David Evalik
David Evalik, Centennial Barge, 1967,(photo courtesy David Evalik)
David Evalik grew up in an outpost camp 200 miles south of Cambridge Bay, Nunavut.
He was raised on the old time country music his father called at square dances in his community and the traditional Inuit drum songs in igloos on the land.
David picked up the guitar at the residential schools he attended in Inuvik and Yellowknife.
While attending Akaitcho Hall, he performed with “The Centennaires” on their trip down the Mackenzie River during the Canadian Centennial in 1967.
While working in Inuvik in the 1970s, he formed “The Delta Good Time Band”.
David continues to play music in his home of Cambridge Bay today.
L-R - Allan Cardinal, Lawrence Thrasher, David Evalik, Archie Plamondon, Eddie Bazie. 1963, Akaitcho Hall. Yellowknife, NT (photo courtesy David Evalik)
'The Centennaires' L-R Lawrence Thrasher, unknown, Eddie Bazie, David Evalik, Tom Hudson, Archie Plamondon, 1967 Centennial Barge, (photo courtesy David Evalik)
L-R Eddie Bazie, Centennial Princess, Georgina Blondin, David Evalik. 1967, Centennial Barge, (photo courtesy David Evalik)
Group photo with Centennial barge ferris wheel in background 1967, Centennial Barge, (photo courtesy David Evalik)
Back row L-R, Rick Williams, Ted Wesley, unknown, Eddie Bazie. Front row L-R, Lorna (?) , Leslie Wesley, David Evalik. 1967 Centennial Barge, (photo courtesy David Evalik)
'The Centennaires', L-R: Eddie Bazie, Archie Plamondon, Lawrence Thrasher, Tom Hudson, David Evalik. 1967 Centennial barge (photo courtesy David Evalik)
David Evalik, 2016, Cambridge Bay, NU. (photo courtesy David Evalik)
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With Anne Kasook, Andrew Gordon, Willie Gordon, Charlie Kasook, James Rogers, Angu Alunuk, David Evalik, Erin Alunik, William Greenland, Frank Cockney, David Nasogaluak, Jennie Fornier, Richard Gordon, Barry Greenland, Terry Seaward, Clyde and Jane Kikoak, and the Delta Goodtime Band. (@ 26:30)