Setting A Snare
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| Database ID | 27855 | |
| Institution | Northern Saskatchewan Archives | |
| Fonds/Collection | DNS Academic Education Branch | |
| File/Item Reference | Binder #16SettingASnare 1 - 11 (Shelf A3) | |
| Date of creation | 1977 | |
| Physical description/extent | 11 Slides; Colour | |
| Number of images | 11 | |
| Historical note | Photographs of Calvin McKenzie setting a snare on the family trapline near Stanley Mission, taken in 1977 by Lois Dalby of the Academic Education Branch of the Department of Northern Saskatchewan. | |
| Scope and content | A set of 11 photographs of Calvin McKenzie setting a snare. Snaring animals, fish, and birds has been a way of securing food for thousands of years in northern Saskatchewan. Even today many people use snares to catch food when living in the bush. -p01: Calvin McKenzie goes into the bush and chooses a location to snare a rabbit. -p02: He peels a small branch that he has cut with his hatchet. -p03: He bends it a bit. -p04: Then he sticks one end into the ground at an angle. -p05: He pushes little sticks into the ground vertically on either side to direct the rabbit into the snare. -p06: He ties the string onto the branch. -p07: He makes a loop for the snare. -p08: Then he loops the string over the branch. -p09 to -p10: He gets the string just right. -p11: The loop of the snare is opened to wait for the rabbit. | |
| Contributer | Lois Dalby | |
| Copyright holder | Saskatchewan Learning | |
| Other terms governing use and reproduction | Northern Saskatchewan Archives applies to Saskatchewan Learning for permission to use materials. | |
| Type | Archival | |
| Primary Media | Photographs | |
| Provenance Access Point | Department of Northern Saskatchewan | |
| Place | Stanley Mission, Saskatchewan, Canada | |
| Treaty boundaries | Treaty 10 | |
| Cultural region | Subarctic | |
| Names | McKenzie, Calvin | |
| Subject | Hunting and Trapping Food and Nutrition Family life Aboriginal Cree - Woodland Trapping | |
| Date Range(s) | 1970-1979 | |
| Permanent Link | https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/27855
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