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Peter Paul : Memories of a Maliseet Indian
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Item number (ISN):327765Link to related resource:Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:NEW BRUNSWICK FILMMAKERS CO-OPERATIVE LTD.Accession:1983-0017Media:FilmPart:1 of 1Release date:1982Production company:New Brunswick Filmmakers CooperativeProduction credit:producer, Art McKay; Trueman Veysey; editing, Jan Pedersen; narrator, Peter PaulDescription:Short documentary film on the lifestyles of New Brunswick's Maliseet Indians in the early part of the 20th century. Peter Paul narrates his own family's Indian home and work life intertwining some Maliseet history with his personal experiences. New Brunswick politics and the Indian are glanced at, as is his aboriginal economy. Archival photographs help bring back an old way of life. Photos of: family and friends congregated around a canoe in the middle of construction; village fishermen busy around their boats on the shore; family gatherings; children; youngsters in traditional ceremonial dress; trappers in winter dress; Maliseet Indians posing in front of a church beside a white clergyman. Present day footage of Peter Paul stripping a birch tree of its bark, and of a birch canoe docked at shore. <12mn>Language:EnglishNotes: -
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