Cooking Fish Upwanask Style
Database ID | 25634 | |
Institution | Northern Saskatchewan Archives | |
Fonds/Collection | DNS Academic Education Branch | |
File/Item Reference | DNS-Shelf A3-Binder #16-CookingFishUpwanaskStyle 1-19 | |
Date of creation | 1976 | |
Physical description/extent | 19 Slides; Colour | |
Number of images | 19 | |
Historical note | Photos of Napthelie McKenzie of Stanley Mission taken by Lois Dalby, DNS Academic Education Branch, as source material for developing northern classroom materials. | |
Scope and content | A set of 19 photos of Napthelie McKenzie showing how a fish can be cooked upwanask style over an open fire, without a frying pan, using sticks to hold it. Birchbark can serve as a plate in the bush. -p01: The fish is cleaned, opened up, and laid flat. -p02 to -p04: Napthelie cuts and peels several willow sticks. -p05: The longest stick is split part-way down. -p06: The stick is tied with a strip of bark to stop it splitting further. -p07 to -p08: The fish is then inserted into the split. -p09 to -p10: The stick is tied together with bark above the fish. -p11 to -p12: Smaller peeled sticks are inserted sideways across the fish to hold it flat. -p13 to -p14: Napthelie builds up the fire, while other fish hang on the smoking rack above. -p15 to p16: The stick is pushed into the ground and leaned over the fire. -p17 to -p18: The fish cooks slowly, being turned several times, and excess fat drips off it. -p19: Napthelie's daughter Martha serves up the delicious fish upwanask. | |
Contributer | Lois Dalby | |
Copyright holder | Saskatchewan Learning | |
Other terms governing use and reproduction | Northern Saskatchewan Archives can obtain permission from Saskatchewan Learning. | |
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, Napthelie | |
Subject | Art and Artifacts Family life Indigenous Peoples General Lifestyle External representations Cree | |
Date Range(s) | 1970-1979 | |
Permanent Link | https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/25634 |