Setting A Snare
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 |