National Anthropological Archives

Film Research Company Photographs

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS4645
Creators:
Film Research Company
Dates:
1960-61
Languages:
Undetermined
.
Physical Description:
5 Prints
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Photos of Chippewa Indians and of a Chippewa bark lodge, taken at MIlle Lacs Indian Village, Onamia, Minnesota, 1960-61. One print is in color.
Scope and Contents
Catalog Number 4645: (1) Tribe: Chippewa Caption on Print: Wigwam in winter. Fort Mille Lacs, Onamia, Minnesota, 1960. Wigwam has elm bark sides, birch bark top. Blanket for door. [Color photo.] (2) Chippewa Grandma Naquanabe (Ge-be-sen) weaving cedar bark mat (Geseg a-na-kin). Fort Mille Lacs Indian Village... Photographer: Photo by Film Research Co., Onamia Minnesota. (3) Chippewa Ge-be-sen preparing barwood bark. Bark, we-bub, prepared like large rolls to right of picture are soaked for two weeks in swamp to make ah-sig[?]a-ban, a tough fiber for thread, rope and baskets. (4) Chippewa Removing birch bark from a tree, 1961. Na-gen-a-gesheg and Sha[?]win. Fort Mille Lacs. (5) Chippewa Now-ah-qua-gesheg[?] (Jim Hawks) and his squaw Wa-kow-sa-way (Julia) in birchbark canoe he built at Fort Mille Lacs Indian Village, 1960.

Administration

Custodial History
Gift of Mr Sherman A. Holbert, Fort Mille Lacs, Onamia Minnesota, April 17, 1962. Correspondence in Smithsonian Institution-Bureau of American Ethnology Office Files.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
"If reproduced or resold, credit: Fort Mille Lacs Co., Inc., and Film Research Co., Onamia, Minnesota.
Citation
Manuscript 4645, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

More Information

Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 4645

Local Note

Local Note
Filed: Original Prints, Chippewa.


Keywords

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Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Photographs Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Chippewa Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Habitations and other structures -- bark lodge Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Bark preparation Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Fabrics, including spinning and weaving -- cedar bark Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Minnesota Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Northeast Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Naquanabe Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Ge-be-sen Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Na-gen-a-gesheg Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Hawks, Jim Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Wa-kow-sa-way Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Hawks, Julia Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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