Template for Building a Birchbark Canoe
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1929 September
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National Museum of the American Indian
Template or "form" (onadegon) for the building of a birchbark canoe (wigwastciman), made of white cedar. Visible under the "form" is the prepared ground (plcemon) or bedding on which the canoe will be built. The form shapes the bark, after bark is steamed and bent. The canoe was probably made at David Makokus landing on Barrière Lake (Lac-Barrière)...
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National Museum of the American Indian
Outdoor portrait of Algonquin Chief David Makokus holding a roll of birchbark (wikwas) from which a canoe is to be made. The canoe was probably made at David Makokus landing on Barrière Lake (Lac-Barrière), Quebec. See also N15020 - N15028.
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National Museum of the American Indian
View of Whycocomagh (Waycobah), Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, with prominent white church on low hill, surrounded by buildings. Wooded hills in background; body of water in foreground.
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National Museum of the American Indian
Kji-Saqamaw or Chief Gabriel Sylliboy (Whycocomagh district) giving an address on Chapel Island during the annual Procession of St. Anne, a Catholic ceremony honoring the patron saint of the Mi'kmaq, held at Chapel Island and Merigomish Island in Nova Scotia.
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National Museum of the American Indian
Father Pacifique de Valigny preaching to both native and non-native visitors on the "Holy Sunday," during the annual Procession of St. Anne, a Catholic ceremony honoring the patron saint of the Mi'kmaq, held at Chapel Island and Merigomish Island in Nova Scotia.
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National Museum of the American Indian
Mi'kmaq (Micmac) group sitting and standing in a field on Chapel Island at the annual Procession of St. Anne, a Catholic ceremony honoring the patron saint of the Mi'kmaq, held at Chapel Island and Merigomish Island in Nova Scotia.
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1930
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National Museum of the American Indian
View of completed wigwam. From a series showing the construction of a Mi'kmaq (Micmac) wigwam by Chris and Mary Josephine Morris on the Eskasoni Reserve, Nova Scotia. See also N19866-N19894. The poles and birchbark coverings from the wigwam are in the NMAI collection (catalog number 176513).
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1930
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National Museum of the American Indian
View of completed wigwam. From a series showing the construction of a Mi'kmaq (Micmac) wigwam by Chris and Mary Josephine Morris on the Eskasoni Reserve, Nova Scotia. See also N19866-N19894. The poles and birchbark coverings from the wigwam are in the NMAI collection (catalog number 176513).
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National Museum of the American Indian
Outdoor view of Mi'kmaq (Micamc) man Noel Lervey hunting with his dog in an area of scrub brush on the Samiajij Miawpukek Reserve (Conne River Reserve), Newfoundland. Fence and low hills in background.
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National Museum of the American Indian
Portrait of Joe "Amité" Jeddore broiling salmon before open fire. From a series of photos in which Jeddore showed Frederick Johnson how to catch and smoke salmon, along the Conne River, on the Samiajij Miawpukek Reserve, Newfoundland.