Papers of the ... Algonquian Conference, Volumes 15-16Carleton University, 1984 - Algonquian Indians |
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Jocko is also noted for his energy , a drive that can keep him working on a canoe from 6 in the morning until 8 at night , and which allows him to finish a canoe in 7 days . He is probably the most efficient builder alive .
Jocko is also noted for his energy , a drive that can keep him working on a canoe from 6 in the morning until 8 at night , and which allows him to finish a canoe in 7 days . He is probably the most efficient builder alive .
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Thinking that they needed another canoe to carry the unusually large load they had , they decided to build one on the spot . Because the ground was frozen and there was no reasonable way to get spruce root , they had to improvise .
Thinking that they needed another canoe to carry the unusually large load they had , they decided to build one on the spot . Because the ground was frozen and there was no reasonable way to get spruce root , they had to improvise .
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also took advantage of the time to begin working on some ribs for another canoe . While making an earlier canoe , Jocko had wanted to speed the drying process so he took the canoe inside his cabin and roped it to the ceiling and then ...
also took advantage of the time to begin working on some ribs for another canoe . While making an earlier canoe , Jocko had wanted to speed the drying process so he took the canoe inside his cabin and roped it to the ceiling and then ...
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19th century Abenaki acculturated Albany and Attawapiskat Algonquian Conference American animals Attawapiskat bags bark Basil beads beadwork belt Big Trout Lake birch bark scrolls birchbark bird canoe ceremonial hide culture d'une decorated deux dialect dubitative early England English European example Fort Albany Fort George gélinotte George Gladys Gladys Tantaquidgeon gunwale Hudson's Bay Company hunting Indians Iroquois Island James Bay Jocko land language langue legend linguistic manitou Maniwaki medicine Micmac Mide Midewiwin missionary Mistassini Mohegan Montagnais Moose Factory motifs Museum myths Nanabozho Nantucket narrative Native nombre non-Indian North noun obviative Ojibwa Ontario oral history orthography Ottawa paper patterns Penobscot pigs prefix preverbs Québec Rasles records REFERENCES ribs River root Saulteaux scrolls semantic Sheshatshiu Shinnecock speakers Speck spruce Swampy Cree Tantaquidgeon tion Toronto trade traditional tribes University variant verb stem village vowel Wabanaki wampum Watkins William