The Last Mooseskin Boat

Jan 1, 1982

0h 28m

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Overview

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.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

ONF | NFB

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Cast

Self

Gabe Etchinelle

English Narrator

Don Rollans

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