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Author | : David Gidmark |
Publisher | : Willowdale, Ont. : Firefly Books |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : |
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In BIRCHBARK CANOE, you will discover the dying art of birchbark canoe building as seen through the eyes of someone who is passionate about it.
Author | : David Gidmark |
Publisher | : Shire Publications |
Total Pages | : 64 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Algonquian Indians |
ISBN | : 9780852639405 |
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The well made birchbark canoe, constructed of materials that by themselves possess no great strength, is an extremely durable water craft. Not only was it the most important conveyance for the northern Indians, serving them in hunting, fishing and travel, but it was adopted with little technical change by the white man for exploration in the northern latitudes. In this service it was the most important vehicle in the opening up of Canada. This book places the Algonquin tribe in its context, showing its importance to the early fur trade and to explorations. The gathering and preparation of materials for the canoe is covered, as is the construction process. About the author For nine years David Gidmark did field studies among the Rapid Lake Algonquin and the River Desert Algonquin in western Quebec. He made extensive notes on the birchbark canoe building processes of these two Algonquin bands, undertook an apprenticeship in birchbark canoe building and studied the Algonquin language. He has written and lectured on Algonquin birchbark canoe construction in Canada, Europe and the United States of America
Author | : David Gidmark |
Publisher | : Mechanicsburg, Pa. : Stackpole Books |
Total Pages | : 156 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : |
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A guide to building birchbark canoes in the Algonquin style. Includes history, overview of construction methods and looks at the techniques used by 4 Algonquin craftsmen.
Author | : David Gidmark |
Publisher | : Buffalo, N.Y ; Willowdale, Ont. : Firefly Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Abenaki Indians |
ISBN | : 9781552975695 |
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A step-by-step guide to building an Algonquin birchbark canoe including historical and contemporary techniques. Also includes paddlemaking in the native tradition.
Author | : John McPhee |
Publisher | : Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
Total Pages | : 148 |
Release | : 1982-05-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0374708592 |
Download The Survival of the Bark Canoe Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In Greenville, New Hampshire, a small town in the southern part of the state, Henri Vaillancourt makes birch-bark canoes in the same manner and with the same tools that the Indians used. The Survival of the Bark Canoe is the story of this ancient craft and of a 150-mile trip through the Maine woods in those graceful survivors of a prehistoric technology. It is a book squarely in the tradition of one written by the first tourist in these woods, Henry David Thoreau, whose The Maine Woods recounts similar journeys in similar vessel. As McPhee describes the expedition he made with Vaillancourt, he also traces the evolution of the bark canoe, from its beginnings through the development of the huge canoes used by the fur traders of the Canadian North Woods, where the bark canoe played the key role in opening up the wilderness. He discusses as well the differing types of bark canoes, whose construction varied from tribe to tribe, according to custom and available materials. In a style as pure and as effortless as the waters of Maine and the glide of a canoe, John McPhee has written one of his most fascinating books, one in which his talents as a journalist are on brilliant display.
Author | : Daniel Clément |
Publisher | : Hull, Quebec : Canadian Museum of Civilization |
Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
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This book is a collection of articles featuring the Algonquin people. The Algonquin, whose population number 7,000, occupy today the Ottawa valley and the Abitibi-Temiscamingue region in Quebec. Nine authors have written as many essays dealing with different traditional and contemporary issues. Marc Cote begins with an article on Abitibi-Temiscamingue prehistory. He is followed by Maurice Ratelle who discusses the location of the Algonquins from 1534 to 1650. Jacques Frenette then concentrates on the land use of the River Desert Band (Maniwaki). The same band is also the object of another article by Pauline Joly de Lothiniere on historical narratives regarding wampum belts. The XXth century provides the context for all the other articles. Thus Daniel Clement and Noeline Martin present Algonquin legends and customs collected in the 1940s in the Upper Gatineau regions. Sue Roark-Calnek describes a wedding ceremony which took place at Lac-Rapide in 1988. Roger Spielmann examines a bear-dream account recorded in Pikogan in 1985. Christiane Montpetit presents a picture of some Algonquin and Metis residing in Val-d'Or in 1985. A thematic bibliography completes the book and should enable other researchers to further explore several aspects not dealt with in the present group of essays.
Author | : Edwin Tappan Adney |
Publisher | : Skyhorse Publishing Inc. |
Total Pages | : 257 |
Release | : 2007-10-17 |
Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | : 1602390711 |
Download Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The bark canoes of the North American Indians, particularly those of birchbark, were among the most highly developed manually propelled primitive watercraft. Built with Stone Age tools from available materials, their design, size, and appearance were varied to suit the many requirements of their users. Even today, canoes are based on these ancient designs, and this fascinating guide combines historical background with instructions for constructing one. Author Edwin Tappan Adney, born in 1868, devoted his life to studying canoes and was practically the sole scholar in his field. His papers and research have been assembled by a curator at the Smithsonian Institution.
Author | : Bruce Erickson |
Publisher | : Univ. of Manitoba Press |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2021-03-26 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 0887559115 |
Download The Politics of the Canoe Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Popularly thought of as a recreational vehicle and one of the key ingredients of an ideal wilderness getaway, the canoe is also a political vessel. A potent symbol and practice of Indigenous cultures and traditions, the canoe has also been adopted to assert conservation ideals, feminist empowerment, citizenship practices, and multicultural goals. Documenting many of these various uses, this book asserts that the canoe is not merely a matter of leisure and pleasure; it is folded into many facets of our political life. Taking a critical stance on the canoe, The Politics of the Canoe expands and enlarges the stories that we tell about the canoe’s relationship to, for example, colonialism, nationalism, environmentalism, and resource politics. To think about the canoe as a political vessel is to recognize how intertwined canoes are in the public life, governance, authority, social conditions, and ideologies of particular cultures, nations, and states. Almost everywhere we turn, and any way we look at it, the canoe both affects and is affected by complex political and cultural histories. Across Canada and the U.S., canoeing cultures have been born of activism and resistance as much as of adherence to the mythologies of wilderness and nation building. The essays in this volume show that canoes can enhance how we engage with and interpret not only our physical environments, but also our histories and present-day societies.
Author | : Graham Warren |
Publisher | : Willowdale, Ont. : Firefly Books |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | : 9781552095256 |
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Detailed plans and instructions on making, finishing and repairing wooden canoe paddles.
Author | : Grace Lee Nute |
Publisher | : Minnesota Historical Society Press |
Total Pages | : 285 |
Release | : 2008-10-14 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0873517067 |
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Nute's best-selling book portrays the indefatigable French-Canadian canoemen, whose labors were vital to the fur trade and whose influence reaches us through the colorful songs, place names, customs, and legends they left behind.