Making a Fish Scoop

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Database ID26219
InstitutionNorthern Saskatchewan Archives
Fonds/CollectionDNS Academic Education Branch
File/Item ReferenceBinder #16 Cree Traditional Lifestyle/MakingAFishScoop 1 - 7 (Shelf A3)
Date of creation1974
Physical description/extent7 slides; Colour
Number of images6
Historical notePhotographs of Napthelie McKenzie on the family trapline near Stanley Mission, taken in 1974 by Lois Dalby of the Academic Education Branch of the Department of Northern Saskatchewan.
Scope and contentA set of 7 photographs of Napthelie McKenzie showing the making of a fish scoop used to lift pieces of fish from hot cooking water. -p01: Napthelie roughs out the shape of the scoop with a little hatchet. -p02: Then he refines the shape with a small plane. -p03 to -p05: Here he continues shaping the scoop with a knife. -p06: Now he uses a plane to smooth and finish making the scoop. -p07: Here you can see the shape of the scoop, ready to lift pieces of fish out of boiling cooking water.
ContributerLois Dalby
Copyright holderSaskatchewan Learning
Other terms governing use and reproductionNorthern Saskatchewan Archives applies to Saskatchewan Learning for permission to use materials.
TypeArchival
Primary MediaPhotographs
Provenance Access PointDepartment of Northern Saskatchewan
PlaceStanley Mission, Saskatchewan, Canada
Treaty boundariesTreaty 10
Cultural regionSubarctic
NamesNapthelie McKenzie
SubjectArt and Artifacts
Family life
Indigenous Peoples General
Lifestyle
Cree
Aboriginal
Date Range(s)1970-1979
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