This documentary shows how a canoe is built the old way. César Newashish, a 67-year-old Attikamek of the Manawan Reserve north of Montreal, uses only birchbark, cedar splints, spruce roots and gum. Building a canoe solely from the materials that the forest provides may become a lost art, even among the Native peoples whose traditional craft it is. The film is without commentary but text frames appear on the screen in Cree, French and English.
These are early videos of boomerang interviews, demonstrations, and competitions. Some of the video is a bit rough because these have been duplicated and reduplicated many times, sometimes from old film. Special thanks to Ted Bailey, www.flight-toys.com and The Boomerangman, Rich Harrison, www.theboomerangman.com. If you have any specific information on any of the videos, please leave it in a comment on that vid.