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Activities: Algonquin & Ojibwa
Winter Travel An Eastern Algonquian native family travelling in the Quebec winter by toboggan and snowshoes, painted c. 1860.
ID #10057
Ojibwa Fishing Fishing near Sault Ste. Marie, 1869 by Ojibwa Indians, a sizeable Algonquian tribe in Northern Ontario.
ID #10037
Maple Syrup Camp The making of maple syrup in a Native camp. In the springtime, the Algonquian band rejoined for the tapping and boiling of syrup from maple syrup trees.
ID #20048
Moose Calling An Algonquian Native calling a moose. In winter, the Algonquian band split up into small family units to hunt for deer, elk and other game.
ID #20046
Spearing Fish An Algonquian Native spearing for fish. In summer, the Algonquian band gathered at productive fishing sites.
ID #20047
Activities: Blackfoot
Blackfoot Indians Blackfoot Indians crossing the Bow River, Alberta, by S.P. Hall.
ID #20649
Chief Crowfoot Chief Crowfoot addressing Governor-General the Marquis of Lorne, at a meeting at Blackfoot Crossing, Alberta, during Lorne's visit in the early 1880s. Coloured pastels and black chalk by Sydney Prior Hall (1842- 1922).
ID #23272
Activities: Chipewyans
Moose Hide Preparation Chipewyans preparing a moose hide, 1918, in northern Alberta.
ID #10052
Caribou Skinning Chipewyan Indian skinning caribou on Wholdaia Lake, N.W.T., 1930.
ID #21851
Activities: Cree
Cree Indians Cree Indians on Hudson Bay, 1817, portrayed and published in England (with an apparent palm tree).
ID #10038
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