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Champlain
Skirmish A depiction of Samuel de Champlain's first encounter with the Iroquois
(Mohawks) in 1609, a forest skirmish on future Lake Champlain, including fanciful
rowboats, rather than canoes. ID #10070 |
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Iroquois
Village Attack An unsuccessful attack by French and Huron allies on an Iroquois
(Onondaga) village on Lake Ontario, 1615, including a fanciful castle-storming French
siege-tower. ID #10071 |
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Iroquois
Indians ID #20658 |
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Council
Fire An Iroquois council fire within a longhouse, in a 19th century rendition,
displaying the rough interior, central fire, and tree supports for the roof. ID #10040 |
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| Activities: Labrador | |||
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Eskimo
in Kayak A Labrador Eskimo in a sealskin kayak, c. 1821. Watercolour by Peter
Rindisbacher (1806-1834). ID #23259 |
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| Activities: New Brunswick & Malecite | |||
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Salmon
Spearing Malecite Indians in New Brunswick spearing Atlantic salmon by torchlight
on the Nashwaak River, c. 1837. Watercolour by Richard George Augustus Levinge
(1811-1889). ID #23254 |
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| Activities: Pacific Coast & Salish | |||
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Salmon
Weir An Indian salmon weir and dugout canoe on the Cowichan River, 1866, a
typical
native food system along the Pacific coast. ID #10047 |
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Drying
Meat Drying meat outside an Indian family's tent near the Stikine River, British
Columbia, 1899. ID #21899 |
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Kotsuis
and Hohhug A west coast winter dance, 1914, with two mythical birds represented by
carved masks, Kotsuis and Hohhug. ID #10091 |
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Tree
Burial Arriving for a tree burial by canoe, in British Columbia, a traditional
Indian ceremony, c. 1920. Watercolour by Joanna Simpson Wilson. ID #23253 |
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Salish
Indians Salish Indian women knitting the famed Cowichan sweaters, a native art
with wide markets, on Vancouver Island. ID #21062 |
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