Collection search - Dogrib Treaty

FINNIE, Richard Sterling

1973-0128

Film

1 of 1

1939

director/producer/photography/scenario, Richard S. Finnie

A look at the Dogrib Indians, an Athapaskan tribe which lives between Great Bear and Great Slave lakes, shot at the time of land treaty payments. The footage includes scenes from the Indian encampment: women making moccasins, beadwork, and fishnets; a man emptying his nets, cleaning and drying fish; boys playing checkers; a couple sharing a meal; ceremonies held under canvas with drums, chanting, and dancing; women walking to a Roman Catholic church with babies; the congregation, separated by sex; and medical checkups administered by a government doctor. The chief, (probably Jimmy Brunezu), is seen conversing with government treaty officials. Payments are made to individual Indians by an agent and an RCMP officer. Also included is a sequence from a Hudson's Bay Company post where a white trader examines the furs of an Indian trapper. <24mn>

ATHAPASCAN INDIANS~CLOTHING & DRESS~DANCING~FISHING~GOVERNMENT RELATIONS~HEALTH SERVICES~LAND TENURE~NORTHWEST TERRITORIES~TREATIES~WOMEN~HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY~BRUNEAU, JIMMY

Silent

Open

V1 8207-0026
V1 8207-0027
V1 8102-0016

MSS 26538

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Under copyright until 31 December 2037.

Copyright administered by LAC.

with written permission of copyright owner : no donor restrictions : with credit to Richard Sterling Finnie Collection, National Archives of Canada : see notes~The copyright of material produced by Richard Finnie resides with Anne Finnie. However, Mrs. Finnie does not care to be contacted by researchers requesting reproduction of the material. She has given NA discretionary power to allow copying or not (see letter of 21 July 1987 in Collection File). Researchers requesting copies should contact Audio-Visual Acquisitions and Research of VSA for permission.