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| Date: | 10 07 1934 |
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| Description: | James Jacco, Red Cliff Chippewa, and William Webster, Odanah Chippewa, competing in a lacrosse game. |
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| Description: | An Indian man sits in front of a dwelling forming a bow or stem for a canoe that he's making. In the background is a wigwam (or wetu). |
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| Description: | An Ojibwa man shows a completed bow or stem for a canoe that he's constructing. Behind the man is a wigwam (or wetu). |
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| Description: | An Ojibwa Indian whittles strips of wood for the sides of a canoe under construction. In the background is a wigwam (or wetu). |
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| Description: | An Ojibwa Indian man is splitting cedar wood to make ribs for the canoe he's constructing. |
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| Description: | An Ojibwa man splits a cedar trunk with a wooden tool. The cedar is to be used to build the framework for a canoe. A woman is seated nearby. |
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| Description: | An Ojibwa man and woman prepare to transport rolled bark back to their home to use in the construction of a canoe. |
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| Description: | An Ojibwa man kneels on the ground to roll up cedar bark that will be used in the construction of a canoe. |
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| Description: | An Ojibwa man and woman peel bark from a tree to use in the construction of a canoe. |
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| Description: | An Ojibwa man and woman split and peel bark from a tree for use in the construction of a canoe. |
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| Description: | An Ojibwa man and woman slit the bark on a tree as they prepare to peel it off for use in the construction of a canoe. |
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| Description: | An Ojibwa man prepares to fell a tree to use in the construction of a canoe. |
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| Description: | An Ojibwa man pulls up jack pine roots to sew bark on a canoe that he's making. |
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| Description: | An Ojibwa woman coils jack pine roots as she prepares to pack them. The roots will be used in the construction of a canoe. |
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| Description: | An Ojibwa man and woman carry wood and roots gleaned from the forest to be used in the construction of a canoe. |
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| Description: | An Ojibwa man and woman carry materials for making a canoe out of the forest. |
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| Description: | An Ojibwa man and woman shape bark during construction of a canoe. |
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| Description: | An Ojibwa woman reinforces bark during canoe-building by sewing weak points. |
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| Description: | A canoe under construction is weighted down by rocks placed inside the vessel. The canoe is in a frame and an Ojibwa woman stands behind it. |
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| Description: | An Ojibwa man and woman melt pitch in a pot over an open fire in a forest. The pitch will be used to seal a canoe that they're making. |
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