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The Shuswap Indians of British Columbia

Accession number: 
1928.0007

Directors of Photography:

Production Years: 
1928

Languages:

Film Properties: 
Length (feet): 
800 (35mm); 307 (16mm)
Length (minutes): 
8
Holding Institutions: 

Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, British Columbia: 16mm.
"Shows various aspects of the life and customs of the Shuswap Indians."

Library and Archives Canada: 35mm, 16mm, VHS, Digibeta.
"A look at the Shuswap Indians and their Fraser Valley environment. Footage of village life shows a summer lodge covered in bark; a subterranean house for winter use; a winter lodge; modern wood-frame houses; a horse-drawn wagon; Indian petroglyphs; and a dug-out canoe. A man is seen in characteristic fur cap and another wears a buckskin jacket with decorative fringes. A woman is seen wearing a decorative headband. The activities of women appear to be many: one or more women are seen pounding dried meat; dressing a hide with a stone scraper; making baskets; smoking a long pipe; preparing a sweat house for religious purposes; and dancing to a drum accompaniment. An elderly man demonstrates the bow and arrow. The film also includes footage of fauna - deer, mountain goats, beaver, and bear - and flora - cactus, sage brush, and wild carrots."