Fish for the Family
Database ID | 26220 | |
Institution | Northern Saskatchewan Archives | |
Fonds/Collection | DNS Academic Education Branch | |
File/Item Reference | DNS-Shelf A3-Binder #16-FishForTheFamily 1 - 36 | |
Date of creation | 1974 | |
Physical description/extent | 36 slides; Colour | |
Number of images | 36 | |
Historical note | Photographs of Lydia and Napthelie McKenzie on the family trapline near Stanley Mission, taken in 1974 by Lois Dalby of the Academic Education Branch of the Department of Northern Saskatchewan. | |
Scope and content | A set of 36 photographs of Lydia and Napthelie McKenzie and their family catching, preparing, and cooking fish. -p01 to -p03: Lifting the net using the family freight canoe. At the time these big 18-foot canoes were used like half-ton trucks are today. -p04: With the cargo from the net the fishers head home. -p05: A variety of fish were caught in the net: walleye, northern pike, whitefish, and sucker. -p06: Lydia begins cleaning a northern. -p07: She makes a cut along the back. . . -p08: . . . and removes the fillet. -p09: When both fillets are removed she skins them. -p10 to -p11: Lydia continues filleting. -p12: One of her granddaughters wants to help and learn. The children are allowed to try out tools and learn by watching and imitating adults. -p13: Here she helps to wash the fillets. -p14: Now she watches Grandma. -p15: One of the little boys joins in, learning the names of parts of the fish. -p16: The little girl tries her hand at cutting the fish while her brother watches. -p17 to -p19: He then becomes interested in the parts of the fish guts, watching, touching, asking, and learning. -p20: Lydia splits a sucker in half to lay it out flat for smoking. -p21 to -p22: Lydia then cleans out the guts. -p23 to -p28: Her daughters Lillian and Jemima scale and prepare the suckers. -p29: A fire has been started and will be allowed to die down for the smoking. -30: Fillets are placed on the rack. Fish must be cooked or smoked as it will not keep in the summer. -p31: Napthelie adds fillets to the rack. -p32: A variety of fish on the rack. -p33: Jemima flours some fillets for frying. -p34: She puts them into the frying pan, while bannock cooks over the fire in a pan and on a stick. -p35: The fillets begin brown. -p36: Now they are done to a turn and ready! | |
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 | |
Treaty boundaries | Treaty 10 | |
Cultural region | Subarctic | |
Names | Charles, Jemima McKenzie, Lydia and Napthelie Napthelie McKenzie | |
Subject | Art and Artifacts Family life Indigenous Peoples General Fishing Lifestyle Aboriginal Cree | |
Date Range(s) | 1970-1979 | |
Permanent Link | https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/26220 |