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Recording consists of Joe Guanish speaking in Naskapi about caribou hunting. Topics discussed include: how the Naskapi used to hunt caribou; the importance of identifying the leaders of a herd; how people used to dream about caribou when they were arriving and sing about them; and how they generated static when big herds walked together and you could see them from far away.

Recording consists of Kathleen Tooma speaking in Naskapi. She tells the story of where she came from and how the Naskapi came to be here (Kawawachikamach), and how new forms of work have impacted the presence of caribou.

Recording consists of Kathleen Tooma speaking in Naskapi. Topics include the importance of community taking care of one another and sharing gifts from the land, and how much has changed since the decline of the caribou.

Recording consists of Kathleen Tooma speaking in Naskapi. Topics include what it was like for kids and the roles they had in the traditional way of life before there were schools. Kathleen shares her thoughts on what life will be like for future generations who go to school and learn from Elders and the land and reflects on the introduction of money and work.

Recording consists of Martha-Mary speaking in English about her growing up and her experiences with the Naskapi language when she was a student and now as a teacher, parent and grandparent. Topics discussed include: her childhood schooling where it was hard to speak Naskapi; her experiences as a teacher creating curriculum and teaching young students; her experiences promoting Naskapi with her children and grandchild at home.

Recording consists of a short clip of Martha-Mary speaking in English. Topics discussed include: role of Elders in teaching students Naskapi in the school, importance of history for children to understand themselves, some history about her family.

Recording consists of a brief clip of Seasi speaking in Naskapi about her role as a Naskapi teacher. Topics discussed include: the importance of teaching children Naskapi; her respect for the language; her gratefulness to her mother for teaching her; and her desire to hear more families speaking it outside of the classroom.

Recordings consists of Seasi speaking in Naskapi aboutthings her parents and grandparents taught her about hunting and camping. Topics discussed include: a lot of things her father taught her about caribou hunting; things she learned in her growing up from her mother about preparing caribou and other animals; different camping stories; hunting as a community; the impacts of mines on the caribou and about going camping with the Inuit.