[Jean Beetz Entering Snow House]
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Photograph taken at Pelly Bay, N.W.T. [NU], (community's name changed to Kugaaruk in 1999).
Consists of an interview with Joe Sylvester where he gives an account of Indian medicine; legends concerning migration of Algonquin Indians; the role of elders; of the deterioration of reservation conditions following World War II; the religious significance of the number "four"; views on welfare and its role in disrupting traditional Indian values; and a legend about the origin of the drum.