Fishing at the Stoneweir

Duration: 55 min.

Year Published: 1968

Creator: EDC

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Description: Focuses on the Netsilik Eskomos of the Pella Bay region of Canada. Midsummer a skin tent is erected, Stone Weir is built in the rapids, men fish with three-pronged leister, woman cleans fish, and family eats raw fish (Reel I). Men fish in the rain, a fire is made and the fish cooked and eaten. The men stay in their group and the women clean the fish while men build stone caches to store the fish (Reel II) Natural sound - no narration. (Netsilik Eskimo series)

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