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The Last Mooseskin Boat

This short documentary follows Gabe Etchinelle as builds a mooseskin boat as a tribute to an earlier way of life, where the Shotah Dene people would use a mooseskin boats and transport their families and cargo down mountain rivers to trading settlements throughout the Northwest Territories.
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This short documentary follows Gabe Etchinelle as builds a mooseskin boat as a tribute to an earlier way of life, where the Shotah Dene people would use a mooseskin boats and transport their families and cargo down mountain rivers to trading settlements throughout the Northwest Territories.

Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) Crafts Transportation All subjects
Indigenous Cinema
  • director
    Raymond Yakeleya
  • producer
    Raymond Yakeleya
    Bill Stewart
    Jerry Krepakevich
  • executive producer
    Cheeko Desjarlais
    Tom Radford
  • script
    Klane King
  • camera
    Bill Stewart
  • sound
    Nora Jim
  • editing
    Joe Jr. Viszmeg
    Bill Stewart
  • narrator
    Don Rollans

Education

Ages 14 to 17
School subjects
Diversity - Identity History and Citizenship Education - Issues in Society Today Indigenous Studies - Identity/Society Social Studies - Communities in Canada/World
In cooperative learning groups, students will construct a scale-model mooseskin boat using materials and tools similar to those used in the documentary. The class will build a scale model of a fast-flowing river that their boats must successfully navigate. While building the boats the students will record their use of mathematics, physics, chemistry, and environmental-studies knowledge and skills.

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