Atikamekw Inini O'Ojiton Wigwas Tciman...

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Netsilik Inuit O'Ojiton Inuit Tciman...

http://www.nfb.ca/film/building_kayak_pt_1

http://www.nfb.ca/film/building_kayak_pt_2

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Anishinabe O'Ojiton Wigwas Tciman...



Pikwakanagan (Golden Lake near Pembroke, Ontario).

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Kets Inini O'Ojiton Mitigo Tciman...

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Master builder Matt Bernard, Anishinabe, in the bow of his Gitchi Tciman at Pikwakanagan. 1957.
36 foot Gitchi Tciman.
6 foot wide.
3 foot deep at center.
Bow and stern about 6 feet tall.

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"What do you do when you're lost in the bush. Here's what we did." - Bob Anderson, NFB.
Ahah hah, y'mean here's what Angus Baptiste did! Literally all of it, while you other sorry @$$es tagged along doing nothing and knowing nothing. And then not even listing Angus' name in the credits at the end...

Very good short documentary though.
1954 somewhere in the wilderness in Quebec:
http://www.nfb.ca/film/survival_in_the_bush

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I got 3/4 of the way through that first one the other night. What a life and skill!

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Innu Inini O'Ojiton Tciman...

The Innu (formerly called Montagnais) at the north side of the Gulf of St.Lawrence make their canoes with quite a few construction differences from the Anishinabe, Atikamekw, Wabanaki, Maliseet.
Different materials because of their location, and different procedures, but an excellent canoe is still the result.

Canoe : Materials and Preparation | Material Culture | Culture | Nametau innu: Memory and knowledge of Nitassinan

Canoe : Assembly | Material Culture | Culture | Nametau innu: Memory and knowledge of Nitassinan

Canoe : Specificity, Trial | Material Culture | Culture | Nametau innu: Memory and knowledge of Nitassinan