The last mooseskin boat

DVD 1982

This documentary records the passing of a tradition of the Shotah Dene of the Northwest Territories. For many generations, the Shotah Dene built mooseskin boats each spring, from dried hides and sinew, to carry their families and cargo down the mountain rivers to trading settlements such as Fort Norman. Gabe Etchinelle returns to the mountains of his youth to build one last mooseskin boat, now preserved at the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Ce...

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Boatbuilding

Boats and boating Canada

Indigenous peoples Canada Social life and customs

Shotah Dene

Shuhtaotine

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1 videodisc (28 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in
polychrome
digital
optical
video file
DVD video

Target Audience Note:

Secondary/Adult

Notes:

Licensed for public performance
National Film Board: 113C 0182 102
A co-production of the Native Communications Society of the Western Northwest Territories and the National Film Board North West Studio
Produced for Department of Information, Government of the Northwest Territories
Director: Raymond Yakelaya; producers: Raymond Yakelaya and Jerry D. Krepakevich
Slavey Narration: Gabe Etchinelle, English Nnarration: Don Rollans. Boat builders: Gabe Etchinelle, George Pellissey, Jonas Macauley, Leon Neyelle, Madeleine Karkagie, Celia Tetso, Vivian Macauley-Pellissey, and assisted by Jim Bavard and David Etchinelle

Control Number:

661951

Other Authors:

Etchinelle, Gabe
King, Klane
National Film Board of Canada
Native Communications Society of the Western Northwest Territories
Rollans, Don
Yakelaya, Raymond

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