Fishing at the stone weir

Duration: 30

Year Published: 1969

Creator: EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTER

Format: 16mm

Description: Produced in cooperation with the National Film Board of Canada. Documentary of how an Eskimo family repairs the damage done by the summer thaw to their weir and begin to spear the salmon with leisters. Reveals the still prevalent Netsilik belief that all animals, including fish, have souls and can communicate after death.

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