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The Canoe
19725 min 23 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Alanis Obomsawin
Utilizing engineering ingenuity that is centuries old, Atikamekw elders Agatha and Cézar Néwashish build a small-scale version of a birch-bark canoe. With their expert hands, a stunning work of art is created.
This short is part of the Manawan series directed by Alanis Obomsawin.
Remastered on DVD in 2009.
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Subject categories
- Crafts > Boatbuilding
- Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) > Boating and CanoeingCraftsLifestyles
- Education > Indigenous Peoples
- Indigenous Peoples: Canada > Atikamekw
- Tangible & Material Culture > Vehicles & Transportation canoes, travois, etc.
Credits
- director
- Alanis Obomsawin
- participant
- Agatha Néwashish
- Cesar Newashish