Building a Skiff
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Author/Creator
Institute of Northern Studies fonds
Description
Alfred Biyette and his skiff-in-progress. Dillon, Saskatchewan.
Film about César Newashish, Attikamek of the Communauté Atikamekw De Manawan, who builds a canoe in the traditional or old way, using only birch bark, cedar splints, spruce roots and gum.
Duration: 96:00
Historical note:
Harold Nelson Woodsworth served as an Indian Agent at a number of agencies in Saskatchewan.