhaachaau and Chiihchiikwaayush
This is one story of Kuikuhaachaau. Wolves reach Kuikuhaachaau. The leader of the wolves is named Chiihchiikwaayush. They begin living together. Kuikuhaachaau seems to be very pitiful compared to the wolves. The wolves seem to use shaman power in their hunt but Kuikuhaachaau is very unsuccessful. The wolves give him some of their power but Kuikuhaachaau uses it indiscriminantly. Another time when Kuikuhaachaau collects rock tripe, an arrow passes by him. The other person tries to help using special power but Kuikuhaachaau fails to follow the orders and the help fails. Then, Kuikuhaachaau reaches the man Kaa Umaanikinishiu. Kuikaahaachaau asks him for his caribou corral. Kaa Umaanikinishiu instructs Kuikuhaachaau how to use it but he fails to follow the instructions and isn`t able to kill any caribou.
Age 6+
- Code
EcCh-201-054
- File Size
17.54 mb
- Duration
0 mins
- Year Of Recording
1965
- Year Of Last Edit
2007
- Collected By
George Bauer
- Sound Editor
Brian Webb
- Described By
Brian Webb
- Dialect
Northern
- Quality
Good with noise
- Communities
Chisasibi
- Languages
Northern Dialect
- Teachings
Social studies
- Themes
Legends
- Topics
Seasons, Winter, Animals, Places, Artifacts, Food, Clothing, Man, Woman, Starvation, Supernatural, Transportation, Family, Tradition, Past
Life in the past
George tells a story of another winter where they were inland. As they moved inland, they met a Whapmagoostui man coming from the other direction. The man was already very thin from starvation. They lived together at Apishikimiish (Lac Bienville). At that camp, there were over 100 people. They didn`t have much success finding caribou. As George`s family moves away, they kill some caribou.
Age 12+
- Code
EcCh-201-056
- File Size
7.41 mb
- Duration
0 mins
- Year Of Recording
1965
- Year Of Last Edit
2007
- Collected By
George Bauer
- Sound Editor
Brian Webb
- Described By
Brian Webb
- Dialect
Northern
- Quality
Good with noise
- Communities
Chisasibi
- Languages
Northern Dialect
- Teachings
History
- Themes
Memoirs
- Topics
Places, Artifacts, Food, Clothing, Man, Woman, Starvation, Transportation, Family, Tradition, Seasons, Fall, Winter, Animals
Lifestyle in the past
Josie Sam Sr. interviews both George Head and Samson Neacappo about the life in the past. The elders George and Samson mention how they lived, how they set up camps, traveling up the rivers and carrying loads on their backs. They also mention that they were the first ones to take supplies to the trading post at Kaanaayaapiskaau. They mention how smoked fish were made and how long it took to travel to Kaanaayaapiskaau.
Age 8+
- Code
EcCh-201-057
- File Size
7.87 mb
- Duration
0 mins
- Year Of Recording
1965
- Year Of Last Edit
2007
- Collected By
George Bauer
- Sound Editor
Brian Webb
- Described By
Brian Webb
- Dialect
Northern
- Quality
Good with noise
- Communities
Chisasibi
- Languages
Northern Dialect
- Teachings
Social studies, History
- Themes
Memoirs, Interview
- Topics
Tradition, Past, Seasons, Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, Animals, Places, Artifacts, Food, Clothing, Transportation
Maamihiitaahaauch
The legend of Maamihiitaauch, a group of cannibals that terrorized the people. A man named Kaa Aanwaat, finally decides to confront the group of cannibals. He goes to a place where he knows the cannibals will reach him. Kaa Aanwaat makes himself look like he`s very weak. The first family of cannibals reach him and see that he`s very weak. Kaa Aanwaat fights the cannibals in their dreams. Finally, Kaa Aanwaat kills the first family of cannibals. Kaa Aanwaat kills another group of cannibals by making the weather warm during the winter and the cannibals traveling become all wet from the snow and then brings a blizzard to kill them in the cold. Kaa Aanwaat goes to another old woman cannibal and her two daughters. The cannibals kept a boy fattening him up. Kaa Aanwaat lives with the cannibals and kills them and saves the boy.
Age 12+
- Code
EcCh-201-043
- File Size
32.12 mb
- Duration
0 mins
- Year Of Recording
1965
- Year Of Last Edit
2006
- Collected By
George Bauer
- Sound Editor
Brian Webb
- Described By
Brian Webb
- Dialect
Northern
- Quality
Poor
- Communities
Chisasibi
- Languages
Northern Dialect
- Teachings
Social studies, Citizenship
- Themes
Legends
- Topics
Man, Woman, Predictions, Monsters, Supernatural, Family, Transportation, Boy, Tradition, Past, Seasons, Winter, Animals, Artifacts, Food
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