Playing "Shooting the Otter" on the Mashteuiatsh Reserve (Ouiatchouan, Pointe Bleue)
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1930
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1 Negatives (photographic)
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.001.038
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National Museum of the American Indian
Outdoor portrait of an Innu man kneeling on grass in front of snow bank playing the game "Shooting the Otter" on the Mashteuiatsh Reserve (Ouiatchouan, Pointe Bleue) on Lac Saint-Jean, Québec. There are four rectangular pieces propped up on the snow bank, and he appears to be using a small bow to shoot the pieces.
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1930
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1 Negatives (photographic)
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.001.038
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National Museum of the American Indian
View of low forested mountains with bay or body of water in foreground, Waycobah (Whycocomagh), Nova Scotia. Johnson recorded the mountain as "Wi'sik," a lookout for Kluskap (Gluskap), a mystical figure who appears in many Mi'kmaq legends-stories passed down from generation to generation. The name "Wi'sik" didn't carry significance for Mi'kmaq peo...
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1930
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- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.001.038
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
Mi'kmaq (Micamac) passengers traveling on a boat across the Bras d'Or Lake to Merigomish Island (in background), for the annual Procession of St. Anne, a Catholic ceremony honoring the patron saint of the Mi'kmaq, held at Chapel Island and Merigomish Island, Nova Scotia. The chapel used during the procession is in the background.
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1930
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- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.001.038
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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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1930
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- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.001.038
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
Outdoor portrait of Mi'kmaq (Micmac) man Chris Morris, posed with his eelrack with eels, in front of the birchbark wigwam that he and his wife Mary Josephine had just finished constructing (NMAI object 176513) on the Eskasoni Reserve, Nova Scotia. Saltwater eels are a traditional Mi'kmaq food speared at night in the Bras d'Or Lake and other areas t...
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1930
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- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.001.038
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
Outdoor portrait of Mi'kmaq (Micmac) man Chris Morris, posed with baskets and his eel rack with eels hung to dry. He is in front of the birchbark wigwam that he and his wife Mary Josephine had just finished making (NMAI object 176513) on the Eskasoni Reserve, Nova Scotia. Saltwater eels are a traditional Mi'kmaq food speared at night in the Bras d'...
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1930
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- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.001.038
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National Museum of the American Indian
View of Mi'kmaq (Micmac) man Peter "Pie'l Po'l" Denny on his work "horse" or bench (te'sipowji'j) splitting wood, possibly maple for his wife's wooden flowers or ash for baskets. His son Peter "JiJi" Denny looks on. They are posed in front of a shingled wooden structure on the Eskasoni Reserve, Nova Scotia.
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1930
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- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.001.038
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
Outdoor view of group of Mi'kmaq (Micmac) boys pitching pennies, next to a wooden shingled building. In background is a birchbark wigwam constructed by Chris Morris and his wife Mary Josephine Morris (NMAI object 176513) on the Eskasoni Reserve, Nova Scotia. The boys from left to right; Noel "Wai" Michael, Stephen Marshall, John Marshall, Martin De...
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1990
- Level:
- file
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.001
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
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Ewing, Louie H., 1908-1983
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[ca. 1940]-1982
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1 Reel (ca. 800 items (on 1 microfilm reel))
- Collection ID:
- AAA.ewinloui
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Archives of American Art
The papers chiefly concern the career of Louie H. Ewing, and are composed of biographical and professional material, with many examples of commissioned works of art. Also includes material relating to the Santa Fe artistic community.