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Caribou Hunters

A doc about the Cree and Chippewa people of northern Manitoba. Made in the mid 20th century, it is dated in tone, but provides insight into the vital relationship that existed between First Nations and the caribou herds that sustained them. Viewer Advisory: This film contains scenes of animal slaughter.
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A doc about the Cree and Chippewa people of northern Manitoba. Made in the mid 20th century, it is dated in tone, but provides insight into the vital relationship that existed between First Nations and the caribou herds that sustained them. Viewer Advisory: This film contains scenes of animal slaughter.

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Fishing and Hunting Industries Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) All subjects
  • director
    Stephen Greenlees
  • producer
    Tom Daly
  • camera
    Julien St-Georges
  • editing
    Victor Jobin
  • narrator
    John Drainie
  • music
    Maurice Blackburn

Education

Ages 6 to 10
School subjects
Geography - Territory: Indigenous
Who are the Cree and the Ojibwa (a.k.a. Chippewa)? Have students retrace, on a map of Canada, the routes these communities used to hunt caribou, and, using different-coloured pencils, identify Cree and Ojibwa villages in Canada. Their hunting grounds were vast: imagine walking for days on end, in the cold, to hunt for food. Are these people still hunter-gatherers today? Might we become nomadic people as well?

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