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When Chahkabesh wants to go hunt near the lake where the big fish live, his sister tells him to be careful not to lose his arrow in the lake or he'll be swallowed by the giant fish. Chahkabesh doesn' ...
The bear has a short tail now because of his greed. Long ago, a fox told the bear that if he dipped his tail in a hole in the ice, fish would come and nibble it and when he jerked up the fish would ...
Description: Carved, wooden spoons used for eating and mixing. Larger types used for removing slush from ice fishing holes in the winter time.
Tags Wooden spoons, Eating utensils, Moosonee
Description: Two small canoes and one large canoe with Cree people or possibly a family going to fish or hunt.
Tags Summer, Groups of People, Canoe, Small Vessel
Description: Four Cree men appear to pull in a small beluga or seal. Two men secure the object while the other two paddle and steady the canoe from tipping over.
Tags Summer, fishing, Man, Canoe, Fi ...
Description: Cree men setting a fish net or checking the net. Usually the net was set one day and checked early the next morning before the tide goes out exposing fish to seagulls and sunlight.
Tags ...
... wanted it to express the cultural significance of ndoho (the Cree word for hunting, fishing, and trapping in the bush); we wanted to explore the First People’s reciprocal relationship with the land and ...
... protected our hunting, fishing and trapping rights, and ensured health care. Do you think they did a good job? I think they did an amazing job by maintaining our traditional lifestyle in the Treaty and ...
... was ending and so we wanted our lands, trap-lines, and animals to be protected. We wanted our hunting, fishing and trapping rights to be secured in an agreement with the government. We also wanted monetary ...
... extremely difficult. Often they could only find small game like rabbits, ptarmingan and fish. So many people died of starvation. Our Elders tell many stories of hunting hardships and of those who perished ...
... as fish to help the Hudson Bay Posts survive in our harsh environments.
In many instances, the Hudson Bay Company and the fur trade would not have survived without our knowledge of the land, animals ...
... stories tell us that the animals, fish, and birds existed on earth first before we did as humans. You will understand what I mean when you read our Creation story.
First though, what do our names ...
