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Abraham recounts the story of Iyaashaau and his son. Iyaashaau abandoned his son on an island far from home, but with the help of the seagull and fish, Iyaashaau`s son finds his way home. When the son returns home he seeks revenge on his father and sets his mother and siblings free by turning them into birds.
Age 8+A story about a boy who got infested with lice and was left behind.
Age 6+EcEm-026-002
4.68 mb
27 mins
1998
2003
Roger MacDonnel Collection
Florrie Mayappo
Florrie Mayappo
One of many legends of Chahkaapesh.
How the day became night.
Age 8+EcMi-502-002
2.78 mb
16 mins
1970
2003
Bartlett Collection
Charlie Loon
Charlie Loon
A story of an Inuk going to set a net at a lake in his kayak. A young friend watches from the shore. He paddles to a small island to look for eggs and is chased by a polar bear. He gets attacked by the polar bear and the young man watches. His brother takes revenge on the polar bear. After killing the polar bear, he sees that it was a very strong animal, full of sinew and muscle.
Age 12+EcCh-204-007
11.02 mb
0 mins
1965
2006
George Bauer
Brian Webb
Brian Webb
Boy, Animals, Food, Man, Supernatural, Transportation, Inter-racial
A story about a boy who was raised by a bear for a period of time. The parents of the boy search for the boy for along time and during this time the bear is teaching the boy different things like how to pick boughs properly so that humans won`t notice the broken branches. Eventually, the boy is found and from then on he has a connection to bears or a greater understanding that other people don`t have.
Age 12+EcMi-526-001
4.08 mb
23 mins
1970
2004
Marguerite MacKenzie
Kenneth MacLeod
Kenneth MacLeod
EcEm-024-003
0.51 mb
2 mins
19??
2004
Rhonda Iserhoff
Rhonda Iserhoff
Story of a boy who was abandoned on a Island by his father and finds his way back home.
Age 8+EcEm-024-006
2.22 mb
12 mins
19??
2004
Adrian Tanner
Rhonda Iserhoff
Rhonda Iserhoff
Story is about a boy who wanted to know what happened to his parents and asked his older brother about it and his brother tells him, so he tries to look for Kaachiitusk.
Age 8+EcEm-024-005
0.36 mb
2 mins
19??
2004
Adrian Tanner
Rhonda Iserhoff
Rhonda Iserhoff
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+EcEm-024-002
1.00 mb
5.48 mins
19??
2004
Adrian Tanner
Rhonda Iserhoff
Rhonda Iserhoff
Talks about how he sees some children and knows how they are not being well fed because of the ways that we are living now and the changes that have come from the government.
Age 10+EcWe-032-002
1.74 mb
10.06 mins
19??
2004
Suzanne C. House
Suzanne C. House
Family, Boy, Girl, Food, Man, Woman, Starvation, Inter-racial
This is a story about when David`s parents lived throught the hardships of not having any food and living throught starvation and having to see a boy die because of the ways of the White man that came from the Hudson`s Bay company.
Age 10+EcWe-032-001
1.70 mb
9.54 mins
19??
2004
Suzanne C. House
Suzanne C. House
Family, Boy, Food, Man, Starvation
Aayaashaau legend of how he was left on an island and tries to get back home. The boy Aayaashaau overcomes many obstacles to return home. Aayaashaau also purifies the land of people who do wrong.
Age 10+EcCh-202-001
12.72 mb
0 mins
1965
2006
George Bauer
Brian Webb
Brian Webb
2016-09-29 00:00:00
Family, Boy, Animals, Man, Woman, Predictions, Supernatural
Story incomplete. End of another story.
Age 6+EcWe-012-001
0.33 mb
1 mins
1975
2003
unknown
Barbara Georgekish
Barbara Georgekish
2016-09-29 00:00:00
This story is about a boy who is infested with lots of lice. His parents left him alone at their camping site and Aatuush came to take of him.
Age 6+EcWe-012-003
3.81 mb
22 mins
1975
2003
unknown
Barbara Georgekish
Barbara Georgekish
Part 1 - A mother discovers that her child is infested with lice. The mother believes it impossible it is to take the lice out.
Part 2 - Atuush and the child travel to where the mother and father went and arrives upon the mother setting camp.
Part 3 - The mother asks the atuush to do something and atuush had warned the family that he would leave them if he was asked to do something.
Part 4 - A variety of animals plan to find a summer bird in order for the child to be happy because atuush had left him earlier.
Age 8+Edith is a person who likes to share legends with the young children. And in this legend, she explains how the old lady came to live with a polar bear.
Age 6+EcWe-012-002
0.73 mb
4 mins
1975
2003
unknown
Barbara Georgekish
Barbara Georgekish
A young woman learns the father of her son is Chiisuubechiish
Age 10+EcWa-802-002
2.30 mb
13 mins
19??
2004
Adrian Tanner
Rhonda Iserhoff
Rhonda Iserhoff
The little boy`s parents abandon him and meets Etuush and they go on a journey.
Age 10+A girl sets rabbit snares with her younger brother and they snared a rabbit that was not killed by the snare. She tells about how the rabbit ran around inside the teepee.
Age 8+EcWk-701-001
1.26 mb
9.53 mins
2003
2003
Marie -Odile Junker
Ruth Salt
Ruth Salt
2016-09-29 00:00:00
This story is about a boy, who had a lot of lice and nits. The parents packed all their belongings and left their son behind. His grandfather found him and killed all the lice and nits. The little boy found his parents again, but he was never happy in the bush.
Age 6+EcMi-523-001
1.24 mb
7.15 mins
1970
2003
Adrian Tanner
Linda Petawabano
Linda Petawabano
EcCh-008-007-01.mp3