Fishing at the Stone Weir

University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta: 16mm.
"Pictures a group of the Netsilik Eskimo tribe of Pelly Bay in the Canadian Arctic as they set up camp and prepare for weir fishing. Shows the Eskimos as they repair the stone weir in the river rapids, spear and string the fish on a leather thong and haul them ashore, clean and store the fish in stone caches for winter use, and pariticpate in other activities typical to weir fishing."

Library and Archives Canada: 16mm.
"Part of a series revealing the live reality of traditional Eskimo life before the European acculturation. The Netsilik Eskimos of the Pelly Bay region in the Canadian Arctic have long lived apart from other people and have depended entirely on the land and their own ingenuity to sustain life through the rigors of the Arctic year. A minimum of cultural reconstruction was required during the filming; the Netsilik families readily agreed to live in the old way once more and showed considerable aptitude in recalling and representing the earlier ways of life. In this film, it is full summer. The skin tents are up, and it is time to fish. The men go into the river to form enclosures to trap fish. Once trapped, they are speared with three-pronged leisters. A woman cleans the catch, which has been strung on a thong. Everyone ennoys bits of raw fish."