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A way of life

Hall, Ed. (Added Author).

Summary: This book is similar to the Foxfire Books in content except that it draws on the culture of the native American peoples of the Northwest Territories (Canada). It provides plans and diagrams to help make the projects described in each of the chapters. The chapter on country food describes how to prepare and eat such items as walrus, beaver tail, caribou stomach, and boiled seal.

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  • ISBN: 0770871461 :
  • Physical Description: 122 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
    print
  • Publisher: Yellowknife, N.W.T. : Northwest Territories, Renewable Resources : Dept of Culture and Communications, Publications and Products Division [distributor], c1986.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Bibliography: p.121-122.
Formatted Contents Note: Chapters : Fur trade in the Northwest Territories -- Making snowshoes -- Making waterproof kamiks (boots) -- Making a spruce bark canoe -- Simple ways to prepare and eat country food -- Troubleshooting snowmobiles -- Notes on humane trapping.

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Subject: Inuit Northwest Territories Trapping
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Homer Public Library 639.1 HAL (Text) 000070908 Nonfiction Available -

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