Recherche dans la collection - Shuswap Indians of British Columbia

CANADA. NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MAN / MUSÉE NATIONAL DE L'HOMME

1971-0047

Film

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1928

National Museum of Canada, Department of Mines

photography/titles, Harlan I. Smith

National Museum of Canada

A look at the Shuswap Indians and their Fraser Valley environment. Footage of village life shows a summer lodge covered in bark; a subterranean house for winter use; a winter lodge; modern wood-frame houses; a horse-drawn wagon; Indian petroglyphs; and a dug-out canoe. A man is seen in characteristic fur cap and another wears a buckskin jacket with decorative fringes. A woman is seen wearing a decorative headband. The activities of women appear to be many: one or more women are seen pounding dried meat; dressing a hide with a stone scraper; making baskets; smoking a long pipe; preparing a sweat house for religious purposes; and dancing to a drum accompaniment. An elderly man demonstrates the bow and arrow. The film also includes footage of fauna - deer, mountain goats, beaver, and bear - and flora - cactus, sage brush, and wild carrots. <7mn>

ANIMALS~BASKET MAKING~BRITISH COLUMBIA~DANCING~DWELLINGS~IMPLEMENTS, UTENSILS, ETC.~INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA~INDUSTRY~MYTHOLOGY~PLANTS~RELIGION~WOMEN

Silent with English intertitles

Partiellement restreint

V1 9203-0016
V1 2008-03-0005

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