"Indian Shaping Ribs for Canoe with Axe"
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Author/Creator
Institute for Northern Studies
Description
Aboriginal man working on a canoe. Jean Marie River, N.W.T.
Historical note:
Historical note:
First printed in The Illustrated War News, 1885.Historical note:
Michel Dumais, prominent South Branch Metis. Dumais was one of the delegates sent to retrieve Riel from Montana in 1884 along with Gabriel Dumont and James Isbister. He was farm instructor at the One Arrow Cree Reserve until 1885. After fighting in the Resistance he fled to Montana alongside Gabriel Dumont.